Sunday, August 20, 2023My Tarantulas With the Best Feeding Responses
In this episode, I'll discuss the species I keep that really bring the fun during feeding time. We'll also talk how to safely work with a ta...
Sunday, August 13, 2023Genus Nhandu Care and Discussion
In today's episode, I'll discuss the care and share my experiences with three species of Nhandu: N. chromatus, N. tripepii, and N. coloratov...
Sunday, August 6, 2023Some Tips on Keeping Roach Colonies (and Keeping Crickets Alive!)
In this episode, I talk about how Billie and I set up and keep our B. dubia and B. lateralis roach colonies. I'll also talk a bit about how I man...
Sunday, July 30, 2023Old World Tarantula Don'ts
After posting up my video and podcast about Old World tarantulas, I received some interesting comments and questions about ways to reduce the risks o...
Sunday, July 16, 2023The Urticating Hairs of New World Tarantulas
The impetus for this podcast is two-fold: first off, I’ve had a LOT of folks over the years ask me to cover urticating setae more thoroughly. Secondly...
Sunday, July 9, 2023The Easiest Tarantula Species to Grow Up from Slings
Recently, I was chatting with a fellow keeper about some of the almost "foolproof" slings that are easy to raise to adulthood. These are the...
Sunday, July 2, 2023Clearing the Air - My Thoughts on Bioactive Enclosures and Digging Up Tarantulas
Every once in a while, someone will get the wrong idea from something I've said. Unfortunately, I don't always draw a hard line when it come...
Monday, June 26, 2023Patience Is a Virtual - The Importance of Staying Calm in the Tarantula Hobby
Tarantulas may be very easy to keep and low maintenance, but they sure have a tendency to do things slowly and on their own schedules. In this episode...
Sunday, June 18, 2023Monster Spiders! The Largest Tarantulas in My Collection
Well, since we spent a previous episode talking about some of the more diminutive species I keep, I figured that it would be fun to talk about the gia...
Sunday, June 11, 2023The Itsy Bitsy Spider - Tips for Raising Tiny Slings
First, I talk a bit about a recent mishap that I had involving one of my slings. Then, although I've created a few sling guides, I've had a ...
Sunday, June 4, 2023Tarantula Species That Failed to Excite Me...At First
I take a lot of ribbing for saying that every species of tarantula I talk about is "one of my favorites." The truth is, I've enjoyed ke...
Sunday, May 21, 2023Tom's Little Spiders - A Discussion of the "Dwarf" Species I've Kept
I often get folks asking me to do a podcast or video on the many dwarf tarantulas out there. Well for years I struggled to put one together because a)...
