Tarantula Rehousing The Stress Free Way

I revisit rehousing tarantulas to demonstrate how to do it as stress free as possible.

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[FOEKROKA]

oh goodness, this reminded me that my first rehouse I'm ever going to attempt is an obt...

[pepperlee]

My story on first tarantula...I have arachnophobia and have watched videos for 3 years on tarantulas. I bought one to get rid of my fear. I'm 50 years old hiding in the bathroom because my family didn't know I had this 8 legged creature. After doing immense breathing and acting like I knew what to do I got the nerve and opened her cage and started shaking so bad that I shook her in her new home she didn't have a chance to bolt cause she had no footing. I'm gonna say it was a sloppy success.

[RebiTHC]

The way i feel MUCH better about re-housings after watching this 😮‍💨
~Mal

[katelarouche]

My neighbors who were moving asked if i wanted their Ts. I said yes and now have 2 G. Pulcripes to figure out how to care for. This channel and the Tarantula Collective are my go to sources. The learning curve is steep! The Ts are currently housed in 8x8x12" vertical enclosures with very little substrate - totally wrong for this species as it turns out. Ive ordered 2 sets of your cover clips (should recieve within the week, thank you) and will be purchasing the large clear mainstays boot boxes to retrofit with ventilation holes as per your other video. I have an order of substrate coming from Biodude and plan to give my new Ts proper naturalistic enclosures whee they'll have the horizontal room needed for enrichment. Now watching this rehousing video so i can be ready when the time comes. Thank you so much for all your experience and education. Im learning the necessary skillset to be a better steward because of you.

[seansspoods]

Always use the cup method, so easy and fairly stress free. Great video again sir 👍🏻

[animeman]

I'm loving your helpful and informative videos, and that shirt rocks!

[angela_tarantulas]

I never did rehousing in bathrooms 🙈😂 and I got some pretty fast girls. I found all my helpful equipment at Ikea (plastic containers, catch cups etc) and keep my dogs away when rehousing. I wear gloves, long sleeves, a mask and sunglasses because of the hairs 😅

But otherwise I‘m pretty chill and keep a calm mood, move slowly, never had any issues.

[totto]

Thank you for making this video so I could find it when I most needed it. I do have a fear of spiders but think they're intensely cool so I have a grammostola pulchra, and even if it's the calmest spider on the planet I found the cup method extremely stress free for both me and the spider. I was shaking like hell afterwards, but I also feel a bit less scared now that I've seen how chill it is when handled.

[mattjohnson]

Recently got a Orphnaecus philippinus spiderling, while it didn't bolt out of the enclosure it certainly headed up towards the edge, your video and Tom's have been very helpful. Breeding must be more intense than re-housing, dealing with two spiders with one which could end up as dinner. Also got a Brazillian Black, Grammostola pulchra because keeping two spiders makes little financial difference aside from the enclosures. I purchased from Fear Not, the "make it a package" deal made it easier.

[CatholicBaseball]

Great video, thanks! We just rehoused for the 2nd time our curly hair on Saturday. Tarantula was so docile it was difficult to even get her out of the hide, dirt was falling on tarantula. Wasn't the easiest but we got er done and now tarantula is happy camper.

[dankauffman]

Thank you Alex . That went pretty smooth . My last rehouse (P striata ) was a complete one man three stooges skit . Thought I was going to have to move the china closet . Keep em coming !

[kriswTmom]

Love all the great advice and demos! 👍👍

[DougA]

I had a OBT juvenile running loose in my kitchen, jumping off the stove and almost running under the fridge. I had done everything correctly ie (catch cups, cardboard and paintbrushes), I had lifted her whole webbing right into the new enclosure and had the lid on the new home. I just had to be the perfectionist and get the spider out of the unsightly webbing....dumbass move, but she's ok and I learned many lessons.

[panch]

There's nothing like that first rehousing 😂😂😂

[bevsims]

Amazing. Great advice which I will be using in a couple of days 😁 Thank you Alex 🤩

[C.S.M.Hageroth]

Great video and smooth rehousings Alex. I have to say, preparation is vital. Having your rehousing space set up is the most important. But when it comes to nervousness, experience is the key for me. The more rehousings you do the more calm you will become. That said, you have to use your common sense. Think through what and how you do it and maybe consider changing your plan if you are unsure about what you do. Watching some rehoussings on youtube also helps. *cheers!*

[cheninlimback]

Awesome video! I was hoping to see something like this :)

[lindakaragozian]

Thank you Alex. Great video as always. I feel the more you do something the more confidence you acquire. I am not so much afraid of a bite as I am afraid of one getting away from me. I had one so fast I could not even get the catch cup on safely without the danger of smashing a toe....UUgh!!! Like you my husband said "one gets out and there goes my beloved hobby...." I couldn't agree more with you on calming yourself before attempting ANY rehousing... Happy Holidays to you and your family..:)

[RebiTHC]

Do you know where you got that water re-fill bottle thingy?

[Aquarimax]

Great video! I love that you have a tarantula named ‘Meg Mucklebones’…was it after the character in ‘Legend’?