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BASIC CARE: Care for tarantulas are actually relatively simple and cheap too. Basically for groung dwellers, you need a tank or even a box big enough to let the tarantula move about. As for substrate, you can use potting soil, but over several watering, the soil may sink and cake. So I used peat. Peat can retain moisture very well, though too much promotes fungi. If you want to decorate the tank, try not to overdo it.( you won't see your spider often!) I used a big rock instead of driftwood as the latter may grow moulds. offer a small water dish some where to keep to humidity in.

FEEDING: Crickets are a staple food supply for the tarantula. For spiderlings, give them pinheads or freshly killed crickets. For adults, they eat any thing they can overpower. Pinkies can given as a suppliment.

MOLTING: As spiders have a hard exoskeleton, they have to molt in order to grow. Before they molt, they will fast for a week or two, do not give it any food. When you see it lying on its back, DON'T PANIC it's molting, After molting, the tarantula will have to rest for a few days before it resume its normal routine.

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