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Caresheet: Mexican Red Knee
Brachypelma smithi
Mexican Red Knee
Range: Mexico
Experience level: Beginner
Size: Fully grown about 16 cm
Growth rate: Slow/medium
Type: Terrestrial, burrower
Temperament: A generally docile species, though many will
flick hairs quite readily.
Housing: Use a terrarium that will alow at least 10 centimetres of substrate.
Retreat/hide: Use about 8 centimetres of peat moss. Place a bark for a starter burrow/hide, this is a opportunistic burrower. When they reach about 7 cm they stay out in the open which make them a good display tarantula.
Diet: Crickets, small roaches, mealworms, superworms. Pinky mice can also be offered once every few months for added variety.
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