CALLED OUT: Are my Tarantula Enclosures TOO SMALL?
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Tarantulas really are the ultimate homebodies. They just want to get cozy, take a snooze, and maybe sit on their porch for a little bit before wandering back inside.
Oh how I long to be a tarantula 😩
I must be one then 😂😂
They really couldn’t be any more relatable
Before I had tarantulas, the tiny enclosures HORRIFIED me. Dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, even fish really need space. My tarantulas never really move once they pick their favourite spot.
Unfortunately, I lost a sling because I put her in too big of an enclosure and she had trouble finding the prey. Smaller enclosures are better for ambush predators.
Coming to tarantulas from keeping reptiles literally my entire life, enclosure size was my biggest hurdle. I started by keeping slings in way too big of enclosures because more space=better ........for (most) reptiles. I learned first hand that it's just wasted space. When people say things about enclosure size, it's definitely someone from outside of the hobby. And the educational route you took with making this video is the best response.
honestly alot of snakes benefit from smaller enclosures when theyre young. i work with and breed boiga, asian ratsnakes, and other shy and sensitive species.
the way ive gotten everyone on frozen thawed and starting to thrive is to keep them in a smaller setup, preferably pvc so they have protection on all but one side where the sliding glass is, smaller setups also allow me to monitor feces and sheds and whatnot. once theyve eaten regularly for about 2ish months they get moved to a larger display enclosure. some dont get accustomed and have to go back into a smaller setup until theyre confident, but most acclimate just fine ! babies are very sensitive and easy to frighten so they take a little longer than the larger fellas.
I 100% agree with this. It was strange to me going down to such much enclosures going from reptiles to tarantulas, especially for my slings. They’re so much safer, easier to keep track of, feed etc when in a properly sized enclosure for them to be safe.
I remember how I used to feel sad watching people pull egg sacs, but then I educated myself about tarantulas and the whole "instinct vs maternal response". It helped me realize the female protecting it was not so much of a sentience issue but rather more of a programmed response to maximize success of the spiderlings survival. I also saw how some sacs got eaten and I understood the importance of helping the slings by getting them into a nursing pot when possible. The key thing is to research and educate. I would never think to chastise someone when I myself knew so little. I have a bunch now and am always still learning, but I am certainly humble enough to not perch myself up on a high horse and preach about something I know little about.
Absolutely beautifully said
To be fair, There's potential that leaving sacs will actually increase the survival rate of the eggs.
I got called out for putting my C. darlingii sling in a tarantula cribs sling enclosure. What people don't realize is that they use ALL of the space. It created a huge tunnel network using the entirety of the enclosure, "above" and below ground. It has so much room. :D
110% on your side. Our tarantula (about 12years old) lives in a 10 gallon terrarium but mostly stays in her burrow that's takes up only 1/4 of the enclosure. She comes out once in a great while but only at night (we see her web evidence lol) but she's perfectly happy and healthy staying in her hole. Lol
For a while when I gave her more substrate, we couldn't find her at all. But now tiny windows of her burrow are against the glass. So we get to see a couple legs or a butt sometimes 😂
You explained that very well Kat!!! I have learned that some spiders actually seem to get a little nervous in larger enclosures and had to be downsized. Tyfs God bless you
That’s exactly what I learned was how badly they stress in larger areas also the factor they can get injured from a fall like when it comes to have to much height and they land in their very fragile abs
@@mholly1973 exactly 😀
Welcome to the life of a zookeeper. The amount of times I have to explain DAILY why animals are in zoos and why it isn't "prison"...... its so frustrating
Without Zoos we would have lost so many species of animal by now
Can you confidently say zoos have the animals best interest at heart? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been to the zoo and the animals enclosures are just full of concrete and disgusting water. Zoos function just like every other business and cut costs to save money. They don’t give a fuck about the animals. I’m sure some of the keepers do but that’s it.
So the ‘pacing’ phenomenon of bears or big cats in zoos is just normal, happy mammal behavior?
@@Ilostmyairpod those are the zoo's you want to stay away from. Any zoo who keeps an animal in those conditions isn't a zoo you want to support.
All reputable zoo's have huge enclosures with plenty of enrichment and space for there animals will be listed as a breeding facilities for endangered species and go above and beyond for the wealthfare of there animals.
I don't know what zoo's you have been visiting but the only ones I know like that are Chinese and they don't give two flying ones.
@@tinatschka3217Not all 'pacing' behavior is stereotypy. Big cats do patrol their territories back and forth very often and they are often known for pacing right before dinner as they anticipate food.
You cured my arachnophobia and I’m now a mumma (granny to my kids ones) owner of 6 jumping spiders ❤ love you Kat😊
You are doing amazing. Some people just want to criticize just because they can. Tarantulas don't wander and explore in the wild they just hang out near their burrow conserving energy waiting for food. House spiders are the same way they don't wander far from their webs so they are ready when food arrives.
People are ridiculous! My first GBB sling refused to eat for weeks because the enclosure they came with was to big and it was stressing them out. As soon as I moved them to a smaller enclosure they ate right away!
Tarantula's remind me of Sheldon off of the Big Bang Theory. That's my spot. Get out of my spot. Threat pose! Food? Bazinga! lol
Tarantulas are a mood.
I went to a local tarantula breeder and was inquiring about getting a pet spider, she asked how big my enclosure was and I said I had a 46 gallon tank and she said that was wayyy too big. I didn’t get anything but had a respect for the shop owner
Coming in here to add that I have random spiders living in my house and garage, and even with an entire house/garage, a spider makes a web in the windowsill or in a corner by a door, and then they NEVER leave that space (unless something intervenes). They are the Hobbits of invertebrates.
Omg, that's so cute that your botanical gardens has a big ole tarantula enclosure, and her name is Vivian! :D I did feel some of the more decorated enclosures felt small in your videos, but then I'd see the spider in question and... yeah. Ratios! I think the main thing people see coming from other popular Tarantula keeping TH-cam channels is the overall size of enclosures, but not particularly seeing the difference in the spider being housed.
You are my favorite Tarantula youtuber. I actually got into Tarantulas because of you. I think you are amazing with care and information. Thank you so much for what you do and who you are. I love that you feel comfortable enough to share your passion and true self with the world.
110% on your side. Our tarantula (about 12years old) lives in a 10 gallon terrarium but mostly stays in her burrow that's takes up only 1/4 of the enclosure. She comes out once in a great while but only at night (we see her web evidence lol) but she's perfectly happy and healthy staying in her hole. Lol
For a while when I gave her more substrate, we couldn't find her at all. But now tiny windows of her burrow are against the glass. So we get to see a couple legs or a butt sometimes 😂
Hello Again 😊
As I stated in a question in the comments before. This unidentified species of speckled back and striped legged beauty took up residence in the front of our busy pantry. Why, I dont know, lol. She has made her webbed up zone to catch what comes by and has a burrowed spot she is nearly always in. I didnt force it, prob wouldn't have chose it. Been 9 months now! She still creeps out my son... Anyways she has all the pantry to rome and only stays where she burrowed. So all this to say as a complete amateur "I concur with all you have said in this video reponse".
Thanks Kat, the education matters xo
Maybe we can identify it but we're gonna need more information, since you can't share a pic here. A spider with speckled back and stripped legs that makes a web inside a house and stays put sounds like Steatoda sp. (maybe Steatoda triangulosa) or Parasteatoda sp. (Parasteatoda tepidariorum?). But that's just a wild guess, considering I don't even know where you live
You can try asking r/spider or r/entomology reddit what the spider is.
Madness....if all my T's had 5-6' enclosures I'd be sleeping in the garden 😂....keep up the good work Kat! We're with you 👍😁
Hey Kat! I just wanted to say that I used to be terrified of spiders. Your videos were the ones (also Tom Moran and Dark Den) that encouraged me to get a Tarantula to help me overcome that fear. I have an awesome shop near me, in Princeton WV, called the Tye Dye Tarantula, where I got my first (and now all 9!!!!) Tarantula. I got this huge enclosure for my first one, a G. Pulchripes sling I named Grimm, and when I came to the shop with the enclosure, the shop owner educated me on the fact that tarantulas don't need THAT much space, and how actually it can be harder for them to find their water and prey because they don't venture far from their burrows. So a smaller enclosure is actually much more helpful to them because they don't have to go as far to "find" food and water, especially since prey will often hide. And prey that hides can be dangerous to spiders because if they don't find it before they molt, prey items will actually attack and eat a vulnerable tarantula that is molting or is freshly molted. I now have 9 tarantulas and a true spider (a grass spider sling that I rescued from the red runners I bought), and everyone is happy and healthy in the same size enclosures I see on your videos. Thank you so much for your knowledge and for being real, and explaining things in a kind and professional manner. Also, I now have a new respect for all insects that I never had before. This week I found a praying mantis in my kitchen and instead of freaking out I calmly guided it into a catch cup and released it into my flower garden, and today I at work I found a lightening bug on the wall that I caught and safetly put into a bush outside. Everyone at work calls me "the bug lady," and they know to come to me if there is an insect (especially a spider) that they find so that I can take it back outside. You have changed my thinking on these amazing creatures, so thank you so much. You are awesome!!!!
Answered with pure class.
I can't think how annoying ignorant comments like that would become.
Really well answered and also interesting.
especially important with slings to have an appropriate ratio of spider to enclosure size. "massive" enclosures for them are super stress inducing, because when small they're super vulnerable to predation. some outgrow their smol spaces quickly and get rehoused. and others, like my b. baumgartni, are Slow growers. she's almost 2 now and from front leg foot to opposite rear leg foot she still fits on my thumbnail 😅 i've rehoused her twice, once for mold bloom and once because she was stressed and couldn't find prey-because her enclosure was too large.
It’s incredible how many people have no idea how to keep animals or think their assumptions are right and attack those with much more experience/animals without giving a thought to their being a reason why something is done a certain way. Social media age at its finest.
I’m sick of seeing people putting human emotions and needs on reptiles and spiders. Huge cages for snakes and spiders can cause more problems than good. Your doing a great job with your collection!
Even for humans, like as a introvert, am mostly in the family computer and happend to be connected to the living room and kitchen, I just move to eat or sleep, Vivian is the same like why to move 😂
My mom always yells at me because I didn't clean my room, I told her that I spent most of my time in the living room, I just go there to sleep.
My bedroom is so much bigger than the guest room, almost same size as my parents bedroom that has its own bathroom and they are 2 addults and my little sister sharing that space.
There's a good reason they stay near their burrow too. People fail to understand how many other animals will happily eat them given the chance, so staying near their burrow is in their best interest. :)
Meanwhile, I have a spider that has lived inside my car's side mirror for over a year. Has the entire world at their disposal, but chooses to stay put... must be plenty of space 🙂
How rude. I do love the way you responded to this comment. Very informative! I love your channel. ❤
I think the “wtf factor” for me is how people just assume they know more. I’m not a spider keeper, still slowly overcoming fears, just became a snake keeper a couple weeks ago. But I defer to people with more experience and knowledge than myself. Do people not know how to communicate? Questions can be asked without accusations. What’s so hard about a simple “ hey, I noticed your enclosures are smaller than I expected. Is there a reason for that? Can you do a do a general care/enclosure setup tutorial? Or do you already have one or another resource you could point me to?”
I think people assume it’s common sense to give more space, but like you said some species of animals like cramped secure places. I’m one of them 😂 What is inarguably common sense though is to not show up spouting off “facts” without doing research and informing yourself. It just makes you look like an 🫏.
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Ya know... Bf I came across your channel, I assumed the same thing about pet tarantulas vs small enclosures. But I would have never posted such a snarky comment like that for the obvious reason, that I wasn't educated enough about this subject to act so high and mighty😜 It's only bc I subscribed and LISTENED 👂 to the information you have provided. You did a great job of explaining that person's post with dignity, respect and maturity❤
Lets go Kat 👏🏾 gather that commenter up, get her all the way together lol your response was super mellow & educational. What a graceful lady ❤
"MY" beloved and amazing "FATHER" raised curly haired tarantulas and a few other species throughout my childhood, some 45 Yrs.ago.
The information wasn't as studied and accurate as of todays info, of course.
Thanks to people, like yourself, who genuinely have a deep love and passion for these beautiful creatures.
You find time to share your opinions and teach those who are interested in learning.
Thanks Hun!
My lil nephew has learned quit a bit from your infectious engery and informative videos! We're both huge fans but from different sides of the fence. 😆
I "WILL ONLY"😮 appreciate their odd and alluring beauty from afar!😂
Kat, that was so cool of you to take the time to explain and educate. I recently saw a gecko channel make a reel just to belittle somebody who didn't know any better. It's all very well telling somebody they don't know what they are taking about but you then have to explain why they are wrong! You've proven time and again what amazing knowledge you have and you're not afraid to educate! Thank you for getting me over my fear of spiders
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Thanks Kat, really loved the way you approached this topic. Balanced, civil and educational. Appreciate all you do and i certainly have lost a bit of that terror of spiders from simply being educated. Huntsman spiders still scare me though....
Tarantulas are hermits then. Chilling in their own self made home, just waiting on their Uber eats
On a more serious note - I think it’s difficult for people to comprehend how animals as small as spiders, tarantulas and insects think.. that tarantula isn’t getting in an enclosure and, for example, admiring the tiny mushrooms, thanking Kat for her addition of leaf litter, saying hello to the cohabiting springtails - it’s instinct is to hide and to stay hidden, conserve energy for their next prey. And that’s all they have - instinct. Wandering = danger. Burrow/hide/web = safe. Wait for food.
Their comment was definitely passive aggressive!😒I’m glad you don’t let it bother you.
I’ve heard this discussion before but I had a feeling you would explain everything well and present a pleasant argument. You did really well. 💛
That's the problem of the internet age: thinking an opinion is a fact!
I need to clarify all the time that what they are talking to me is nothing more than opinion/ speculation/ thought instead of an actual fact.
I am arguing with facts/ research results and people aren't able to see the difference.
Keep going Kat. Don't waste your time on people who aren't able to understand the difference between facts and opinions.
Love your passion.
Greetings from Germany
Thank you for the detailing, Kat.
What an educational video, Kat! About the tarantulas not exactly seeing and how jumping spiders rely on it. Don’t worry about people who complain at you. Like you said, uneducated people make uneducated comments. You’re awesome and you’ve helped me get over my fear of spiders. Which has kinda transferred to the rest of my life.. it’s teaching me patience and understanding and how I can decide to try and not be so afraid of things and I can try and tolerate if I choose.
Loved this! So informative and interesting. Thank you
Great explanation, Kat!
Great vid Kat and you explained very well ...
Thank you for an informative video, love it!
Thank you for the information. I love your videos and have learned so much from them 💕💕
I love the new intro, very creative 💯💯
Greetings from London 😊 Love your content, Kat! ❤
I really like how you tackle these debates. Great vid.
Very well explained thank yu so much kat for all your amazing, knowledge, and experience w all of us i adore yu and your channel. I love your content ❤🎉
If I were a spider I would want to live in any of your awesome enclosures 🖤🖤🖤🕷️🕷️🕷️
Very good 👍 thanks for the great education and the way you kept the video on point and professional great for the hobby! 🕷️❤️
They live in a vast space in the wild, but they dig out spaces that they can cozy up in. They do not want too big of a space because that can leave room for unwanted visitors.
I have a 25 gallon for my Chilean, and he burrows in one spot but will come out to sit and hang out, but the only thing he does with the rest of the space is put webbing everywhere lol.
Yesss queen you tell that person to do their research! Love you Kat
Just wanted to say I love your spider/web sleeve tattoo! It looks so beautiful, also always love your videos keep up the amazing work!
The joys of working on social media, there'll always be haters and people who don't understand the things you do even if you're making yourself very clear.
What these people don’t realize is that tarantulas (especially females) almost never leave their burrows, unless they’re a mature male or the burrow has been flooded, and if they do it’s usually not very far
I personally think your enclosure sizes are perfect, and it also depends on the species of tarantula and spider aswell. ❤
I'm so glad you made this video! I've had this comment even from friends! Now I have a nice well informed short video I can send them ❤ I've tried to explain this but the video u took at the gardens was the best example! Thanks again for your amazing content!
Great information 😀
I think you handled this very well keep doing what your doing
Unfortunately, some people do not research before trying to preach their opinions. Great video content to prove the point of enclosure size when it comes to tarantulas. Well done. 👏
Your information about T’s and the required homes is fantastic. I have had to explain the same thing to people many times. Excellent videos, always educating for us newbies..
Thank you so much for addressing this and taking the time to educate people! It’s crazy as I went from lizards and snakes to also keeping T’s (you helped me get over my fear) and it’s like re wiring your brain!
thank you for teaching us the right way. Dont worry about what people think. You do a wonderful job. Please never stop. 😉😉😊😊
Wow, Cat thank you for this video! My pet rocks are happy as clams, and for the most part my other guys have day travels that dont change. 👌
Muy bien Kat, tu explicación deja claro tu gran conocimiento sobre las tarántulas y arañas, por eso vemos tu contenido, para divertirnos, educarnos y saber. Sigue así es hermoso lo que haces.😊
I think many people assume that like dogs and cats, critters in terrariums want to wander around all the time and that the 'small' place is harmful to them. They can't wrap their head around the fact that a tarantula will not run seven marathons every night. I had a similar conversation about snakes and terrarium sizes, if you have a species of snake that lays around waiting for prey in the wild, there will be no use of the extra space in a bigger terrarium. (I know the minimum size is important, I'm talking about way too big enclosures )
I absolutely love your channel and adore you oddly enough though I’m still terrified of spiders but am an animal lover and will never harm one ever when I see spiders especially in lake George where I vacation every year with my family they are all over my daughter who loves spiders will just pick it up and put it outside or somewhere safe but Kat you are making me less and less freaked out even my family is shocked at how calm I’ve been when I see one I think your amazing, funny and an all around great person you take very good care of all your pets and you explained in this video amazingly I loved it like always
Great video as always. I agree
I agree with you 100% I've been collecting tarantulas over 15 years most of them I only see now and again or when it's feeding time as for 5 to 6 foot tank too big for one tarantula I love watching your videos keep it going❤
~~Had a Rose tarantula in lil' 5 gallon&seemed perfectly content. Only time it ventured beyond the area burrowed is when crickets camped out there.
~~It got to where I could lay my hand out&she'd go into my palm. Put her on my elbow,from there she'd go up&sit on my left shoulder for as long as I let her. I also had a Black Emperor scorpion that did the same&be on my right shoulder but only for about 5min though. Considering how anxious they tend to be chilling for 5 min probably felt like a month?
Yep the life of an exotic keeper. Keep doing your thing. Hopefully someone learned a thing or two ot three. 🤘
Thank you for this video Kat! You summed it up very well. I get this question from people who don’t even like tarantulas. I understand they just don’t know. Also, I grew up in STL and LOVED the Botanical Garden, best place for field trips (the arch is overrated 😂)! Will definitely have to make a stop there next time I’m visiting family 😁
I always wondered why the enclosures are so small but since I don't know a lot about spiders I try not to judge. Anyway, thanks for the educational video! I'd love to see more educational videos about spiders!
Large open spaces i hear can stress a Tarantula. They feel vaulnerable and uncomfortable and perfer small crammed areas (hence their burrows and logs they live in) they feel safer that way.
While I haven’t had comments on tarantula videos about the size of the enclosures, but people who come over always ask why they are on small enclosures (they aren’t lol). I also try to explain that they seem to seem more secure in their enclosures when they. For example, I rehoused my OBT, she isn’t that big, but the only enclosure I had that was bigger was a 5 gal. I put her in there, she never comes out of her big hide. She made a big tunnel and pokes out lol. She will grow into the rest of it some I’m not worried.
Great video and really interesting to see the one at the botanical gardens. I think the one you have who abandoned her original spacious burrow and chose the tiny safe place under the leaf instead proves the point :) I have a few who have done the same. And as others have mentioned, a big enclosure is not only a waste of space but also can make the tarantula scared and end up just crunched up in a corner with nowhere cramped enough to feel safe.
The ending was facts.. I really liked this video, wonder if they sell a bigger version of the coffin.? This video was definitely entertaining..😊
Such a good explanation. I used to be afraid of these cuties, but now I'm just fascinated by them. And at first I did think to myself about the enclosure size, but even I noticed that they don't really care, as long as they have a hiding spot, they're just gonna chill there.
Another thing that came to mind, watching the video. Maybe an update of the rest of your pets (that you wanna include). I know it's mainly spooder content, just maybe it would be interesting for new people, and for us curious, nosy peeps too :pp ❤
I'm so happy to see that video!
People like this need to be called out if we want the society to became less toxic.
I find it really instructive yoo, even if I'm really frightened by tarantulas! I love your content and I become less and less afraid of spiders in my home and outside!
My goal is to have a Jumping spider on a year of 2! 💜🧡🖤
So True !!
I feel this so much ! I went from Hamsters and mice to spiders but reading up on spiders I very quicly understood why they ddont need much space. It really wierd how ppl apperantly dont like to read up on ANY animal before becoming an expert on it ! You go Kat
Cool informative video. 👍👍👍
I don't personally keep spoods, but I love your videos and have been watching long enough to know what a careful and considerate owner you are. You meticulously care for each and every creature you own. I think you're awesome..you keep doing you ❤❤
I LOVE your Halloween carebear :)
Thank u it’s actually a purse too!!
Another awesome video!
I have a very large bio set up for my T. apophysis- lots of lovely places for her to roam…. yeh, I’ve never seen her out and about. She always hangs down in her burrow under cork bark. Def not ‘Dora the explorer’ 🥳😁
I don’t have a tarantula..yet. I plan on having one or a few in the future once I am able. But when I first started watching videos on them I was confused why they were in such small enclosures and I thought that the people keeping them were not taking care of them the way they should be. But the more videos I watched and the more research I did I found out that they really don’t need a lot of space and they are pretty low maintenance. I am truly fascinated with spiders and how they live. I do as of right now have a jumping spider, I believe he is a Phidippus regius/regal jumping spider and his name is Eddie. I am a huge fan of jumpers and I’d like to say I know a lot about them. I’m so glad I did my research and now know how different spiders live or I would still be wondering why people were “not taking care of them correctly”. I love your videos Kat! I’ve learned so much from you!
i love spiders, especially tarantulas but am not confident to care for them. thank you for doing what you do. the lessons are very enlightening. and good read btw. 🤣😂
Holy shit. People need to do their homework before they make such awful remarks!
Your enclosures are beautiful. I, and my daughter love watching together. You Kat, are teaching us and if we have more questions, library!
Girl you freaking rock and much love to you. (And to spiders because they are cool!)
How does a tarantula become bored? They're not like mammals as example who usually need lot more space but some people think every animal has the same needs.
To quote Thumper "if you cant say somethfing nice. Dont say nofthing at all". 😊
Your enclosures are so good. These spiders and tarantulas are living the good life with tarantula kat
New viewer here! The enclosure full of spider web is siiickkkkkkk! what kind of spider lives in it?
Very well adressed!
Hey Kat sense I’ve stated watching your videos I’m not as terrified of jumping spiders so thank for showing me they are not that scary 😘😘😘
Did you add more to your sleeve? It looks so fresh and crisp 😍
Great enclosures Kat. I have 8 T's and they are in all different sized Tarantula cribs. I also have a Pacman frog who is literally a rock lol. He sits in one spot all day and he has a 10 gallon lol
Not the basic analog hygrometer/thermometer in the botanical garden enclosure! 💀🤣
Always love your content! 🖤
1000% agree with you. the only exception to the "they mostly stay in/near their burrows" (at least for the T's i currently have) would maybe be arboreal. i have a C. versicolor (small juvenile at around 2.5-3 inches) and a avic (around 4.5-5 inches). my avic seems to be the more "i need to walk the entirety of my 15x12x12 zilla cube most of the day" type. if he's not on a stroll around his enclosure, he's hiding from a cricket and waiting for the right moment to jump on it lol.
my versicolor tends to stay on one side of it's 1 large vertical piece of quark bark. it has a nice web hide made towards the top, but has more recently been meandering around near it.
but, even then, they still are T's and they, as you said, don't exactly "hunt" their prey. just an ambush, usually. and their burrows are the perfect spot to ambush at so why be somewhere else lol.
That comment is just straight up anthropomorphism
If you were a little bird snack, you too wouldn’t venture far from your hidey hole
I came to this channel to learn about Jumping Spiders, never wanting a Tarantula. Your channel showed me what amazing, interesting creatures they were and now I have 15. I learned how to set up cool enclosures for them on this channel. Setting up the enclosures is one of the most fun aspect of keeping Tarantulas. Really liked what you had to say in this video. There are some that consider themselves "woke" and feel they must advocate for the animals. They've not even taken the time to educate themselves on how these animals live in the wild. The only negative thing I can say about your channel is that I get jealous because you have access to all those cool Tarantula Crib enclosures and they're out of my budget. I did finally get to place an order. I'm getting some cool aboreal enclosures to rehouse my C. versicolor and my T. rasti. My order is on its way! Thank you Tarantula Kat for your fun and educational videos. You're a great example of proper Tarantula care.
From my observations so far, it seems like people either have none, or just
one spider or reptile, or 473. It's as if you are completely uninterested, brand new in the field, or absolutely love everything about the little creatures beyond measure 😌
I just have one Phidippus Regius (so far 😬)