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    Considering Adopting a Red Knee Tarantula

    I stumbled onto a Craigslist ad last night that has me intrigued. Someone is re-homing their Red Knee Tarantula. Apparently she has been in "pet" in a school for the last 5 years. $260 including her house.

    I.WANT.TO.ADOPT.HER

    I briefly considered adopting a Tarantula a few years ago but never really put much thought into it beyond a couple of hours of research. From what I have learned, Red Knee Tarantulas are the easiest to care for.

    Thoughts? Advice? Questions to ask the seller?

    Thanks in advance!

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    I have one that has been with me for about 10 years and apparently they can live to be over 30. Very easy to care for, they like to dig if given the chance and are very docile, only issue is that they can kick off and shed itchy hairs when annoyed, so never rub your eyes when doing maintenance on the cage or holding it. They do fine at temps between 70 and 85 and can live off a few crickets a week.

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    I must admit that I've never priced red-knee tarantulas, but that sounds "high" to me? Do they know her actual age? Just because they've had her for 5
    years, you cannot assume that she IS five years old.

    I've kept one harmless tarantula in the past for about 6 mos.- she was large & a native of the southwest desert where I lived at the time. I re-homed her
    after that...not for any difficulty, just really not my "thing" so much. Not as cuddly as my snakes are...

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    Re: Considering Adopting a Red Knee Tarantula

    Ask for pictures to check the sex - even then the price seems horribly expensive to me even for a female - though there are custom built enclosures that can be worth that so, again, ask for pictures..

    personality wise mine was a real superstar and I love the way they look.

    Derek

    7 adult Royals (2.5), 1.0 COS Pastel, 1.0 Enchi, 1.1 Lesser platty Royal python, 1.1 Black pastel Royal python, 0.1 Blue eyed leucistic ( Super lesser), 0.1 Piebald Royal python, 1.0 Sinaloan milk snake 1.0 crested gecko and 1 bad case of ETS. no wife, no surprise.

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    Yeah, my red knee is a female and I got her for 60 bucks back when she was the size of a quarter.... dunno what they go for now but pretty sure it ain't that much.

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    She is 6 and the price includes her home.....

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    Re: Considering Adopting a Red Knee Tarantula

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    She is 6 and the price includes her home.....
    Must be in Beverly Hills?

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    I adopted her. I love her so much. I'll post pics soon, when I'm at the computer. I have lots on IG but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to drop my IG here??

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    Re: Considering Adopting a Red Knee Tarantula

    For your own peace of mind I'd drop individual pictures instead of a link to an ig account.

    Safety first on the interwebz.
    Derek

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    Re: Considering Adopting a Red Knee Tarantula

    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    Must be in Beverly Hills?
    That made me laugh, thanks it was much needed.

    I don’t know anything about Tarantulas other than I like em in the wild. I thought I had a spider fear but in boot camp on Camp Pendleton during field training we seen a bunch and one of my fellow recruits took all the fire watch he could at night so he didn’t have to lie on the ground at night. From the Oicture Dr del posted it’s quite pretty I must say.

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