CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What should I pay attention to when raising spiders?

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. How to keep a 0.5 to 1 cm pet spider?

1. Temperature

It is best to control it between 25-30 to ensure the spider's healthy life.

Spiders prefer temperatures between 22 and 30 degrees. If conditions are good, it is best to maintain 26 to 28 degrees, but avoid direct sunlight, which is the best breeding temperature. 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 in winter to keep warm. You can use air conditioning and heating to heat up, or you can buy a heating pad specially designed for reptiles to heat up.

2. Food

Spiders are mainly raised by feeding small animals, such as mealworms, small earthworms, etc. If conditions permit, artificial compound feed can also be used.

3. Humidity

The humidity should be kept at around 65 degrees. Low humidity can easily cause spiders to become dehydrated, and eventually die of weight loss. If the humidity is too high, spiders are prone to edema and death. If the humidity is too high, spiders are prone to edema and spot mold.

Use a small water bowl for the larvae to drink water, usually add 1-2 drops 1-2 times a week. If you don't use a water bowl, it's okay to keep the coconut soil at a certain humidity, the spiders will absorb the moisture in the coconut soil by themselves.

4. Ventilation

A good ventilation environment can make young spiders strong, reduce diseases, and safely pass each molting. Air pollution, humidity, and heat are the main causes of death for spiders.

5. Lighting

First of all, there should be sufficient light. If conditions permit, you can take it outside to see the light. (Spiders don't like light, so when they see the light, they should be kept away from the sun to ensure their safety). The windows should be opened frequently, but avoid direct sunlight.

6. Molting

Molting is a relatively important stage, so many things need to be paid attention to. Molting can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. When molting, the spider will lay a web on the ground and lie on it with its legs up. Do not disturb it at this time, and do not move it or throw it away because you think it is dead. The spider will stop eating a few days before molting, and start feeding it 5 days after molting.

7. Getting Started

Put your left hand in front of it, and use your right hand to push its buttocks, and it will climb onto your hand, and push its buttocks off when it comes down (but it is not recommended to climb onto your hand, as spiders are more of an ornamental pet)

8. Environment

Do not spray insecticides, cockroach medicinal mosquito coils, mothballs, vinegar floral water, perfume, air fresheners, sandalwood, formaldehyde, and other anti-mite drugs in the room where spiders are kept. These will kill your spiders!

5. 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

6. How to raise spiders?

Spiders can be raised indoors or outdoors. For large-scale breeding, wooden boxes and cement pools can be used. For small-scale breeding, canned bottles, glass jars, and lampshades can be used. They have a mixed diet and mainly feed on meat, such as flies, crickets, locusts, etc. They can also be fed artificial feed, mixed with milk and egg yolk, once a week. In addition, take anti-escape measures to prevent them from escaping.

7. How to raise Solomon spiders?

1. Match a breeding environment.

Spread coconut soil on the bottom of a pudding box and then sprinkle a little water on the coconut soil to make it appear moist, but not too wet. Adjust the temperature well. Generally, there is no need to heat in summer. Controlling the temperature between 25 degrees and 30 degrees is very suitable for the growth of spiders.

Pour coconut soil into the culture box to a depth of about 2 to 3 cm. Make sure to compact the soil. Use tweezers to dig a small shallow hole, and then cover it with a piece of wood to provide a hiding place for the spider. If you have the conditions, you can also buy hiding objects online. This thing is necessary. A hiding place is very important during the growth of spiders.

3/5 Drip some water into the coconut soil to ensure that the soil is half wet and half dry. You can reserve a small dry area. Don't worry too much about the humidity. Just drip some water from time to time. Remember to prepare a small basin of water. Spiders will drink water. Then you can invite the spider into its new home. Generally, the newly arrived spiders are very timid and need to be placed in a cool and quiet place for a few days. Don't feed it at this time. There is a high probability that it will not eat even if you feed it. Just leave it quietly for 3 to 5 days.

4/5 After the larvae start to eat, they can be fed once or twice a week. The feed is mealworms, barley worms, crickets, cherry cockroaches, etc. Before feeding, be sure to handle the live feed (do not feed dead bodies), use tweezers to blow the head off, and then feed. Do not disturb it after feeding, so as not to disturb its eating.

8. How to raise wild spiders?

1. Spiders can be raised indoors or outdoors. If they are raised on a large scale, wooden boxes or cement pools can be used.

2. If you are raising a small amount, you can use a canning bottle, glass jar, or lampshade.

3. Its diet is mixed, mainly meat, such as flies, crickets, locusts, etc. It can also be fed artificial feed, mixed with milk and egg yolk, once a week. In addition, pay attention to anti-escape measures to avoid escape.

4. Spiders are the most abundant predatory natural enemies in terrestrial ecosystems, and their role in maintaining the stability of agricultural and forestry ecosystems cannot be ignored. The body length is 1 to 90 mm, and the body is divided into two parts: the cephalothorax (front body) and the abdomen (back body). The cephalothorax is covered with a carapace and a chest plate. The cephalothorax has two pairs of appendages. The first pair is the chelicerae, which have chelicerae and venom gland openings at the tips of the chelicerae. The chelicerae of the suborder Orthognathus move forward and backward, while those of the suborder Pinnipedia move sideways and towards each other. The second pair is the pedipalps, which are in the form of walking legs in female spiders and immature male spiders, and are used to hold food and serve as sensory organs. However, in adult male spiders, the distal end of the pedipalps is enlarged and becomes a copulatory device for transmitting sperm.

9. 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.