Pet Tarantula Care : Tarantulas as Pets

Tarantulas make fascinating pets but do require a lot of care. Learn more about keeping tarantulas as pets with tips from an exotic animal expert in this free video on pet spiders.

Expert: Mary Ann Hamilton
Bio: Mary Ann Hamilton graduated from Texas A&M University with a double major in Bioenvironmental Science and Entomology.
Filmmaker: Jess Mason

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• pet care
• spiders
• tarantulas
• tarantula care
• tarantula spiders
• exotic pets
• pet spiders

[TheKidWithRearFangs]

I wish people on expert village videos would talk like there an actual person. Not some automated machine...

[PurePerfection]

It's not really cruel.. You're normally giving the spider a much longer life than it would've had in the wild. Most spiderlings die before they reach maturity, so when you buy yourself a sling, you may have saved something that otherwise would've been eaten in the wild.

As for wild caught specimens, that is more of an iffy subject. So long as you get captive bred I wouldn't worry.

[ZebraV2]

im 14 in 2 months is a trantula a good brithday present??

[ZebraV2]

do i have to feed a trantula mice??

[mybuttcrack]

I Think she likes saying tarantula

[Th3RussBus]

Im 17 and I've been wanting a tarantula since I was a little kid but my mum is scared of spiders and keeps saying no to me getting one. Is there a way I could convince her to let me get one?

[GiZM0oGaMingx]

@froggy10145 I'm 13 and I'm getting a Mexican red knee

[froggy10145]

ummmmmm no a real tarantula

[kyotoSV]

@froggy10145 a fake one.

[froggy10145]

what cind of tarantuala do you recomend for a 13 year old?