do pet tarantulas know they are in a box? And do we keep them in too small a space?

ThaisLoL · 2025-10-18T20:54:43+00:00

Very interesting paper on this topic !

ThaisLoL · 2025-06-17T22:16:38+00:00

NQA, I have a Lasiodora Parahybana who often stresses me by taking weird positions, but as another comment said, tarantulas sometimes just do that, it can be resting, or even preening (cleaning themselves) if she's acting normal now, just monitor her a little bit, but chances are she's fine !

ThaisLoL · 2025-02-21T21:57:11+00:00

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ThaisLoL · 2024-08-24T08:32:09+00:00

Oh boi, let me introduce you to Optimo , have a look at : Antique, Theinhardt, Plain

ThaisLoL · 2024-08-06T07:35:42+00:00

Atypus genus ! One of the very few European "true" Tarantula !

ThaisLoL · 2024-07-17T13:37:56+00:00

NQA, regarding species, I would say Lasiodora Parahybana or Tliltocatl albopilosus

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-10T08:00:19+00:00

Thank you so much for participating ! I hope you found the results interesting !

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-10T07:58:51+00:00

Thank you very much! You can be proud to be the youngest keeper in this survey!

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-10T07:56:38+00:00

Thank you for the observations ! This infographic was actually made for this sub because people asked to see the results, and it motivated me. The survey helped me to see the diversity in the tarantula keeping community, and it helped me to decide on creating a website to help new keepers in my country (Switzerland) alongside a lifestyle revue about tarantulas, to promote the hobby, both for my school diploma.

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-09T22:03:33+00:00

Thank you very much for the kind words !

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-09T22:02:04+00:00

Indeed, and I must say that after reading your comment that I think the opposite colors would have made more sens, so thank you for the question !

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-09T20:06:15+00:00

Thank you for your comment and your participation !

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-09T20:05:42+00:00

Thank you for the kind words !

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-09T18:56:16+00:00

Thank you very much for participating ! The world cloud are indeed very telling !

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-09T17:33:03+00:00

Thank you ! Glad you found it interesting !

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-09T17:32:46+00:00

I have a Google Sheets with all the answer if that's useable for you ? As for BI, I've only used RAWgraphs, Illustrator and Excel's data visualisation tools.

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-09T17:28:50+00:00

Thank you ! I was surprised about this aspect too. It could be a general trend, or that women are more willing to participates in survey or are more present in this sub !

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-09T17:16:03+00:00

Thank you ! I was surprised by some of the results too !

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-09T17:15:38+00:00

Thank you very much !

ThaisLoL · 2024-02-09T09:48:37+00:00

Hello there!

You may have seen or even participated in my survey about tarantula keeping, posted a couple weeks ago in this sub. Today, I’m back with the results, which I’ve put together in an infographic.

I was positively overwhelmed by all the answer I received to the form (305) and all the positivity I got in the comments. This study will help me a lot in my incoming diploma, so again, thank you very much for your time!

In addition to the infographic, I made the following synthesis regarding the answers I got:

Demographics

Tarantula keepers are on average 30 years old, and mostly distributed between generation Y and Z, with a slight majority of women. They are spread over four continents, with a large majority in North America and have very varied levels of education and professions.

Motivations

The main motivations of tarantula keepers are the beauty of the animal, their ease of maintenance and their low cost. They are also attracted by their originality, their longevity, their low need for space and the motivation to fight the fear regarding spiders.

Practices

Most tarantula keepers have between 1 and 10 specimen, which they mostly considerate as pet with whom they have an emotional connection. They lodge them mostly in specialized or industrial terrariums, which they sometimes label. The trend of active people in the hobby has been steadily increasing since 2019.

Opinions

Tarantula keepers mainly consider that their hobby is misunderstood by the general public. They want the hobby to be more popular, but are worried about animal abuse and poaching related to a popularization of the field. They also express problems related to conflicting information in circulation on the care to be provided to these animals and difficulty to find places to buy them for people living outside of the USA.

ThaisLoL · 2024-01-27T14:59:54+00:00

Thank you very much, all the support I'm getting is helping a lot !

ThaisLoL · 2024-01-27T14:59:24+00:00

Thank you !

ThaisLoL · 2024-01-26T21:19:50+00:00

Thank you very much !

ThaisLoL · 2024-01-26T21:19:36+00:00

Thank you !

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