THEN and NOW - Feeding my 10 OLDEST Tarantulas! + Skull Bliss Unboxing 

I went to the Reptile Super Show this past weekend and I saw several people with Dark Den merch (not sure if it was from you or their own DIY) as well as a few tarantula vendors that follow your channel (I live in California, USA.) You're world famous bro!!!

I have gone back and watched every video from your first one- actually I've watched most of them several times- and look forward to your videos every Monday. I have always had a huge fear of spiders my entire life, after finding your channel I now have 2 female phidippus regius & have my 3rd ( male) coming in a week. I love them so much. I named my first one. Kiwi- in honor of your little Kiwi who was a huge part of my new respect for spiders. I love your channel & now you interact with your animals. Thank you for sharing your life & love for these creatures. 🕷🦎🐢🐸🐌🐜🦂🪲🦐

4 years ago I bought my first tarantula after finding your channel. G.pulchra and she's huge! I can't believe it's been that long and i have to thank you for helping me get over my innate fear of spiders and making a lifetime tarantula lover ❤️

As a newer tarantula owner, the thing I find the most fascinating. Is the fact that they really aren't aggressive towards anything but when they are ready to eat. They are almost docile, every time I have upgraded the housing for my tarantulas they have been really good with moving and as long as I stay patient they move relatively slowly. Knock on wood....

That's one bad ass skull my dude!

6:06 its just beautiful that you know your spiders like this sir. Keep up the videos! Your animals are gorgeous!!!

Great way to showcase the growth through the years from slings to adults! Pokies & OBT really have the best coloring patterns IMO. I consider my female OBT the Queen on the collection!

Love you man, still watching your content since 2018 when I had a rough life, losing family and living in car and you've helped me through so many struggles, 4 years later I still get excited to see your videos and different content you put out! I know have great close friends and finally got a living situation almost 4 years later. Just wanted to say thank you for keeping me company and being a funny man :) hope you're wife and kids are doing well :D send them my regards

Wow, 7 years. So much can change in such a time span, for better and for worse. I wasn’t expecting this video to make me reflect on such deep thoughts about my own life, but I guess life can surprise you like that sometimes. This was a really lovely video, I enjoyed seeing how the spiders had grown and changed over time, not just how they had gotten bigger, but also how some of their colours had changed so dramatically. It is also nice to think of a tarantula spending such a long time in the care of a loving keeper, and knowing that they had such a happy and healthy life with you. Long live tarantulas, and long live Petko ✊✌️🤘😄

That skull is phenomenal, the craftmanship is out of this world, beautiful, just beautiful.

Amazing video as always to see how big all the tarantulas got is because they have a knowledgeable owner keep up the great work

Loved the concept of this video!!! Great trip down memory lane! I've subscribed to your channel when you only had 500subs. Have not missed a video since.

I cannot get over how stunning these tarantulas are. Like it takes me to a place of peace and comfort looking at them

I love watching the happy dances! One of my slings did its first happy dance during a feeding last week, it was so cool!

Now I have over 50 tarantula, and a small invert side hustle, raising up slings for resale, so this was so cool to see how fast or slow different types grow! All thanks to the dark den!

That's crazy how old they are! I still remember watching your videos and seeing them as slings years ago!

re 6:40 so glad you dug that clip out, so exciting to see her posture change from camera left to right at the unfortunate food. Excellent.

Thank you for your videos and the work you put into them. I watched some of your first videos and you have worked hard to get where you are. So thanks bro

Wow i really enjoyed that video just like i do all your videos. Thats so cool to see to before and now shots. I have seen every video of the dark dens since you have been in your apartment. 7 years went soo fast. Thank you petro (sorry for my spelling) over the years you have change my mind about turantulas entirely and i will have a pet one day.

Man. Still best channel on this topic. I still watch and love all your videos!

The OBT transformation was the best eye catcher in my opinion! Her color, it became so more vibrant! Plus we gotta OBT happy dance to make it better 😁

You always have great ideas for videos. I only stop and drop what I'm doing for 2 youtubers, DEAD MEAT, and DARK DEN. Amazing content Petko 👌 Thank you for all ypur hard work, big love from the UK 🇬🇧 👍

Nice to see a throwback video like this 😊 A few years back your videos were suggested to me by YT, did watch a few short BBC documentaries about spiders before... maybe why... I have been hooked ever since and currently own 5 new world tarantulas 🕷

I would put it in the new big cage and have a light shown on it. That skull looks cool.

Hi Petko! You have such an amazing collection of critters. I have watched all of your videos finally and you inspired me to get into the hobby. I just got my first arachnid, a desert hairy scorpion! 🦂 I have had many reptiles and amphibians in the past including my favorite lizard, an African desert monitor lizard that died of old age at 9 feet long. RIP Maldoror, I miss you my sweet friend 😢.

This is such a great idea some then and now clips. WOW the junglearium in this video is a "then and now" in this video it looks like just a framed out space. But now it's an actual Junglearium that has living and breathing stuff going on inside of it today!

Have really enjoyed this video. I love all your videos, keep up the great work.

I always love watching Petkos commentary. It is so fun 😁

I've been watching for a while I wouldn't say a long time but I would love to see your organization skills! You must have a file for each and every critter including feeding schedule and video clips. Just amazing I need to be more organized.

Looks like my two favorite species aren't hungry! 🤣 Nice feeding video!

I love it when you show us before and after.

started watching this channel when i got my first tarantula, a b.albo, you were still in a living room with a shelf, a small table and a couch back then

Excellent video

Wow, your P. miranda is gorgeous, and I'm usually a mantis fan, not as much tarantulas! But I love your collection--thank you for sharing! I wish you all health.

Nice video as always

I love your videos! All the Ts are awesome! 🕷❤❤🕷

Cool to see you have 600k subs! Hope you push past a million soon.

The orange on the OBT is amazing.

hello, i love your videos. Keep going bro!

Man I love pokies so much they are the prettiest of the arboreal species...the Metallica is stunning ...I love all things tarantula and spider...love your channel

it was a nice walk down memory lane!

Awsome video love the Martinique pinktoe 💙💜

Great video

You have the coolest spider set ups I have ever seen

Love all your beautiful tarantulas dude, your aweomee. The skull, so nice! Where are you going to put it

The H.maculata clip was so amazing to see also we see it tong fed

Put a light inside the skull. I think that would be awesome

Hello great video information and update Petcko

I have had my little girl named brownie for almost 10 years now!!!! She is a Chilean Rose Hair. I love watching your videos they never disappoint!!!

Miranda in the Ferrero Roche set-up... That's vintage darken!

19:48 she is like , oh really another roach? Please feed me one of those things you did in the other clips like that hopper please lol

amazing I love it

do more of these videos. A LOT MORE

I absolutely love your videos. Can I get a video with your impute on the best beginner species to start out with. I am not looking to get into the hobby but I am looking to have one tarantula.

PETKO!!! MUCH LOVE FROM NEWFOUNDLAND!!!

Beautiful Spiders thank you

I am shocked that your Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens wasn’t on this list. I feel like you’ve had her forever. I know they’re a hit with everyone but they are my favorite Tarantula. I have a two inch baby spring with a salmon pink bird eater. They’re so different in personalities!

7 years old !? Omg 😱❤️big

Bwahahahahaha!!! So it’s YOU that’s why tarantula collective insists on so many skulls. I was wondering when I saw him being silly about it in a video. 😂😂😂 That skull is absolutely incredible! Beautiful beautiful piece.

😆 LOL (" GOTTA LOVE THE RED BOOTIE!") 🤣

That was great

it's a carbon fiber car modification a nice sounding exhaust system

They have gotten big wow

19:43 "Hello fren."

Hes so underrated!

16:15 "I gave him up for breeding, which then turned out to be... feeding... unfortunately..." I'm so sorry. But that's the funniest way to say it I've ever heard lmao

Video idea: sizes of your Tarantulas. Maybe compare them with a common item. Like a soda can etc or even just use a ruler.

I am really lucky, my albopilosus is out 24/7 and she is so beautiful and calm 😍

Your sponsors are not cheap. I wanted to buy that cool hermitcrab beer opener from antother video for a friend, but was blown away by the 150 € price tag.

Very interesting, thank you! How do you remember the names of the animals? I would always forget or mix them up! 😅 Beautiful spiders! 😍

The first one ... Tarantula Trolling you 😂😂

The Calmest OBT take down ever

Always interesting 🤔

All beautiful 😍

Elvira is such a pretty specimen! 😍

lmao my versicolor does that exact same thing. Toes on the food for a bit and eventually decides nah.

The Pokies seem, to me, a rube, to be the supercars of the tarantula world. Sleek, fast, & gorgeous... The other day, I came across a reference, in an c17 Dutch work on the 'gold, slave, and ivory' coast of Africa, on a spider, almost certainly a tarantula, judging from the description. He shared the local belief that the origin of man came from them, from the one called 'Ananse'. I hope, that one day, you'll call one of your African acquisitions 'Ananse'. 😄

Wow, Saludos del norte de Argentina.

When you’re feeding the OBT and you say, “Excellent, excellent”, you sound like a mad scientist or Dr. Evil 👿. Lol

You should make a video feeding your personal favorite tarantulas

That was wooden as always! love your vids!

Wow so cool I would love if you got some feather millepedes

I got recommended your channel when you got Kiwi! Been following you since (I don't have any exotics, only hamsters *kisses to angel Cappuccino*). Will you ever get another jumping spider?

Awww... Was kinda disappointed you didn't do your Old Intro, then the New Intro...lol

I also do a happy dance when I'm fed. I can relate. 🤣

gotta drink a good beer out of those horns haha

Petko you NEED to feature that first T more often! She is absolutely beautiful

I really like your orange one the most super beautiful

Slings feeding videos please make it 😍

Professional owner, cute tarantula

nice

Have you thought of making a QnA video?

OBT….orange bitey thing!!

Great video idea! I’d love to see more from those! Also - Tarantula/Reptile Memes Reactions, pls?

In my opinion I think that pokies are the most beautiful and impressive tarantula ever

They have that at the Warren museum... ☠️☠️

Maybe the skull fits on the wall above the big terrarium?

Can you tell us dimesions for the pokie enclosure, the one for the last pokie, I want to make one myself 🤞🏼

I have one Tarantula that I've had for almost 18 years

Annie is such a pretty T, great size, great coloration.