We got a scorpion

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Originally Posted by edie

Sometimes potting soils can have chemicals or other substances that may harm insects, unless you look carefully at what is in the soil. When I kept arachnids 100% peat moss is what I kept them on (you can get a big bail of it for like $7, it lasts forever), another good idea to keep humidity up is to add vermiculite to peat moss, this will keep moisture very well.

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Yeah, we aren't using typical potting soil, like Ashley said, we got it from the pet store. The big block type thing.

Why don't you have them anymore?

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Originally Posted by Desiree

Yeah, we aren't using typical potting soil, like Ashley said, we got it from the pet store. The big block type thing.

Why don't you have them anymore?

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The block from the pet store is great to use, I just didn't know thats what you meant when you said potting soil. I got a brick once but never used it because expanding it was too much work for me! But if you do ever have problems with humidity then vermiculite mixed in works great, it absorbs tons of water.

I had about 50 different tarantulas (around 30 different species) and 20 or so scorpions (4 different species) and a handful of other arachnids/insects. It just became too much work for me to care for them and the snakes, plus I traded a bunch of my tarantulas for snakes.

I still have one tarantula, he matured out over 2 years ago and is still hanging in there! Hes a Grammostola rosea - rose hair tarantula