RESCUED A WILD TARANTULA from the DUMPSTER? 

As your local exterminator, living in a large city, its not uncommon to get tarantula calls during mating season. And no I don't kill the tarantula, I capture and relocate.

That Tarantula just struck gold 😁...you have a great heart Kat enjoy your rescue

That poor thing. Only wanted a normal life.

I wouldn't mind if pink toe tarantulas lived in my area. This tarantula is lovely.

Omg please name him Oscar 😂💖🕷

Ok lady. You have to wear your seatbelt on your shoulder as well. You’re a mama and that little one needs you. Proper seatbelt use from now on!!

it makes me so sad and angry that someone would put a spider in the bin like it was a piece of rubbish 😭😭 even if you dont like them its an innocent living creature that deserves respect and just wants to live but yay I'm happy that you rescued him and now he is safe and will have a good life 😍

I'm gonna be THAT person and say that the person owned it and needed a quick way to get rid of it or it was an escaped pet.

Kat, with how often people seem to hit your vehicles, you should really use the full seat belt...

Thanks for giving this poor lost fellow a home. After such a close shave with the dumpster it couldn't have ended up in better hands. I don't know if you have experience with wild caught spiders but when you're bringing one into your collection its a good idea to give it as close an inspection as possible with a magnifying glass to check for mites, looking all over the spider but paying particular attention to the top and sides of the chelicerae where they join the carapace, and if you can get a look underneath by putting the spider in a glass or transparent bowl or container to see the folds between the coxae of the pedipalps near the mouth, all the better. I'm sure you've already examined the spider but it might be worth another check with this in mind if you weren't considering the possibility first time around. From the excellent close ups you showed I didn't see anything but of course you will be able to see far better than I. It really is just a precaution, but one worth taking when you have other pets. Congrats on your new spider .

Hey Kat! Keep in mind that wild tarantulas are most likely harboring some sort of parasite or other not so good thing that you do not want your other tarantulas to get, so be careful! Also that could be an indicator to what the white residue is.

Oh my god he’s so sweet! Ugh. I hate how some people think an acceptable solution to an unwanted animal is to toss it out like trash.

Do you want to do an OBT collab? I have one now and it has quite the character.

Man, I wish we had tarantulas native to my area. The best I get is some Dolomedes sp (which, don't get me wrong, are HUGE). Poor little guy. Nice job on the save! And the feeding clip at the end is like 99% of my feeding video attempts. haha Great stuff, Kat!

Thank you for saving him, much respect do you think he got sprayed with something to make him go away

I don’t like spiders and I raised bunnies and live in West Virginia but I believe I found tarantula in my basement because it literally was sized of a plate!

OH MY GOSH you're the first youtuber I know of that lives in Missouri. The storms really have been crazy here - tornado warnings, floods, etc. But that's so kind of you to take the poor guy in.

I can't grasp how anybody could throw any living thing into a dumpster. Good save, Kat. 👍💕👍

Top part of your seatbelt is the most important part!! I know it can be uncomfortable for woman to wear it correctly but please do!! It makes SO much difference in a car crash.

Lots of storms.... I NEED IT!!!! THERE IS A HEAT STORM OVER MY PLACE DXXXXX, plus it looks like a amazon blonde.

If you're only using PART of the seat belt, your not using a seat belt! PUT THE WHOLE THING ON!!! Nice T rescue tho!

Operation save hairy legs is in full effect.

Not only your tarantuals are beautiful you are also to kat 😊💖

Oh Kat! I am absolutely terrified of anything with eight legs. I watch you and Petko to learn and maybe someday be less frightened.

Wearing the bottom part of a seatbelt will cause more damage if anything. Wear your seatbelt properly Kat. Lots of impressionable viewers.

Ty for rescuing it Kat ! 💖 Blessings2U, Wolf🐺 👍

5:05 - 5:45 Ah, so this is how you bath your tarantulas! I always wondered.. Btw, I think it would be good to add the name(s) of the species shown on the video in the description. And why not a little text on the video too when you introduce the creature the first time. I'm not sure if you are already doing this though, but it would (=will) definitely help us common mortals to follow what we are watching. It's so much easier when you can read those latin names, compared to if you just hear them. PS. Sorry my english; not my native language. Great video and nice save there, Kat! Keep up the good work and have a nice day! :)

That is so awesome!!! H is so adorable to. Plz keep us updated on him. Tyfs God bless you

That tarantula is my spirit animal...

Definitely weird... but weird plus, not weird minus. ;)

Sad that he’s not eating. Hopefully after he moults he’ll take a meal. And who throws an animal, any animal, into a dumpster??

also, the residue looks like building material. Like drywall dust.

Such a precious bab, I'm glad you gave that sweetheart a new home! I have a latrodectus hasselti that I rescued from a piece of rubbish on the side of the road last week, she's a very chill lady

"I diddn't get a call, who calls" 😂 great video, love u Kat!

Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Texas You have the Texas brown Tarantulas during mating season males travels great distance to find females to mate with I enjoy your video and like very much You look very beautiful today you have a great and wonderful day tc😘

it's SO docile for a wild caught spider, wow. Maybe it was someone's escaped or unwanted pet. nice rescue!

I was just in Tuscon AZ for a week look for Aphonopelma chalcodes in the Saguaro National Park

You really do care about tarantulas a lot I do too

British accent needs work.. but I've heard worse 😂

Your a great person kat! Wonderful save and very beautiful species! Nice!

Aww he’s beautiful. Nice rescue! And you English accent was terrible 😂 I loved it though, no offence was taken.

Stray dog living it's life: poor dog Pet Tarantula in a container: disgusting!

That person is a psychopath if they were going to put an innocent animal in the dumpster.

that powder might be drywall. might wanna watch it over the next few days just in case.

Clean ur waterdish but I still love ur vids

Well, thanks to this video I’m your newest subscriber! That just broke my heart! Poor little thing 😞 Thank you for just caring so much and taking it in!

Hi Kat. Nice rescue. Gorgeous tarantula. You’re really great. Keep sharing please. Hugs

it's mites..

was looking for shelter, ended up with tarantula Kat, i would say that T has found the best local hotel he could have hoped for

Roomie and I both have A. Henzi. We caught them in Southeastern Colorado. I caught a mature male, named him Poptart cause I was high af and really wanted a poptart. She has a mature female.

Looks just like Aragog from harry Potter

Love your videos and want to see more so, please, I'm begging you: PUT YOUR SEATBELT ON!

So I'm watching all your videos I don't keep spiders if I'm truefull I'm scared of them. But I love watching your spiders. I keep snakes 🐍

I'm focusing on the tattoo noise ring and your voice 😂🤣

What a little cutie!

Loved the English accent. You could have almost been British xx

There's something about you hovering in a Vlasic "that's one crunchy pickle" jar with a spider into frame that I was not ready for.

I’m terrified of spiders but I would never throw a beautiful creature away that’s just cruel 😞😞

I’m happy to hear you rescued the little guy. At least now he will be happy & taken care of. Thanks for sharing! My daughter & I have two vip tickets already to come see u in a few weeks :) so excited!

this would be a perfect starter to me aghhh bc he is just so gentle and patient and pretty and beautiful AAAGH I wouldn't throw him away for ANY money! He is in a perfect home with you! im happy that u rescued hiiiiimmm

Oh my gosh that face 😭 How could anyone be so cruel! Even when I was a terrified arachnophobe I would never have just chucked a spood in a dumpster! I'm only catching up on your channel now so I'm very aware this is an old video - hope the wee chap molted successfully and had a happy life with you

I don't want a ton of spiders in my house... So I pick them up, and put them outside. In my yard. I don't understand people's disconnection with the planet they live on. Thoughtless killing of other creatures is retarded. If you're not going to eat it, leave it be. Only exception is for infestations, and unless it's fleas or bees, it's probably your own fault you're infested. You know why my neighbor's roaches don't bother me... The army of wolf spiders I have in my yard, and... I clean shit up.

My wife and I have been watching your videos and are thinking about getting a Pinky toe, I am fascinated with jumping spiders so I will maybe find one around my home which our kids find often.

Nice little spider, my best guess is he fell into a life on the crack and ended up in the dumpster.... Seen this story so many times, seems to have found a good rehab though. Awesome video thank you Kat!

That was a very good English accent......mate lol

In St Louis? WTF? In Cali, AZ, NV sure. Can’t be native, can it?

My first tarantula was an adult female G rosea, wild caught. She is the sweetest gentlest spider ever. I bought 8 captive bred spiders since, and she is still the calmest. She's only flicked hairs once in 7 years, and never threat postured.

It's an escaped pet we don't have tarantulas around St.Louis but they are in southern most Missouri and Arkansas. Maybe it floated up from there during the flooding

Gotta day, it's the first time I've seen anyone wash a spider lol, bless him glad you saved him, he's beautiful 😍

Wow for all its been through it sure was mellow. But its cute how it was just chillin on your hand 🙏 that is so random, but im glad someone contacted you so that it could find a home and not die in a dumpster

OH what a cute little baby... All spiders are baby ftr. fully grown? still a baby to me

This video made got me thinking. Could you make a video of your native species there in the U.S with geographic ranges etc?

Could the clumps be from chem burns or something similar? Fertilizer maybe? Could you keep us updated please? I would love to see how his molt goes.

It looks like a female Aphonopelma hentzi tbh. I just recently got a male and I think they are amazing tarantulas.

Tad surprised the guy didn't just put it outside the door or in his yard, that's what I normally do if I find a creature in the house. The garbage is a bit of a weird place to put something unless it's a fly/maggot, maybe. In any case, glad this one found a home with you.

He didn't act like he was wild. Maybe he did have a previous owner and maybe they handled him wrong and it scared them so they disposed of him. I can never even consider throwing my Chaco golden knee out. I love him to death. People can be so cruel at times. Then again, tarantulas are not for everyone. People really need to consider if a tarantula is for them before going out and getting one just to be cool.

The chest strap is there for a reason. The hip belt on its own is nothing like as effective in a crash. Your choice, drive safe.

Awesome, who dosnt like a free tarantula? Lol and the British accent? Mm the less said the better lol. i love how you guys think we all talk like they do on Downton abbey. Lol when the reality is we are more like they are on shameless. ( british version obviously).

Its not "far fetched" for a captive animal to give wild animals diseases if sent out to the wild. Its the leading theory as to how chronic wasting disease in deer happened. If its so well known and obvious that a wild caught animal could transmit something to a captive animal, i dont understand why people dont see the opposite as also being true

I want to find that person who tried to dump that poor tarantula, and I want to have a 'word' with that person. How dare they treat tarantulas like trash? They're living, breathing creatures! Some humans disgust me.

I used to see P. Smithi's as a kid, out here in New Mex. I would give anything to find them again.

Well if I see a spider and I’m afraid of it I’m not gonna let it walk around in my House and not scaring me a couple of Times I know people say they are small creatures They can’t do anything to you But if see a spider I just grab a napkin Just put it outside let it live it outside not in my house Or my mom will kill it.

I've kept 5 of these lil fellas. They've made the most interesting and expansive burrows in my collection and most seem to dig along the walls of their enclosures(which is amazing cause I can see them). Their only problems are that they go dormant for winter regardless of indoor temperatures and humidity so for 2-4 months you basically have a pet hole and they can sometimes burry themselves for a molt.

curious... Why did you leave some of the webbed substrate in the water dish?

Out of all of the things... Why would anyone think it's a good idea to throw an animal in the dumpster?! I don't care if you don't like spiders, at least treat the poor thing with some respect! So glad to see this little guy is in good hands now

My curly hair is coming Tomorrow I’m so exited

I don’t know about Missouri, but here in Arkansas it’s illegal to release any animals that have been taken from the wild.

You know tarantulas are escape artists I would post something for lost t and see if someone actually may respond with the correct details of what it looks like and what not or maybe someone abandoned it or maybe wild caught but man that is one docile wild one as my collection of 40 has 3 wild caught ones and even new world they have some attitudes and skittish quickness and kick hairs per every single touch

Haha that cricket at the end was like *Please...Kill Me* Tarantula was like umm eww no I don’t think so

Seriosly if you don't want the tarantula and you want it out of your home scoop it up and release it into the wild! Putting it in the dumpster in a jar is cruel....and scared of arachnids and even I could not have tossed it away inside a jar! It seems really chill for a wild tarantula wow!

I'm curious : Tarantulas are gentle spiders?

Are you on Facebook? Would like to get you a picture of a t I have, was told it is a Costa Rica tarantula

Poor thing, they probably sprayed it with hairspray or something to try and kill it (my dad used to do this whenever he saw a house spider)

Maybe an escaped pet? Maybe somebody had collected it if it's native to your state

Dude I wish I could find a tarantula like that, but I live in Denver :(

I've heard of rescue dogs but never rescue tarantulas. Has it molted yet? I would love an update on its well being.

Its so cute..i have lots of friends who would have killed it or something and it makes me sick

Man Wish I could just randomly found Tarantulas like this

Great save! even you hate or scared of spiders,they still have the right to live!