TOP 10 Mistakes Keeping Tarantulas & Spiders - DON'T DO THIS!

In this video I cover the Top 10 Mistakes in the tarantula hobby. These are mostly mistakes I made over the years as I progressed in the hobby. Hopefully you can learn from my mistakes and the mistakes of many others and give your tarantulas and other spiders the optimal conditions for a long and healthy life. This is the twenty ninth episode in a weekly series called Tarantula Tuesday. I will be highlighting one species each week covering basic information, husbandry and care. If you found this video helpful and/or entertaining, please hit the like button so new keepers can find this content further down the road. I have Tarantula Collective T-shirts, Stickers, Hoodies, and all kinds of different merch available for purchase...check the link out down below. The other links for items for sale on Amazon are affiliate links (as well as the Tarantula Collective storefront on Amazon), if you use, also help support this channel! Be sure to join our facebook group, The Tarantula Collective, to continue the conversation and follow @the_tarantula_collective on Instagram for daily pictures of tarantulas from my collection. 🖖💚🕷

00:00 Intro
01:07 #1 Sponge in Water Dish
02:04 #2 Misting Tarantulas
03:38 #3 Heat Lamps / Under Tank Heater
04:27 #4 Setting up enclosure in direct sunlight
05:45 #5 Ventilation
07:41 #6 Fine Mesh Lids
09:10 #7 Needs More Substrate
11:46 #8 Overfeeding
13:23 #9 Feeding during premolt
15:10 #10 Leave Your Tarantula Alone When Molting
16:15 Final Thoughts
17:43 Outro

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