Re: Husband wants a tarantula or scorpion?
Best starter Ts IMO is anything in the Brachypelma and Aphonopelma genus. These are slower growers but you can find larger specimens available and their venom isn't anything to worry about. Though both genus do kick hairs if they get upset and its the worse thing in the world!. If you go with the Aphonoplema genus a lot of them are WC so I'd suggest going with someone like microwilderness.com Nate there does a lot for the conservation of this genus and offer extremely healthy individuals.
For cage its generally recommended that you use a size that is 2.5-3 times their total leg span. As for food I suppose anything you can offer. Roaches, superworms, crickets, hornworms. Don't need to worry about dusting since they eat their prey from the inside out leaving the exoskeleton to shrivel up.
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Daniel
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