CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How do you take care of a small spider you caught at home?

Pay attention to preparing a breeding box for the spider, so that the box can give the spider a sense of security and let it live in it safely. However, the breeding box should be ventilated to make the spider live more comfortably.

When feeding spiders, you can directly feed them crickets or other insects. Be careful not to feed them too much. Check if the spider has any leftovers or its belly is bloated. If so, reduce the amount of food you feed. It is recommended not to clean the woven webs frequently to avoid spider attacks.

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1. Control the temperature. Pet spiders, especially tarantulas, are mostly tropical species. Therefore, they have high temperature requirements. Generally speaking, they will eat less if the temperature is below 20 degrees, and their lives will be in danger if the temperature is below 10 degrees.

2. Change coconut soil frequently: Coconut soil is the bedding material for pet spiders. Usually, sterile coconut soil sold on the market is used. Because it is used after being soaked, it is easier to breed mites and bacteria, resulting in small white particles mixed in the coconut soil, causing mites to explode, and in severe cases, it can lead to the death of spiders. So be sure to clean it on time.

3. Clean up the food residues in time after feeding. If the spiders' leftovers are not cleaned up for a long time after feeding, it is very easy to breed bacteria and mites. This is what experts call a mite explosion.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Spider

There are many types of spiders, and their diet is varied. Insects such as locusts, crickets, butterflies, flies, and mealworms are the best feed for spiders. If spider farming is to be developed in depth, large-scale breeding, and comprehensive processing, it is best to set up a small insect farm.

Cage flies or box mealworms can provide spider food. An effective human feed was developed and crab spiders were fed a mixed feed of 4 parts egg yolk and 1 part miscellaneous materials for 6 weeks.

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There is no exact statistics on how many truly poisonous spiders there are. The most poisonous spiders in the world include the Mediterranean black widow spider of the Theridiidae family, the brown flat-armored spider of the Orychophoridae family, the Australian funnel-web spider of the Theridiidae family, the black-bellied scimitar of the Ctenophora family, and the Australian bird-catching spider of the Ornithischidae family. According to statistics, there were 1,726 cases of Lathroclectus stings in the United States between 1959 and 1973, and 55 deaths.

The bites of the genus Phoneutria and the genus Tarantula are large and deep, while the bites of the genus Wolf Spider and the genus Araneus are lighter. The venom of the Phoneutria spider is very strong. In a test on a 20-gram mouse, 0.006 mg of the venom was injected intravenously, and death occurred within 2 to 5 hours.

The venom of female spiders is much stronger than that of male spiders, and male spiders do not deliver lethal doses of toxins to humans. Because spiders are so venomous, people in Brazil, the eastern Mediterranean, Yugoslavia and other countries are afraid of spiders.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Spider

This spider is very easy to keep. Because it is very small, it does not require a very high container. So find a bottle with some soil in it and put something on it for it to weave a web and climb (I put a small branch in it). Glass bottles are better because it cannot climb out. In addition, the branch should not be too high, only two-thirds of the way up, otherwise it will be difficult to climb out. Sprinkle some water in the soil and you can put them in. After a day, you will see that they have made a web in it. At this time, if you want to feed them, you can catch small flies (mosquitoes and the like). It is best to make them disabled, but not to kill them (so that they will not fly around in it, at most they will struggle on the web twice), then put them on their webs. In addition, sprinkle some water in it for a while to keep it moist and it will drink the water drops stuck on the web. In this way, even if you don't feed it, it will not die for a long time. I think this spider is very easy to keep. After a long time, if you like it, you can feed it more. If you don't like it, it will not die as long as the inside is not dry. This is my experience in raising that kind of small house spider (it is still at home and has strong vitality). It is best to put the bottle in a dark place.

Personally, I suggest you not to keep it because it may attract its companions, especially when you are sleeping, which may be troublesome. If you really want to keep it, I suggest you first prepare a 20*20*30 (length, width and height) transparent box with a lid and ventilation holes (the size of the ventilation holes cannot be larger than the spider to prevent the spider from escaping), and then bring back some soil from the place where you collected spiders and add it to the box 15 cm to 20 cm high. Use a 3 cm diameter wooden stick or other object to insert it into the soil to the bottom at an angle less than 45 degrees. Then carefully pull it out to form an artificial cave. It should be noted that the soil should not be too loose, otherwise the cave will collapse, and it should not be too solid, otherwise the spider will not be able to continue digging. I see from your introduction to your spider that your spider may be a cave spider, a cave spider white It needs to live in its own cave during the day and look for food around the cave entrance at night. In a corner of the soil surface, place a bottle cap with a diameter of about 3 cm, and put clean sea surface inside. There should always be clean water in the sea surface for the spider to drink (you rarely see spiders drinking water, so don't worry). The soil cannot have too much moisture, as cave spiders don't like a too humid environment. The food problem is also very simple. If it moves into the cave you prepared, then eating will not be a problem. Crickets are the best choice, and mealworms are also OK if you don't have them. (If the spider doesn't get to eat mealworms, it will drill into the soil, which is very annoying) Feed a cricket or more every three days, depending on the taste of your spider.

This spider is very easy to keep. Because it is very small, it does not require a very high container. So find a bottle, put some soil in it, and insert something for it to weave a web and climb (I inserted a small branch). Glass bottles are better because it cannot climb out. In addition, the branch should not be too high, two-thirds of the way up, otherwise it will be difficult to climb out. Sprinkle some water in the soil, and then you can put them in. After a day, you will see that they have made a web in it. At this time, if you want to feed them, you can catch small flies (mosquitoes and the like). It is best to make them disabled, but not to kill them (this way they will not fly around in it, and at most they will struggle on the web for a few times), and then put them on their webs. In addition, sprinkle some water in it for a while to keep it moist, and it will drink the water drops stuck to the web. In this way, even if you don't feed it, it will not die for a long time. I think this spider is very easy to keep. After a long time, if you like it, you can feed it more. If you don't like it anymore, it will not die as long as the inside is not dry.