watch this BEFORE you get a tarantula (are they good pets?) 

sry this is up so late, blame birdspidersCH for distracting me: ru-vid.com/show-UCbHE3xBkA2j5bMvtnI_46AA

Pro: You'll love them❤ Con: They won't love you back💔

Me- already has a pet tarantula Also me- Ooooo a tarantula video for beginners *click*

Con: when you realise that 90% of tarantula keeping can be replicated by turning a plant pot on its side and sticking some pipe cleaners at the entrance.

pro: you can sneak them in apartments or dorms that dont allow pets con: spending money random stuff because it can be an enclosure or a decoration for the T lol

Pro: super cheap to feed them!!! (And it's fun.) I like to pretend they love me. 🤗🤗🤗

"January seventy-first." I'm for sure adding that to my vocabulary.

Tarantulas are kind of like having fancy plants. You love and take care of them so much, and they'll never know... It's kind of sad. The most complicated plants I can manage to care for are succulents (the easiest plants to manage) mostly because I have cats that destroy things I love, so a tarantula might be out of my league.

Con: They’re not all females Also Con: Super addictive 😂

I was shocked by how easy tarantulas are and how much of a non-responsibility it is. The only thing you need to know is proper setup and you're good.

Pros: You can go on holiday for a while and just leave them alone. They don't need much space. It is always great and like a surprise to see a tarantula grow and mold. They are calm and don't make any disturbing sound. And of course: the beauty. Con: That one needs to feed living insects, which means one needs to keep those as well. First I always felt very sorry for them and needed to get used to it. Crickets are stinky and can cost you sleepless nights when they escape and hide behind a shelf and make noise there.

I just rescued my first, luckily it’s been going really well so far. I’m hoping for a she, have to wait for a molt or two before I’ll know... but “she’s” a hobby form curly hair missing a leg, that I’ve named Seven Legged Squish, or just Squish. Went from phobic you fascinated. 🕷💜

The only Tarantula I’m only fascinated/interested in so far or just in general are the Brazilian Black Tarantula because my favorite color is black. And looking at their color is very beautiful and I’ll always be awestruck by the way that they look

Pro: super awesome, interesting, fun to watch, addictive! Cons: I just got haired for the first time tonight 🤣👎🏻🔥

Great video Kat, but you forgot the big Pro/Con: once you get one and enjoy it, they are just like Pokemon. You get on a mission to catch them all!!! 🙂🙃😉🤪🕷🕷🕷

Me: has 9 tarantulas already Kat: *this video* Me: hell yeah

The only con I can really think of is, there's never enough money or room to buy all the T's I want🤣. Pro for me is, they're super duper quiet. Great video Kat!!! Tyfs God bless you

i had no idea about the candle thing i always burn candles in my room and now i feel bad for my t’s

I was super chill until I heard about candles. That's my one addiction 😂

The only con of keeping Ts is that they are addictive. Ts are amazing. I keep arachnids for 2 decades now and I can never see my life without them. I also love my scorpions. Wish one day I can own a vinegaroon.

Thank you for this video.. Always wanted one and this clears up everything.. I love how passionate and knowledgeable you are 😊😍

Awesome video. I had my heart set on a green bottle blue but we cant get them in Australia. Just love watching videos like yours with them!

You nailed it what the pros and the cons!!

Thanks for the basic info. Love how you present your information. You re always kind and upbeat. Love the videos. And hell yeah to the Mario sounds! Lol

I’m looking to get my first tarantula in a couple weeks here, your video was really helpful as to what to expect and I’m so excited for my first spider 😁😁😁

I work it at a thrift store so im always finding cheap fish tanks and encloser stuff

Very good video Kat , I enjoyed it.

This is literally the perfect video for someone interested in keeping! 🥰

Love you Kat❤ I remember when I subscribed to you and you had about 10k subs:)Your channel has grown sooo much😁Nice and helpfull vid btw!

Thank you for your insight! I would like to get a tarantula eventually, I want to learn the most I can before I do get one because I would like to keep it responsibly!

Good info Kat 😋 My cousin is considering getting a tarantula and this should really help 👍😋

Okay Kat, I love your videos and you have become a great source of informative in a very short time. I started watching you when you had 14 tarantulas and have watched you grow so much as a keeper. Now, my thought about being tamed and bonding.... I agree they are not animals you can tame, but I see some amazing bonding with certain tarantulas. Maybe bonding isn't the right way to describe it, but with my 11 tarantulas, the ones we have been raising from very tiny slings seem to have a 'sense' of us. Our T. vegans gets very pissy with my partner, but she's perfectly mellow with me. She's quite a character and she's got that threat posture that could terrify anyone who is not familiar with demonstrative T's. My juvenile B hamorii, Adelaide, has been mine pretty exclusively since she was a very tiny sling. I swear I am not crazy. I can open her enclosure and she will actually walk over to my hand and walk on to it like she knows she's safe. I don't handle ours too much because, like you said, they are not social animals and do prefer to be left alone. Anyway, just my opinion. The most amazing bonding-like behavior I saw was with an OBT. She isn't typical. She lets her keeper handle her but the crazy thing was watching a video of her climbing onto her keepers hand and she sort of made her self comfortable and I was totally shocked! I saw this video in a Facebook group. Now of course I can't find it. Maybe it was all a dream. :) I do admit I believe in many things that are not scientifically proven.

Good job Kat 😁👍

Great video . Thank you

Hi Hunni! My lil son has hijacked my RU-vid account and LOVES tarantulas! We have 10 now, but this wasn't always the case. As early as last year i was terrified of these creatures. Its embarrassing, because Im a nurse and a biology degree holder... anyway, it was my nemesis 😔 HOWEVER , with my son's facination and research skillz! I felt this was bigger than me and my fears....that was one if the best decisions of my life although I'm still growing into this appreciation.....so much thanks to you and other educators to turn the light on for the rest of us and empower young minds (and older minds) lol. Love you, my dear and thanks soooo much💯🌹🥰.

While I don't know that I'll ever keep one, I like seeing how so many unexpected containers can be adapted as enclosures. Seeing all the different species highlighted, there are some beautiful species.

So many of your cons can be good things too. I love that I don't have to get them out and play with them. I love that they are antisocial and don't need a ton of attention. They don't make noise. My kind of pet!

Love the video👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💜

You’re channel got me to open up about tarantulas and now I kinda want one!! My mom would definitely kill me 😂

Randomly bought a tarantula once, while in the pet store buying feeders for my Tiger Oscar. No research whatsoever, just fascinated by them, and bought everything on the spot. It was a rose hair tarantula. VERY easy to care for. Admittedly, watching them eat was SO intriguing. Your videos have made me want another one, and more...

I will get my first Grammastola pulchra and a Brachypelma auratum this weekend, so excited for my first tarantulas! I choose those two for their docility and awesome looks. Thanks for the advice about cats, I'll make sure the enclosures will be safe. And you are right about reptiles, my Mexican black kingsnake doesn't even need a special light, just a heat pad but the substrate to change and rats add up quickly.

I have a Costa Rican Zebra T who lives in a ten gallon aquarium and yet she LOVES exploring! She runs all around! Especially under the plants! She loves exploring apparently

Just got my friend her first tarantula for X-mas (w/ approval) got her a curly hair!! It's so flippin cute and I'm dying!! Got such a good enclosure set up for it thanks to you're gentle guidance 🥰

I love ALL your videos, Kat. You're one of the people that helped me make the decision to overcome my fear and get a Tarantula. Now I'm totally in love and addicted. My Sister from another mother.

Love love love ❤️ got my first curly hair 2 days ago and I’m in love with it

Pro- you can go on holiday for a week and they’ll be fine on their own. No need to find someone to look after them.

Watching your vids definitely inspired me to get a tarantula. Maybe not as many yet lol but they are so cool. I went with a Grammostola pulchra for my first one. Took me a while to choose which species to go with.

Oh, I am so glad saw your video. I have been wanting a Tarantula. Was hoping find good informational video on subject. Really wanted a Tarantula which would be docile & would be good for frequent handling... Your video answered a lot of my questions on handling behavor... I would be very disappointed if had gotten a Tarantula & it turned out couldn't interact with it to the level would want....

Kat, great video but it's a bit late I now share my room with almost 30 Tarantulas and a cat. The cat shows no interest in my tarantulas unless I need to transfer a spider to a bigger container - no harm was done but she has to leave my room for future transfers. And you said it's cold (I'll happily switch I have to take a shower 4+ times a day humidity is 80% or higher at times (Durban South Africa)

My first was a Brachypelma hamorii, I love it. So cute and it's my favourite

I had previously kept cockroaches and was looking into mantis keeping when I stumbled on tarantulas. I have 2 now and am looking forward to the next expo in my area to add more! I watched so many videos and read so many things on arachnoboards before making a list of species I felt fit me and so far so good! My Aphonopelma chalcodes is a super chill sling and my Cyriocosmus elegans has closed of its burrow but I spotted little feets this afternoon so I'm waiting to see if it molts! Also thanks to all the videos I watched before getting them, I knew to try to not freak out when the burrow got closed off, horray!

Clint realized he kinda buried himself so he made a new exit.

Great Video

Well Said Thanks!

"get the tarantula you really want" is great advice My first two T's were an obt and a GBB And I was warned against getting an old world as one of my first T's But honestly that obt made me discover a passion for old worlds And if I could go back, I wouldn't change a thing Everyone told me it was a bad idea but that tarantula struck a passion So my advice is get whatever T you want so long as you know what you're getting into Like if you want a brightly colored T, starting with an old world is fine so long as you know what comes with keeping old worlds I don't see it as a level of experience it's more of a level of knowledge Someone could be in the hobby for ten years and still not feel ready for an old world Or someone would be in the hobby for two months and feel fully ready for an old world Just do your research and get whatever you want

I've really been considering getting my first tarantula, you and Petko are really making me lean towards getting into the hobby. lol Thinking about a Brachy or maybe a Nandu species for my first.

I used to be so scared of spiders and i was tired of freaking out whenever I saw them so I got some tarantulas and now spiders and tarantulas are my fave pet in the world.

Not in a situation to own a tarantula myself, especially with a very mischievous cat, so I live vicariously through these videos :)

I keep BeBe in my workshop ( I build custom guitars) and when I have to paint a guitar body, I place the enclosure towards the outside of the workshop next to the open door.

I'm terrified of spider but thanks to you I've decided to get a small jumping spider and after getting comfortable I would like to get a tarantula.

@tarantula kat thanks so much for this video! I've been wanting to get a tarantula for a while now so I've been doing a bit of research. I can't decide which species to get, but I just wanted to ask you a question. You mentioned that burning scented candles or incense is bad if you have a t. I burn loads of incense all the time, is it really that bad for the t?

Thank you for this video. I'm a huge spider lover, when I lived in London back in the 1990s I had a tarantula, I only know what she was classed as "Mexican Blonde", she was beautiful, she was chocolate brown, with the most gorgeous pink hairs on her abdomen, she was very easy to handle (I mean if she ran up my arm or something she wasn't skittish), I left her in care with friends when I left the UK. Now here in Australia we are not able to get more "exotic" species, but we do have our own tarantulas ... there's not a lot of info on them, there's basically only exotic pet shops that sell them without a whole heap of information. I'd love to get one again, and as you've shown, very easy to maintain ... I know this is a huge ask, but are you able to find more about Aussie Tarantulas and give me a recommendation on what would be a great species to have as a pet. Cheers Dean.

The Mr. Rogers line sweater though

Just got my first tarantula yay (avicularia metallica)

I love the purple hair

I can’t be the only one who bought a tarantula and already have her but still clicked on this video. Please tell me I’m not?

Great video, I'm looking to buy my first tarantula here in Australia 🇦🇺. I would like to know, I always burn scented candles but the spider would be on the other side of the room. Would this still affect it?

hii ive been wanting to have a tarantula for a while now but i never actually got one, ive always really liked brachypelma smithis because of how pretty i find them. i didnt find much videos of them as pets in youtube, so i was wondering if i could get your opinion. are they "good beginner" spiders? oh and do you have any tip on convinving my parents on having a tarantula? thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

The one I did research on I really want is the Brazilian black tarantula

One thing that I would add is that with tranchulas you do have to have a lot of patience. Some species grow quickly and some grow very slowly. Like watching grass grow. So what can happen is you are impatient waiting for the T to get larger so you get a larger one and another one and another one oh and did I mention that one is just gorgeous and you have to have it? Oh but look at that one! And the next thing you know you have 30 tranchulas.

I just got my first 2 weeks ago, a Brachypelma Boehmei, i love it sooooo much ;~; i really want a Theraphosa Stirmi tho, but always thought its a big jump from the boehmei, but this video encouraged me to maybe get one anyway, thanks

My con is that I live in Alaska and there isn't affordable or reliable food. Plus what if I spent 100 bucks on shipping a spider plus the cost of the spider and it died????? I looove watching your videos and living vicariously through youtubers lol 💪🐟💪

I have two tarantulas and will be getting more I love having them.😊

2 comment awesome video today kat you rock girls hope one day to meet you 💯👍

Really Enjoyed this video since I’m considering getting a tarantula. Really fascinated by curly haired T’s...which would you recommend for a beginner and what’s the pros and cons of curly haired ts

perfect video for someone like me who's planning to buy my first tarantula.

Best size for beginners second and the poles were so hard to keep alive a achieved silver dollar size

I kind of want one but I have three cats and I would like to be able to handle her. Thanks for the video tho, really instructive

Hi, I loved your explanation on tarantulas. I'm interested in having a tarantula as a pet I live south Texas and I see around my house tarantulas in rainy days, sometimes they go inside my house, I get them and let the loose in a field. But my question is. Can I keep a wild tarantula as a pet. Thanks for answering.

I only want a T Seladonia, would this be suitable as a first to a collection ? I love your vid,s. X

I know it's never recommended as a beginner species, but I would absolutely LOVE to have a T. Blondi!

Spreadsheets! Tarantulas are a great reason to keep spreadsheets. Feeding, molting, maintenance, etc. So, depending on which type of nerd you are, put one in the appropriate pro/con column.

I plan on adopting a pink toe tarantula! Once I get an enclosure for it! It'll be a sling I believe! From PetSmart in Bay City Michigan USA! I couldn't be happier to get the fella!

Con: can't buy them in Italy. T_T

I was taking care of a Bold Jumping spider I found on my wall. He was doing great for a few months, happily eating and running around his enclosure, but passed away suddenly. I don't know what happened. :( Thinking about getting a T as I found it so rewarding watching spiders go about their lives, but now I'm a bit paranoid I'm not good at caring for them.

Hey I don't have any tarentulas, and my concern is how do you keep their food, do you have to keep bugs? Because they don't seem to eat a lot.

What if I want to be able to hold my spider more often is there a specific type of spider I should look for

No heating needed? How cool at night can they cope with? If we go away for a week we would put the heating on anti frost to stop water pipes freezing. 10c/50f?

Are they good pets for someone who often travels? I´m gone every weekend and sometimes I´m not in my apartment for 5-14 days. Are there any spider species that can be that long without supervision?

hey! i wanna get a tarantula but im scared of getting a sling since they are so small and im worried that they would run away pr something. do you think i should get a “teen” tarantula?

I honestly am so scared of spiders but for some reason I am so fascinated with these beautiful creatures my gosh want one so bad but wouldn’t be able to handle much but I have heard they really don’t like it. They are so awesome. Females live up to 30 and males 5-10 what! My gosh. How sad they will never bond 😞

That’s the only thing stopping me from getting one is because of my cat I had lizards hamsters and rats killed by my cat he literally will knock the cage/ tank over and chase them then kill them so I think it’ll be best if I don’t get a tarantula atm because I’m not going to get rid of my cat I had for 5 years now and I’m too attached to let him go Edit: I love your videos and I’m gon keep watch them 💯

They are also nocturnal so they do like to come out at night time and explore

I'm thinking about getting a first tarantula , do you think a A.seemani is a good first.

I would go as far ss say moild is not a problem at all. Just spotcleaning. But mold is not dangerous. Mites could be if they explode in number but as you say, just dry out the substrate

So I got an tarantula like 2 weeks ago (first pet lol and it's pretty big) and I already setup it's enclosure but I was tryna to look for cleaning critters for the enclosure to have him/her feel more from smaller creatures Any tips??

I saw a cartoon when I was little that showed a witch who had a pet tarantula and I was like "I WANT A PET TARANTULA" & my grandma was like "Absolutely not" lol But now that I'm older I'm ready to get one, I'm not sure when or what specific kind but I'm like committing to the idea and planning on getting everything prepared, & overall I'm really enjoying watching your videos and looking at all the wonderful footage/photos of them :)

I really want to get one! However, when would they bite?

kat: if you want a smol spider like a pumpkin patch my pumpkin patch: wait, is that a personal attack or something?!

I don’t have a tarantula, but I have a huge brown recluse that I have grown quite fond of! Everybody that comes over, I tell them to leave the spider alone hanging out near my porch light! I love that spider, and would be very sad if someone killed it! I used to have a fly problem until that spider built its web by my porch light! The rain washes the web away every now and then, and I’ve seen that spider build the web back within a few hours! It’s amazing to see the work that spider produces! The web is huge! Spanning at least 4 feet long, and 3 feet wide! And it amazes me how quick that spider rebuilds after a rain storm! The first couple of rain storms made me sad, because I thought the spider was washed away! Night comes though and the web is back! My guess is my porch light is a good food source! I may be crazy for allowing a brown recluse to stay so close to my house, but the spider helps me, keep the insects away, and the ones that do come to the light, get trapped in the web! I was going to get a Venus fly trap, but Mother Nature brought that spider to me and solved my problem!