Sunday, July 7, 2024The "Spectrum" of Tarantula Terrestrial, Fossorial, and Arboreal Enclosure Setups
Recently, I did a podcast about some of my terrestrial spiders that appreciated room to dig as adults. Since then, I've received questions about fosso...
Sunday, June 30, 2024Common Tarantula Keeper Mistakes Part 2
I first covered this topic back in December of 2021. However, as the years have passed, I have encountered some new issues troubling hobbyists. In thi...
Sunday, June 23, 2024Tips for Raising Huntsman Spiders
A few years ago, I started keeping several Heteropoda (Huntsman) species, and it was quite the learning curve in many ways. In this episode, I'll disc...
Sunday, June 16, 2024Tarantula Setups - Real vs. Fake Plants
When setting up a tarantula habitat, there are usually four main "ingredients": substrate, a hide, a water dish, and plants. However, when putting pla...
Sunday, June 9, 2024A Rainbow of Spiders 2 - Some of the Most Colorful Spiders I've Kept
After doing a video featuring a rainbow of different spiders, I thought that it might be fun to do an "extended commentary" in which I cover even more...
Sunday, June 2, 2024Terrestrial Tarantulas That Burrow (or Rethinking How We Keep Terrestrials)
For years, tarantulas designated as "terrestrial" were given a couple inches of substrate and a hide for a setup. Now, although this isn't necessarily...
Sunday, May 19, 2024Tityus stigmurus or the "Brazilian Yellow Scorpion" Care
In this episode, we break away from talking about spiders for a bit and instead discuss the care for T. stigmurus. This amazing little scorpion can pr...
Sunday, May 12, 2024The Most Heavily Webbing Spiders I Keep
I've had a bunch of folks ask me to cover this over the years, and I honestly thought that I had already done so! In this episode, I go over a do...
Sunday, May 5, 2024D. Pentaloris "The Tiger Rump" vs. H. formosus "The Pumpkin Patch"
First off, we discuss last week's episode and some of the feedback I received (a HUGE thank you to all who took the time to comment!).Then, it&ap...
Sunday, April 28, 2024The Future of the Podcast and Signs Your Old Tarantula Is Dying
If someone would have told me back in early 2018 that this podcast experiment would continue for over 300 episodes, I would have laughed. But here we ...
Sunday, April 21, 2024The Best Tarantula Species for Folks Raising up Their First Slings
As I've spent more time keeping tarantulas, I've realized that questions "what is a good beginner species?" and "what is a go...
Monday, April 15, 2024The Importance of Establishing Routines with Growing Tarantula Collections
How do you know when you’re getting too many tarantulas? How can you tell when you’re reaching what should be your limit?In this episode, we’ll discus...
