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Invertebrate owners?

Hi, I hope you are all doing well! I am considering getting a jumping spider for myself as pet. I was wondering if there any owners of this spiders here in The Hague (kan ook in nederlands).
I also will need petsitting during Christmas since I am not sure if I can being her/him to Spain when I go on holidays.

So basically I wanna make friends that own jumping spiders and/or find anyone who would like to take care of one when I am not here (if I end up not being able to travel with it)

Thank you all, have a good day!

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u/Savings_Dot3532 — 9 days ago
▲ 14 r/jumpingspiders+1 crossposts

Advice on having a jumping spider!

Dear all,

I am new here because I recently played with the idea of having a jumping spider.🕷️ I am not jumping into action (lol) immediately because I want to know that I am a good pet owner. I just wonder if there's someone that could help me on my first steps.

My main questions are:

-Life span: I see everywhere F3, F7, etc. but I can't find what it means. I am guessin F3 would be a quite young spider but, does anyone have recommendations or information about this? I also saw a website selling them from F3 to F7, would that be too old? Thank you!

-Breeder: Where to get a jumping spider that comes from a good breeder? I live in The Netherlands and I saw 2 websites that seem to have quite a variety of them (Avonturia, Tropical Jumping Spiders and Mierenboerderij). The last website has also a YouTube channel and seems very professional.

-Travel: How is it to travel with them? My family lives in Spain so I go there every half a year. I am thinking about having a secondary home terrarium at my parent's place or even bringing his/her home while carrying the spider in a smaller container just for security reasons.

-Food/feeding: How to get at least 2 types of food and is it a real problem the fact that flies (fruit or other types) fly and can escape from the container to your own home? I really wouldn't like if that would happen xD I guess if I place them in the fridge for an hour or less before feeding my spider they will be kind of dormant. Feeding is an 'issue' that I might feel insecure about I think.

Any other tips would be great, I am actually really looking forward to create a super cute home for my spider and have a little company 😍💜 Thank youuuu

u/Savings_Dot3532 — 10 days ago