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My B Smithi would constantly empty & move his bottle cap water dish around. Eventually I gave him a milk jug cap and left the other cap in there. He's never moved the milk jug cap, and the original dish was promptly filled with sub & buried, never to be toyed with again. Now he keeps himself...

I've read that tangledinwebs accepts spiders needed for breeding, but I'm not sure what the arrangements are like. It's a shame the Canadian forum here is so slow - you *know* there's other T keepers out there, it's just a matter of finding them! If you have any Pet Stores around that show good...

Mine has webbed up his enclosure pretty darn good in his new enclosure. Nice tube web to his hide, it's pretty impressive, since he's only been in the new enclosure about a month. I'll try to upload a picture. I've just got a piece of cork bark & a small fake plant, and he webs over his water...

I used hot glue in my acrylic enclosures. Some leaves/twigs etc held well for a while before falling off, some are still holding strong. I'm wondering if it was the low-temp gun or crummy quality glue *shrug* If you've got time to prepare the enclosure I'd go with silicone. I've tried super glue...

Lmao. I'm sure everyone who reads your post breathed a giant sigh of relief. Nice lookin Ts you got there, I'm a sucker for Ts with "people" names. I'm sure Alan & his little friend are in good hands :)

Schroedinger's Tarantula! That's gold. I agree though, I have never had much patience, sometimes I feel like premolt last forevvvver, or that I will never see my Ts. Today I caught my Smithi cleaning his feet & took THREE videos & countless photos just to remind myself that he's not a pet rock...

Cold blood, thanks, I'll have to try the pill jars & superworms! I think the issue with crickets isn't that they could hurt me, just tht I find them...gross. In every way possible. Thankfully not as embarrassing as a fear of cotton balls (my goodness) but still irrational. Ratluvr, I feel your...

I've read about many folks getting Ts to conquer arachnophobia. But today is feeding day, and I am oh so not looking forward to dealing with those dang *gulp* crickets! It doesn't help that I have them in a makeshift Tupperware house, I feel like those cricket keeper tubes would be a godsend...

My first T escaped within the first 3 days of having him, from putting him in an enclosure with too-big vents. Thankfully I found him chilling on my baseboard heat register. I'd search any dark, warm spots in the vicinity of the cage. Don't give up hope OP! There are plenty of stories of people...

Chances are, your hubby will grow to love your little T in no time. My bf was against any more eight-legged roommates - now I come home & he updates me on who moved their water dish where & who webbed what, he easily spends as much time admiring them now as I do. Good luck with your new...

My teeny tiny <1/2" LD, purely due to how minuscule it is. It's my boyfriend's favourite though, so at least it gets some interest from someone outside of feedings & maintenance. Once it starts to look like more than a house spider I'll be more keen to observe it :)

All of my Ts are too small to sex, so names are fairly tentative for now :P Velma the Chromatopelma Phylis the Difficilis Harold the Geroldi Anddd I'm stuck on my A Avic & B Smithi, for what I hope are obvious reasons - I seem to have named myself into a corner haha.

There are 3 major dealers in Canada who will ship - Tarantulas Canada, Tangled in Webs and Arachnophilliacs. Most dealers wont ship international without a $1000 minimum or something like that.

My smithi does this too, he surprisingly loves his foot soaks. But attacks the water when I fill the dish, even if he's on the other side of his enclosure :P He also often "stretches" in a way that looks to me like a pout, sort of like a grouchy old man going "humph"

I have read that plants will grow for a while in Eco earth but will eventually use up all the nutrients. I think it our best bet would be to to bury a pot with 100% potting soil, after rinsing the leaves & roots thoroughly - plenty of people do this for vivariums with no issues. Don't forget to...

My avic is doing about the same as you describe - except mine molted about a week ago & has hardly moved for four days now. The ventilation in my enclosure is good, & the other avic I have of the same size & same care is doing fine so I really can't nail down if/what I'm doing wrong or if the...

Teeny collection so far of 5 Ts, all NW. Two arboreals, a "semi-arboreal" and two terrestrials. GBB - 35 + 40 for fast shipping L Difficilis - Freebie 3" Smithi, A Avic & A Geroldi Slings - 145, no shipping I also insisted on making my own AMAC acrylic enclosures, so had to order in the vents...

Rehousing my GBB is always sort of nerve wracking for me too - and I'm like "You mean there are FASTER Ts??" :P I do all my rehousing in an empty bathtub, with the drain plugged & all possible escape routes blocked by towels or something, using the coke-bottle top catch cup & a clean paintbrush...

I got my GBB because I thought it was beautiful in pictures, then seeing it's behaviour in real life sealed the deal for me. The way they can move so gracefully with all though legs, and his diligent webbing for hours on end, it just feels as though you're watching something so natural, this...

As far as I know, shipping into Canada is the major issue, for some reason. If the species aren't on the CITES list you should have no problem at the border. I would recommend stocking up on your collection in the US, only because there are only 3 major T dealers in Canada that I have found, two...