The Exotic Pet Collective

This week I talk with Mo and Alina from Tarantula Cribs and they tell me the story about how they got their start making tarantula enclosures, what all went into the design and construction, and their experiences with keeping exotic pets.

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This week I sit down with Gar Rees from Arachnotube and discuss tarantula husbandry, breeding, myths, imports and the pet trade. We also seemed to stumble on every controversial issue in the tarantula hobby. Get to know Gar with me as we take a deep dive into is thoughts, opinions and experiences on every aspect of the tarantula and invert hobby!

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  This week I talk about the lesson I have learned while caring for a large collection of pet tarantulas, scorpions, snakes, and other reptiles and inverts.  Not just lessons on care and husbandry, but lessons that have applied to other areas of my life as well. I also talk about how keeping exotic pets has helped me through some of the toughest moments of my life and how it has taken me to places in life I never considered were possible. 

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This week I sit down (virtually) with Alex Gastelum. He is a teacher from Central Florida that you may know from his YouTube channel or Instagram as Tarantula Haven. We discuss buying and keeping tarantulas, husbandry, enclosures, and breeding.  How he got started in the hobby and making YouTube videos. We also talk about other inverts and reptiles he has in his collection. So join us and sit in on our in depth conversation and get to know Alex a little better.

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As time goes on, it is becoming more and more evident that the tarantula and invert hobby is changing. As keeping tarantulas and scorpions grows in popularity, we are seeing a lot of YouTube channels, Instagram accounts, Dealers, Breeders and Podcasts. Some of it is very beneficial for the hobby in general, though it seems to be upsetting those that have been around for a while. In this episode I discuss the changes we are seeing, why they are good or detrimental and what we can do to grow as hobbyists and grow the hobby in general. 

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