What is the best way to care for a chilean rose hair taranchula? i want one...?

i want a taranchula but i would love to know more about them first. i think i will go with the chilean rose hair because that is what i understand to be the most sociable. (yes i know i am a strange girl lol) :)

What is the best way to care for a chilean rose hair taranchula? i want one...?
First thing you have to understand is that tarantulas are not really sociable. You can find some species where the majority of them do not mind being handled, but, there will still be individuals within that group that will not want to be handled at all. In the wild they would live pretty much completely solitary lives. Even a female tarantula may eat a male that approaches her to mate. That's how unsocial they are. They actually consider others of the same species to be food. In other words, this is a pet that won't ever act like it likes you, you'll be lucky if it doesn't ever try to bite you.


That being said, I love tarantulas and have about 40 or so of my own. They are very unique creatures and very interesting to watch when they happen to be doing something.


Probably the best setup for a rose hair is about a 10 gallon tank filled up to about 5 inches from the top with substrate. I use the coconut fiber you can buy in bricks called Eco earth. You do have to add water to take it from brick form to substrate form. You'll want to rehydrate the coconut fiber and then dry it back out for several days before you put your spider on it. Rose hairs are from one of the driest climates out there, so they will not appreciate having wet substrate at all. They are a species that should never be misted even though every pet store I've ever been to insists on misting theirs. Your tarantula will also need a hide of some sort and a shallow water dish like the type they sell for reptiles. Of course the tank will also need a screen lid as they can climb somewhat despite being terrestrial tarantulas. The pet store you get it from will probably tell you that you need a sponge for it to drink water from. Well, adult tarantulas cannot drink capillary water which is pretty much what it would be like to drink off of a sponge. Only tiny baby tarantulas can drink water off of the soil and things like that.


Hopefully that's enough to get you started, here's a link too...


http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthre...


That one is actually from someone that actively keeps and breeds tarantulas. Most of the caresheets out there give you the same generic advice for every species, so I don't trust most caresheets too much. The type of climate they require all varies depending on where they are from.. I have some tarantulas that I flood a couple times a week because they would've lived along streams and rivers in the wild. Then I've got some that I haven't misted in a year.
Reply:http://www.petbugs.com/caresheets/G-rose...


http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/rose...


http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reptiles...


And I think having a tarantula would be cool!