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Summary: Watch an introduction to raising a pet chaco golden knee tarantula in this free pet care video from our spider habitat authority.
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Brian Kleinman Brian Kleinman, is the owner and operator of Riverside
Reptiles, an educational company. He has been working with amphibians and reptiles animals for ov... read more
Hi. Today we are going to talk about the care and requirements of Chaco Golden Kneed Tarantulas. Now trarantulas make fascinating pets, ah, they're great to have, but their not a pet that you always want to take out and handle. They're more of a pet that your just gonna watch and observe. But today we're gonna talk about choosing a tarantula, where to find them, ah, also we are going to discuss handling, if you do have to handle your tranatula, how to do it. the inclosures that they require. Some tranatulas require certain inclosures. they require certain humiditys some prefer drier areas. We are also going to talk about decor. Some tranatulas are arboreal some tarantuals like to climb some are more ground or terrestrail dwellers. We're also going to talk about substrait. As I said before some tarantulas require more humid areas, some require more dry areas. So do certain substraits that your going to want to use to help retain the humidity or help keep it dry. Also food. Taranulas as all spiders are carnivors. They eat a variety of different prey items. We are going to talk about what prey is best suited for your tarantula, especially Chaco Golden Kneed Tarantulas. How to prevent your tarantula from becoming ill. Also shedding and tarantulas. All arthopods including tarantulas have exoskeltons and they shed and they go through a certain phase when they're shedding and how to reconise that phase. Also sexing your tarantula, which isnt the easiest thing to do. Ah, most tarantula experts have a tough time in sexing a tarantula, so we are going to talk a little bit about that as well. Breeding tarantulas becuase if you like having tarantulas and you want to make more tatantulas theres not better way to experince that then to trying to breed your tarantulas.