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    Just got my ball python from ChrisNCT!! WOOHOO!!

    I recieved on Thursday 2...yes 2 snakes from Chris. And not only was the Ball bigger than the pic, but gorgeous!! So Samuel. Vivalabam and I are related!! through our snakes!! LOL Its funny I talk to my postal carrier at work when he comes through.. he asks what am I getting this week... and I...
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    How much would you pay for a 7" blondi?

    They have a rather large T. Blondi for 90.00 at my local Animart up near where I live.. I would say you are getting a good price... The other store has one for nearly double or more than that.. T-chick
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    parakeets

    I have had a few parakeets in my day... We named them after aircraft, like ones from SAAB, Swedish airforce... Viggen Grippen Drakken I had a cockatiel named Guiness, for the beer. I had a young male when he came he had baby freakles and his little crest, he looked like Alfalfa from the...
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    Australian Tarantulas

    Brettus, Dragon blade, It is reccommended that you DO NOT PUT THE HEAT PAD UNDER the tank.. You want it to Radiate the heat so you put it ON THE SIDE of the tank In the wild no tarantula burrows to find a heat source... It comes from heat being radiated from rocks, roads, all slowly released...
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    My Next Tarantula --Hehehe

    Just remember most people get a reaction from the smithi's uriticating hairs. And some get an allergy to them.. I would make it a practice to double glove OR get a pair or dishwashing gloves. Wash hands immediately after handling your smithi, even with gloves on. I got a wc a. avic late...
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    How To: Clean a Roach Enclosure

    I have a tiny colony of Lobsters... But a semi tiny colony of Dubia/Discoids, (haven't crossed yet...) How do you clean out the bottom of a tub with an inch of substrate in it? Also what size tub do you use?
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    Tarantulas by Plane :)

    The person who wrote the thread about her experience with having T's packed and in a shipping box in her luggage is the ATS Associate Editor. Her husband is a vetrinarian and has been keeping T's for a long time. I don't think she would write a post about how to properly have a T in your...
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    Texas T's,+ residents + selling Ok? not OK?

    Okay there was a post here about how the Texas DNR or the like were fining or arresting people for picking up native species. To prevent them from "collecting" them.. part of that thread was you could be arrested even for stopping to pick one up to prevent it from being run over, because you...
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    Usambara baboon slings - On the loose!

    Ummmm/// They may NOT die... Where I live in the midwest, in the winter outside it gets at time 20 below...0 faranheit... we switch to celsius just to keep our spirits high.. LOL ANY way.. a manager of a mega petstore and I were talking the other day... He used to breed L. paraybana's... And he...
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    poecilotheria venom!

    I was tagged by my subadult male Regalis, you can go to the bite reports here on the boards to find out more. I didn't even know I had been bitten, it was on my shoulder blade area. I experienced a sore shoulder that ached a little.. for a few days. That was it. I thought I had simply over...
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    Tarantulas by Plane :)

    From the ATS forum one person, and others have put their T's in their checked luggage. They pack them as if they were going to ship them via mail.. Packed WELL!! Then on the outside of the package they have labelled them "harmless invertebrates for research" or "Harmless Invertebrates for...
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    Thinking about getting a Baby Ball Python...

    How big are these guys? I got one that had been put in the tank at the petstore only hours before.. they came from a california online dealer to the pet store. It took me weeks and weeks to get her to eat. BUT now she is a good and enthusiastic eater. I did make minor changes to her enclosure...
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    My Non invert critters too!!

    I have two dogs, two degu..(need to get pics of them) Fish, snakes, horses... Here is Indi, my Saddlebred cross Here is Pride my Hubbies Kentucky Mtn. Horse Here is a foal from the farm where I board at Gweneviere A filly my friends' mare had, that sadly passed on at three...
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    Getting 2 more snakes.. housing suggestions?? QUICK!!

    Okay, I am getting an adult cal king, and a young 07 hatch Ball python.. I have a 10 gallon with a skink in it. I can re-house.. It has UTH, hide, water dish... Just need to clean it and sterilize it. But I was thinking of a tub for the cal king... type? I wil need another UTH type and more...
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    What popped your CHERRY?

    I took some koi in to trade since they had gotten too big for my tank, it was a branch of a semi chain of pet stores. On the counter they always had a few T's and other inverts. I saw they had a few rose hairs and said, what the heck had a few bucks on the trade deal so picked him up... I had...
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    T Books.. what do you think of these?

    I have the Tarantula Keeper's guide by Schultz. But I wanted some other books and came upon these on Alibris.com Tarantula Care by Breene, Robert G, Jr. Pub 2005 The Guide to Owning a Tarantula by Walls, Jerry G. Date Published: 2001 Proper Care of Tarantulas by Webb, Ann Date...
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    Your Tarantula Wishlist?

    Its funny Felan, About a year ago I had only one T.. and then got another, both were Rosies.. One was an ultimate male and I didn't know it. He lived a long time for a MM. I now have quite a few of the T's on your wish list. But have now dipped into the more uncommon types and have one or two...
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    What TARANTULA is this?????

    An. A. Seemani has orange spinneretts... If it is not wild caught.. it won't have the wild caught fade... Not an A. seemani... Perhaps a pink zebra?
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    Kicked out of Duplex due to "keeping Tarantulas"

    If you have any old molts.. put those in a bag and say they died due to lack of heat. You can do the ole "defanged" premise. Most people ask if they have been. And a few people abroad have tried to save some t's that are being sold as food in some countries.. they have been defanged/clipped. I...
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    Kicked out of Duplex due to "keeping Tarantulas"

    YOu need to find a renter's resource center in your area. The land lord cannot kick you out with out a 30 day notice. AND if your lease does not cover small animals, or specifically cover birds, small animals then you can force him to make you stay. You may well have to have arbitration, use...
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