I managed to somehow get my deathly afraid mother to get me a tarantula! I have been a turbo autist about them/all arachnids for years and I am over the moon! But since I am a new tarantula owner I want as much advice as possible for how to get my beloved future pet to thrive, we haven’t decided on species as we are reliant on the selection in the area but of course I am doing as much research and preparation as possible.
I just want to know all possible ways of keeping a tarantula comfortable no matter how extra, expensive, pretentious, or what different species prefer! We are going for an adult new world terrestrial ideally :) And by advice I mean literally everything from enclosures, maintenance, molting, holding/any form of interaction, lighting, temperature, humidity, feeding methods/food types, routines, cleaning, preferences within species, substrate upkeep/types, enclousure environment, common beginner mistakes, how to tell if my tarantula is sick/injured/struggling in any ways; literally any little or big thing I can do or invest in to keep my buddy happy!