| Keeping a pet spider | | | | Before you buy |
| Spiders might not be for everyone, but for some | | | | Make sure your motives for buying a pet tarantula are |
| people they are fascinating and ingenious little | | | | right. Some people buy them to look cool or even |
| creatures that make unique pets. There are over | | | | brave. This won't be good for you or your spider in the |
| 38,000 spider species in the world, and climbing, | | | | long run! Also make sure you understand they aren't |
| however pet enthusiasts only commonly keep a tiny | | | | companiable pets and they are more geared to being |
| percentage of these. Most commonly kept are the | | | | observed rather than 'played' with. Most tarantula |
| tarantula species as they are large, have little venom | | | | species can live for around 5 years, some for much |
| and are fairly easy to care for. In this article you will | | | | more, so put a lot of thought into if you really want |
| learn the basics for keeping such a fascinating pet. | | | | one. Reading this through may help you decide! |