#tarantulas are silent and don’t smell unless they die and you don’t notice right away

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Ok but the Brachypelmas are slow growers so if you get small or even medium sized slings you could absolutely house them all in deli cups in a 5-10gallon tank.

My four most recent purchases are all in 2oz takeout sauce containers. 2 brachys and a curly hair, a Cyriocosmus leetzi who won’t need more than a 4x4” cube on adulthood.

You can see the leetzi in the second one from bottom all splayed out on the right.

I stg you haven’t lived until you have created a functional enclosure in which your spider enjoys the vaulted ceiling of the single small leaf it’s hiding under.

Slings can be teensy. I probably won’t need to rehouse these guys for months and months. In fact I will bet I will need to rehouse the dwarf tarantula before I need to rehouse the Brachypelmas or curly hair.

You can definitely make a small single aquarium work for a while, just not for full grown, non-dwarf species. But let me tell you, the dwarf species are rad and should not be dismissed.

Behold my pretty. Dolichothele diamantinensis was my first tarantula and while fairly fast, with prep and research and a solid handle on how to successfully rehouse bolty spiders, they are amazing. I don’t handle and don’t plan on it, for fear of injuring the spider. But look at this gorgeous tiny T! It’s so so pretty! And this is about as big as it will get if it’s a male. If it’s female probably a smidge bigger. Closer to 3” dls.

I caught the tarantula keeping hobby itch but im only allowed ONE tank in graduate student housing.

i want. a shelf. of spiders.

someday. someday i will have this shelf.