Find out what spiders are like as pets and what care they will need. Information is provided on housing, feeding and grooming and other essential elements of pet care. Learn all about spiders with advice from how to choose the right breed and find the right cage, to keeping your spider happy and healthy. Also included are amazing fact files about specific species. Fantastic photographs bring the animals to life!

 

This book is part of a book series called The Pet To Get .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Rob Colson is an author and editor of a wide range of books for children and adults, including many natural history, maths and science titles. His previous titles as author include Ultimate Cars, Ultimate Machines (Wayland); Super Science (Franklin Watts); Bone Collection: Animals (Scholastic), and Puzzles, Conundrums and Enigmas (Parragon).

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Why A Spider?
• 2: Buying A Spider
• 3: Spiders In The Wild
• 4: Making A Home
• 5: Species Factfile: Chilean Rose Tarantula
• 6: Feeding Your Spider
• 7: Species Factfile: Mexican Red Knee Tarantula
• 8: Keeping Yourself Safe
• 9: The Moult
• 10: Species Factfile: Costa Rican Zebra
• 11: Handling Your Spider
• 12: Species Factfile: Desert Blonde Tarantula
• 13: Sickness And Treatment
• 14: Glossary & Further Information
• 15: Spider Quiz