CATDOLL : CATDOLL: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Spiders (A Beginner's Guide to Raising Spiders)

1. How to raise the Chilean Fire Rose Spider 1-2 cm?

When feeding a 1 cm Chilean Fire Rose spider, you can follow three points:

1. Choose mealworms that are about the same size as the spider to feed.

2. Spiders have small appetites, so don’t feed them too much.

3. Feed once a week.

When feeding a young spider about one centimeter long, you can choose mealworms or barley worms to feed it. When eating, the spider sucks the juice from their bodies.

2. How to raise spiders and what should you pay attention to?

How to raise spiders:

1. There are many species of spiders, and they have a variety of diets, are resistant to hunger, have strong vitality, and are easy to raise. As long as they have food, water, and shelter, they can be raised normally. For example, the main species of spiders raised as pets at home are: bird spiders, black widow spiders, golden spiders, burrowing wolf spiders, Chinese wolf spiders, big-bellied orb spiders, etc. These are all non-toxic spiders with high economic value and are very suitable for novices to raise.

2. For raising hunting spiders, generally large-mouthed cans, wide-mouthed bottles, and specimen bottles can be used as raising tools. However, the bottle mouth should be sealed with double-layer gauze and some twisted cardboard or small firewood stalks should be placed inside for the spiders to climb and hide. For raising web-making spiders, the spider cage is made of white plastic window screens, with a length, width, and height of 20 cm each. A circular hole with a diameter of 10 cm is opened on one side of the cage, and a cloth bag with two empty ends is sewn to the edge of the circular hole as an operating hole. The cloth bag is usually tied with a rubber band and opened only when operating. The four corners of the cage are fixed to the cage frame with four cloth straps to fix the spider cage into shape.

3. Regarding the feeding of spiders, the smaller the spider, the higher the feeding frequency, and the larger the spider, the lower the frequency. Spiders do not need to be fed for a period of time after molting, because their exoskeletons have not yet hardened. Feeding live feed at this time may cause harm to the spider. Similarly, if the spider stops eating, the live feed left in the breeding box must be removed to prevent the spider from being harmed during the molting period. Now raising spiders is becoming more and more popular and fashionable. Spiders as alternative pets have been accepted and loved by more people. But when raising spiders, you still have to pay attention. Because spiders are poisonous, but the degree of toxicity of different species of spiders is different. In the process of raising spiders, you must be careful not to be bitten by spiders, and disinfect them in time when you are about to be bitten. And the breeder must not raise spiders with very strong toxicity.

3. Newbie in raising spiders?

First of all, if you want to raise a spider, you must prepare the necessary tools in advance. Find a suitable transparent box with a lid and lock the spider inside to prevent it from escaping. Then, in order to avoid being bitten by the spider, you can also prepare a pair of tweezers for daily feeding. In addition, a watering bottle is also necessary.

Secondly, different spiders have different requirements for air humidity and temperature. Keepers can adjust according to the species of spiders they catch. Generally speaking, the humidity should not exceed 70%. The temperature that spiders adapt to is generally around 25℃, so remember to keep them warm in winter.

4. How to raise spiders so that they will get close to you?

1. Prepare a ventilated breeding box, put coconut soil, sterile soil and other substrates in it, and place hiding holes and fake trees according to the habits of the spider species. Spiders need to hunt by themselves. There is no need to put too many unnecessary objects in the breeding box.

2. Keep the breeding temperature between 17-25℃ and the humidity at around 65%. You can put a small water cup with some cotton in it.

3. Mainly feed crickets, locusts, moths, etc. The remaining food residues should be cleaned up and the coconut soil should be replaced regularly. This substrate is easy to breed bacteria, and if it is not replaced in time, it will easily cause the spider to become sick or even die.

2. What should you pay attention to when raising spiders?

1. The breeding temperature should be around 25℃. The temperature difference between day and night should not be too large. Pay attention to cooling down in summer to prevent heatstroke, and pay attention to heating up in winter to keep warm.

2. Adjust the humidity according to the species of spider, generally keep it at 65-70%. If it is too low, the spider may become dehydrated.

3. A good ventilation environment can make spiders strong, reduce diseases, and help them safely pass through each molting.

4. Avoid direct sunlight.

5. The spider's molting is controlled by the secretory hormones of the secretory cells in the ganglia of the brain and the abdominal ganglia. There are usually signs. First, the spider's activity decreases before molting, and it looks for a quiet place, does not eat or move, enters a semi-dormant state, and other metabolic activities are in a weak state; second, the body shape, the abdomen is obviously enlarged, the skin is rough, the body segments are clear, and there are cracks.

3. What are the varieties of pet spiders?

Common pet spiders include the Intellectual Red Rose, Intellectual Fire Rose, Mexican Red Knees, Mexican Fire Legs, Honduras Curly, Guatemalan Red Tail, etc.

Some spiders are docile, but some are poisonous and aggressive. We should try not to handle them directly during daily breeding. It is best to use tools to touch them.

5. What should you pay attention to when raising spiders?

1. Some pet spiders are difficult to keep. Since many pet spiders are tropical species, the temperature must be kept at around 25 degrees when they are kept. It is best not to be lower than 20 degrees. There is no big problem with a higher temperature, but a low temperature will affect its eating. If it is a few degrees or below zero, it will be life-threatening.

2. The best place to raise spiders is a wooden box. At the same time, it is best to choose a suitable box according to the size of the spider. At the same time, you should also choose according to the type of spider, so that they will feel safer when living in it.

3. Moreover, spiders come from different places and have certain requirements for temperature and humidity. They can be said to be very delicate pets. If they are in relatively dry areas, young spiders may die of dehydration, and even large ones will shed their skin. If it is too humid, they will get sick, so you need to pay attention.

4. After the spider moves to a new environment, it is easy to lack a sense of security. At this time, the spider will be aggressive or will not eat. You can put the spider in a breeding box away from light for two or three days, and it will not be nervous and will not eat.

5. Web-making is the nature of spiders and also their means of hunting. It can be said that the nest they weave with spider webs is their home. So if you keep such spiders, you must be careful not to clean the spider webs frequently, otherwise you will be easily bitten, and it is also easy to cause the spider's nerves to be sensitive and die.

6. Coconut soil is the bedding material for pet spiders. Although it is usually sterile when purchased, it is easy to breed bacteria because it needs to be soaked before use. Therefore, the coconut soil must be cleaned regularly, otherwise it will easily cause the spider to become sick or even die.

7. Because most pet spiders are poisonous, you must not handle them when raising them. Although a bite will not threaten your life, the pain is unbearable. So you must be careful during the raising process and try to wear gloves.

6. How to raise red, green and orange spiders?

1 It is feasible to raise red, green and orange spiders. 2 Red, green and orange spiders are relatively easy to maintain. Their food is mainly small insects, such as mosquitoes and flies, which can be purchased at pet stores or online. At the same time, they need to provide an environment with suitable humidity and temperature, otherwise it will affect their growth and development. 3 When raising red, green and orange spiders, you need to pay attention to their diet, hygiene and safety, such as regularly changing water and food, keeping their living environment clean and hygienic, and avoiding interference and harm from the outside world.

7. How to raise newly hatched baby spiders?

① They do not need to be fed for a period of time after molting, because their exoskeleton has not yet hardened. Feeding them with live food at this time may cause harm to the spiders. Similarly, if the spiders stop eating, the live food left in the feeding box must be removed to prevent the spiders from being harmed during the molting period.

②The smaller the spider, the higher the feeding frequency, and the larger the spider, the lower the frequency.

③ You can judge whether the spider is full by observing whether it still has the intention to catch food. If the spider senses the movement of food but does not catch it or instead runs away, it means that it does not need to be fed anymore. At the same time, the size of the abdomen is also an important basis for judgment.

④ Generally speaking, tarantula larvae in the period between molting cycles will keep eating until they are full, then stop eating and wait for molting, and then repeat the process.

8. How to raise spiders, what do they eat, and do they drink water?

Find a plastic box or fiberglass, square or rectangular with a lid, not too small, at least 20 cm in width and height.

Put at least 3 cm of coconut soil in the spider's home. If you can't find coconut soil, use ordinary soil (not humus soil). Use a small spray bottle (available at the entrance of elementary schools) to spray water. Don't cover the soil. Stop when the water covers half of the soil.

Find a wooden block or a solid object (such as a stone) that is 2 to 3 cm higher than the box and place it diagonally inside the box. Insert it at least one-third into the soil.

Spiders drink water, so use a mineral water bottle cap to fill it with water and place it in the box, not next to the wood. Do not spill water on the spider.

If it's a spider smaller than your thumbnail, if it's a spider with its wings ripped off, if it's an insect smaller than a spider, anything will do.

Don't feed it too much. Feed it with insects that are smaller than the spider, and they must be alive. After the spider has built a web, throw a live insect onto the web and it will come to eat it. Feed it once a day, and it will not die even if you don't feed it for a week.

The spider in my house is still full of energy even though it has not had any food for half a month.

Note that the spiders I have are high-quality spiders, not other types. Add water every three days. Place them in a dark place, away from the sun. Put a forked branch in the box to make it easier for the spider to make a web.

Under the wood block is the spider's home

9. A super guide to keeping tarantulas?

1. Unboxing and rest

Most players will choose to buy spiders online, so the breeding process starts from unpacking the package. You also need to learn how to unpack:

1. Take out everything from the packaging (including soil, tweezers, dropper, etc.).

2. Put the free or purchased breeding soil into the breeding box (the thickness of the soil should be about one-third of the box, and it should be thicker for burrowing spiders). If there is free bark, put it in as well and adjust the angle you think the spider will like.

3. Take the spider out of the shipping box. I would like to emphasize that if you buy some spiders that grow relatively fast, you need to find a storage box or a similar cardboard box to put over the pudding box or breeding box used to transport the spider, and then find a convenient place to put it.

4. Drive the spider into the breeding box and tighten the lid (some species are very fast, so be careful).

5. Rest! Experience tells us that this step is more important for beginners, as it is directly related to whether the spider can eat smoothly. During the resting process, please do not disturb the spider unless you add humidity.

6. After resting for 3-5 days, you can feed the spider.

2. Feeding

1. Start eating

This is probably a question that many friends always ask. There are many reasons why the food doesn't start, I will list them one by one below:

(1) It is very common that your spider is about to shed its skin. If it usually eats, but suddenly stops eating for a few days, it generally means that your spider is about to shed its skin, so what you need to do now is not to feed it, just rest and wait for your spider to shed its skin smoothly.

(2) The spider has just been received from the courier a few days ago, and the spider does not eat. This is also a common problem. It is mainly because the spider needs to adapt to the environment. The spider is very scared of the new unfamiliar environment. Therefore, the current solution is to choose to rest. After a few days of adaptation, the spider will eat.

(3) Uncomfortable environment. The problem here is usually that the soil is too wet. The solution is to dry the soil. Because most spiders that people raise are terrestrial (there is no need to talk about arboreal spiders, anyway, they are spiders that love high humidity), so the humidity requirement is not very high. Adult spiders prefer a drier environment, so make the soil a little drier.

(4) The spider lacks water. The main way for spiders to get water is from food. However, if the weather is dry or they do not drink water for a long time, the spiders will usually show signs of loss of appetite, weak limbs and lack of energy. Therefore, you can usually put a water bowl about 5 cm deep. Be sure to keep the water clean, and the water bowl should not be too large, otherwise the young spiders will drown.

(5) The food is too big. This is also a problem I have found many friends have. Generally, the larvae that people buy are 3L or a little larger. Spiders of this size cannot eat a mealworm, so you need to cut the mealworm into small pieces. When you throw it in, it will suck the contents. When it is about three centimeters, it can catch larger food on its own.

(6) The spider was very full.

(7) You always touch the spider, or make too much noise when feeding it, or you hold the spider in front of it, or you stare at it while it eats, or you drive it to eat, etc. If you do the above, it is natural that the spider will not eat, because spiders like to eat in a quiet environment, and they will not eat if they are frightened. So pay attention to the feeding method, that is, just throw it in. It takes time for the spider to eat. It sucks slowly, not swallowing. The spider's mouth is not the pair of fangs, but behind the fangs, so it takes a process.

(8) Spiders generally do not eat food that is completely dead. Or you may ask, wouldn’t mealworms die if they were cut? No, although mealworms or barley worms are cut to death, they still have a breath.

10. What are the precautions and taboos for novices in raising spiders?

1. You need to choose a suitable breeding box and place a shelter (generally bark, but there are also shelters made of other materials). Arboreal spiders need a relatively high box, while terrestrial spiders can use a flat box. The box should not be too big or too small, but a box of moderate size. Spiders need shelter to feel safe, especially arboreal species such as the gorgeous rainforest and pink toes. Therefore, it is also very important to arrange shelters.

2. 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. Not to mention the minus dozens of degrees in the Northeast, there is no hope. Therefore, a heating pad is essential for raising pet spiders. Of course, it would be better to use a constant temperature box if conditions permit.

04. Control the humidity. This is also because they come from the tropics. Especially for pet spiders that come from rainforest climates. Generally speaking, they have higher requirements for air humidity. But the air humidity cannot be too high. Too low air humidity will cause juvenile spiders to dehydrate due to dryness, and adult or sub-adult spiders will not be able to complete molting. Too high air humidity will cause your pet spider to suffer from "soft feet syndrome". So it is necessary to buy a hygrometer.