Time To Move A Few Tarantulas

Hi Guys!

So yesterday I finally got around to move two of my tarantulas, I should have done it last week but I couldn't find the time.

I bought a bunch of new plastic containers last time I was at IKEA, I do prefer the glass enclosures but for juveniles and tiny mature males the plastic containers works just fine.

A lot of keepers prefer to always have their tarantulas in Critter keepers/plastic containers cause they whey a lot less than the glass enclosures.

But I, like I said prefer to keep my tarantulas in the glass enclosures.

The number one reason for that is cause I like to display them, I don´t have a separate room for my tarantulas at the moment, and I think it looks nicer if you have glass enclosures in the living room and so on :D

The tarantulas doesn't really care either way, as long as they have clean substrate, food, water and places to hide they will be happy.

But anyway, if you want a temporary home for your juveniles I can definitely recommend the plastic containers that I use.

They are from the IKEA "Samla" line and they come in a variety of sizes.

This is what they look like, you can buy separate "locks" for them to make sure that the lid won´t come off, it´s basically a piece of plastic that you snap on to the side of the container.

And you need to drill ventilation holes, otherwise the tarantulas will suffer from poor air quality and you will most likely experience issues with mold really fast.

You can either use a multi tool like I did or you can burn holes through the plastic with a soldering iron.

So what tarantulas did I rehouse?

Well first up was my mature male Ceratogyrus marshalli.

Rehousing this little cutie was really easy, he´s always been very calm and he has never tried to bolt on me.

He seemed to really enjoy his new home with all the added space, he went exploring for a few minutes then I found him in the corner grooming himself, I got a few seconds of that on film and I will try and add it into a Vlog on YouTube soon.

Since he is a mature male this will be his forever home, the males are so tiny (and cute).

Next up was my Thrixopelma pruriens.

Now this little one is usually super fast so I was a bit more worried about this rehousing compared to the C. marshalli.

He initially thought it was food time when I touched him with the straw so he grabbed onto it with his legs, but he didn't bite or anything like that.

The best you can do when you get a reaction like that from your tarantulas is to be calm and give them a second to figure out that it´s not food.

They react like this cause their instinct is to feed whenever possible, they don´t understand that all you´re trying to do is to give them a nice new home.

This is in no way a sign of aggression or anything like that.

He settled down in no time at all and then it was easy to direct him over to the new home.

So I´m super happy that they finally got their new homes, it´s such a satisfying feeling when a rehousing goes well.

I have a few more that will need an upgrade soon, but I have to go and get smaller containers for them cause they are still pretty small.

Anyway I think this was all for now :D

As always if you have any questions about rehousing a tarantula or if there´s anything else you want to know, feel free to contact me on my YouTube page or my Instagram.

Take Care Guys!