Tom's Big Spiders - Tarantulas and Inverts
A podcast devoted to the proper care and upkeep of tarantulas and other inverts. After keeping a G. porteri for over 16 years, I decided that I wanted to add another tarantula to my collection. Several years later, I now keep over 100 specimens and 90+ different species. It’s safe to say that I am now completely addicted to the hobby. I’m NOT an expert, and I’m currently still learning about keeping these fascinating creatures. In fact, there are so many species, that I suspect that I’ll still be learning years from now. A teacher by trade, I enjoy passing along what I’ve information and techniques I’ve discovered and helping others in their successful pursuit of this hobby. I enjoy hearing from folks, whether through comments on the blog or email. I have done and continue to do a lot of research, and I will only be discussing animals I personally keep, so the information I present should be current and accurate.
Tom's Big Spiders - Tarantulas and Inverts
The First Annual TBS Spider Awards! 2022 Year in Review
...or, my creative way of trying to answer a bunch of common questions in an entertaining year-in-review format!
Seriously, while trying to figure out a fun way to answer some of the questions I get about my favorite, or largest, or shyest, or WHATEVER tarantulas, I came up with the idea of a fake award show! Hopefully, folks find this entertaining (and not too embarrassing), and it becomes an annual tradition. Awards to be given are:
- Tiny Diamond Award (Most Gorgeous Slings)
- The Queen Memorial Award for Pet Rock of the Year
- Webber of the Year (To the Spider with the Most Webbing)
- Pet Dirt Award for The Most Shy and Elusive Spider
- The “Better Put Me in Your Will” Award for Slowest Growing Spider
- Enclosure of the Year Award
- Biggest Surprise of the Year
- In Memoriam - The Spiders We Lost This Year
- The Pitbull Award for Most Aggressive Spider
- The “Hey, Wait…That’s Not a Tarantula” Award for Favorite Non-Spider Critter
- The Tarantula Titan Award for Largest Spider
- Eight-Legged Jewel Award (Most Beautiful Spider)
- Spider of the Year
Feel free to share your own!