08/31/2025
Omg I went to PetSmart today and for the first time ever I saw they had Regal Jumping Spiders available. I realized they had no idea how to care for them. 😡 They literally had huge water dishes inside the enclosures (even the crickets were drowning in them).
I asked the employee (she was feeding other animals) why they had those water dishes in there and she straight up said “I don’t know.” Like… what?? I explained that jumping spiders don’t need water bowls at all because they can drown, they just need a light mist every other day or even a cotton ball to drink from.
It’s honestly ridiculous that they’re selling these animals without even knowing the basics of their care AND giving out the wrong info to people. Poor little spiders deserve so much better…