Andrew Liebenberg wrote: Hi All.
My Name is Andrew, i am new here on the forum and New to Tarantulas, ...
Ah, ha! Did you hear that? That was the newbie alarm! :happy:
WELCOME TO THE HOBBY!
WELCOME TO THIS FORUM!
Please don't be offended. Tarantulas have been around for several hundreds of millions of years, and have been evolving and fine tuning their lifestyles steadily, seemingly almost forever. So, we're all playing catch-up here, and in a sense will be newbies for a long time to come.
I strongly urge you to go to the
Spiders, Calgary webtree
and start reading. At least scan through the entire website, picking out topics that catch your attention, but be sure to read the following webpages. (Even experienced aficionados can sometimes benefit from a little review.)
STAN'S NEWBIE INTRODUCTION
. No! You start out with the
RIGHT foot first.
STAN'S RANT
. Read as many of the books mentioned here as you can find.
MYTH WEBTREE
. How did we ever get into this mess?
CARE SHEETS: THE MOTHER OF ALL MYTHS
. How to avoid both going crazy and killing your spider at the same time.
TEMPERATURE
. You may suffer hot flashes or cold chills but your tarantula doesn't.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
. You've been lied to!
GROWING YOUR OWN
. No, we're talking about tarantulas here, not the other "stuff."
SUBSTRATE
. Getting to the bottom of it all.
The best news is that 90% of the questions you wanted to ask plus a lot,
LOT more that you didn't think to ask are all laid out for you for
ABSOLUTELY FREE if you read that website and take advantage of your friendly, neighborhood, public library! All you need do is read.
The kinds that you've ordered are all pretty hardy and will make good starter tarantulas. But, even before they arrive start doing your homework!
Best of luck. Hope this helps.
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YOU NEED TO BE REPROGRAMMED! Yes, this is genuinely, sincerely, profoundly correct! While you may have developed some proficiency at the proper care of aquarium fish, turtles or lizards, parakeets, gerbils, and even the family dog or cat (although there is some genuine question about who has who as a pet with these last two), you need to set all those prejudices and practices aside, and start again with a clean slate.
-- /The Tarantula Keeper's Guide, Edition Four/, S. A. Schultz (In progress.)
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