How to Care for a Red-Haired Tarantula

Rose-haired tarantulas, otherwise known as red-haired tarantulas, are fascinating and easy to care for. From Chile, these spiders prefer dim light, mild climates and little food. Even the habitats for a red-haired tarantula are easy to acquire. Some of them can even come from the natural wilderness. With these steps, your male tarantula could live as much as five years, and your female could easily live 20 years.

Things You'll Need

  • Medium-sized terrarium, plastic cage, or 8 to 10 gallon aquarium.
  • Heating light
  • Shallow 1/2-inch high water dish
  • Medium-size bag of mulch or dirt bedding
  • Crickets
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Instructions

    • 1

      Place bedding in your tarantula's cage. Brown mulch mixed with water until soft is a good and affordable way to do this. Otherwise, you can buy tarantula bedding at your local pet store.

    • 2

      Place a water dish in the cage. Make sure it is on the side farthest from the light you will shine in the cage.

    • 3

      Now, place a heat lamp next to the cage, leaning on the glass. Do not put a heat lamp on a plastic cage. Instead, put it 4 or 5 inches away. You can buy heat lamps that will clip onto the top edge of your cage.

    • 4

      Place your spider in the cage. Let him adjust to his surroundings.

    • 5

      Now, you can add crickets, meal worms or roaches to the cage. Do this three times during the week.