As a pet owner, you will always want to have the most alluring pet with you. It is a point of pride to care for rare and dangerous species around the world for experience arachnid owners. Hence, the intriguing (and unexplainable) blue color of a cobalt tarantula is not the only reason why experienced arachnid owners want to keep them as a pet.
When planning to adopt the cobalt blue tarantula, one must keep a few things in mind—planning on bringing this cut creature to your home? Read on to understand what you should know.
What Are Cobalt Blue Tarantulas Like?
The cobalt blue tarantula is medium-sized tarantulas, although females are known to be larger than makes. They move quickly and have a somewhat aggressive behavior; hence, they can be dangerous to handle.
Female tarantulas usually live for 20 years, far longer than their male counterparts, who may live for up to 8 years. Generally, this specie is tricky to handle and, usually, only experienced tarantula owners may be able to handle this specie.
This species is nocturnal. Tarantulas spend most of their day resting or digging their burrows further and only come out at night searching for food or their partners.
Generally, the cobalt blue tarantula, like others, molt once or twice a year and spend several days recovering from the process.
How Should You Handle the Cobalt Blue Tarantula?
No tarantula likes to be held, and one should only resort to holding a cobalt tarantula in extreme circumstances. However, unlike other species that may be docile, the cobalt blue tarantula can be quite aggressive when it is held. Hence, you should avoid holding it all costs; if you must, hold it with care, and do not make any sudden movements.
Be gentle with the tarantula, and do not give it any reason to bite you. Generally, tarantula venom is not fatal for humans, but it can be quite uncomfortable.
How Should You Set-up Their Tank?
When setting up your cobalt blue tarantula’s tank, keep in mind that they like to burrow. Hence, the tank should be deep, at least 3 to 5 inches, and have a soft substrate; peat moss fiber or even potting soil can be great for this purpose. They do not need too much light, and even normal room light will do the trick.
This tarantula species likes its habitat to be humid but not too humid, and hence, you can stick to 75% humidity. You can fulfill most of its water requirement by spraying the soil and through its food, but you can also spray the interiors from time to time and keep a water dish inside the tank as well.
What Does the Cobalt Blue Tarantula Eat?
The blue tarantula’s aggressive disposition makes them quite adept at hunting their prey; they can eat small insects, other spiders, mice, and even other spiders. When they capture their prey, the blue tarantula injects them with a demon. For smaller prey, this venom is deadly, while for larger ones, it is paralyzing. Once the creature has been subdued, the tarantula drags them to their burrow and finish eating their prey.
While the cobalt tarantula can be quite aggressive, they are alluring as well. Keeping the blue tarantula as a pet requires a lot of care, but it is gratifying.
