CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Spider breeding expert (Who is the spider breeding expert)

1. 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.

2. How to keep trapdoor spiders?

1. Breeding environment

Each spider should be kept in a closed container. The substrate can be a mixture of coconut shell soil and peat soil, 3-5 cm thick and compacted. A suitable size shelter should be placed in the breeding box for shelter. You can choose tiles, bark, coconut shells, etc. In addition, a container of water should be placed to provide clean water.

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2. Temperature and humidity

Humidity should be maintained between 40% and 70%, and ambient temperature should be maintained between 25 and 30 degrees. In autumn and winter, when the ambient temperature drops below 20 degrees, it is necessary to heat the cage. It is generally recommended to use an electric blanket for heating. Since spiders do not like light, it is not recommended to use a lamp for heating. When using an electric blanket for heating, half of the cage can be placed on the electric blanket. The advantage of this is that a temperature difference can be formed in the cage, and the spider can freely choose a suitable place to move around.

3. Feeding

The main food of spiders is various living insects, such as crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, etc. They occasionally eat small lizards, baby mice or other small animals.

3. 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.

4. How to breed southern spiders?

1. To raise hunting spiders, you can use large-mouthed cans, wide-mouthed bottles, and specimen bottles. However, the mouth of the bottle should be sealed with double gauze and some zigzag cardboard or small firewood stalks inside for the spiders to climb and hide.

2. Three-dimensional cage culture method for raising web-weaving spiders:

(1) The spider cage is made of white plastic window screen, 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 on one end of the circular hole to serve as an operation 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 in place.

(2) The spider cage frame can be made of wood or thin steel bars welded by electric welding. The size should be suitable for the cage. In order to save floor space, several layers are usually overlapped, as long as it is easy to operate. The outer height of the cage frame is 2 meters, 1 meter long, and 20 centimeters wide. There are 9 layers in total, with 5 cages on each layer. The lower legs are 10 to 20 centimeters high. A 20-square-meter space can raise 1,000 spiders.

3. To raise cave-dwelling spiders, you can use the pond method, that is, build a pond with a length, width and height of 50 cm with bricks, fill it with soil to 1/2 of the height, make a cave manually, seal the top with iron wire and leave a small door for observation and feeding. This method is suitable for raising bird spiders, cave-dwelling wolf spiders, etc.

Breeding method: Single spider breeding means keeping one spider in a container.

Due to different breeding purposes and tools, it can be divided into cage breeding and bottle breeding, and some can be directly placed on potted crops.

Spider breeding is to raise multiple spiders in a larger breeding container. In order to prevent spiders from killing each other, straw, rice straw, and small branches should be added to the breeding container to reduce contact between spiders and enable them to build nests and defend themselves. In this breeding method, spiders of the same species and size should be placed in order to avoid the strong preying on the weak.

Feed and feeding Spiders have a mixed diet, but they are mainly fed with meat, such as locusts, crickets, butterflies, flies, mealworms, etc. are all high-quality feed. For large-scale breeding, it is best to set up a small insect farm. Artificial feeds include milk, egg yolk, etc., which can be prepared and fed once a week.

5. How to raise the Chilean red rose spider?

This spider grows slowly, and its life span is about 12 years. The humidity of Chilean red roses should be low, about 40-60% is suitable, and the maximum should not exceed 70%. Their suitable temperature is about 25-27℃, and the temperature can be lowered by about 3-5℃ at night. Electric blankets can be used for heating in winter, and no insulation equipment is needed in summer.

Like other animals living in desert shrubs, they do not need high humidity. The method is to place a shallow and stable small dish with a moist sponge or cotton ball inside to adjust the temperature and humidity in the breeding box and also absorb the spider's excrement.

In addition, we must provide some shelter for it to hide, which can be made of tree bark/tree holes or coconut shells or clay pots. You can also arrange some small bonsai in it as you wish for easy viewing.

6. How to keep spiders in winter?

Winter is cold, with short days and a lack of live food. If you choose to hibernate naturally, you can put spiders into a hibernation state. You can move spiders indoors, put more soil, and close doors and windows.

Spiders are dormant in winter, so do not turn them over at will. When overwintering in a solar greenhouse, management must be strengthened to prevent a large temperature difference between day and night. When feeding compound food, pay attention to the delivery of live food. Through the management of a solar greenhouse, spiders can grow and reproduce all year round, shortening the breeding cycle and increasing the economic benefits of breeding.