curly hair help

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Hi Lija! I keep my tarantulas in ExoTerra breeding boxes according to their size or even little clear plastic boxes from Michaels for the smaller ones. A good guide is that the long side should be no less than 3 times the spider size. Substrate is an in. or so of EcoEarth/Plantation Soil mixed 50-50 with locally available worm casings (or could use ABG mix). A piece of cork slanted against side makes an nice retreat and a plastic cap or similar (Petsmart has nice $1 plastic water dishes in hermit crab section).

Many ground new world tarantulas have the ability to defensively shake their irritant hair of. Maybe you kid is playing with it a bit more than spider likes. Here is a nice care sheet for them: Curlyhair Tarantula Care Sheet. This is known as the tarantula bible and IMO, the best book about them: The Tarantula Keeper's Guide - Comprehensive Information on Care, Housing, and Feeding: Stanley A. Schultz, Marguerite J. Schultz . Good luck !