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It really sounds like you’re keeping them way too wet with inadequate ventilation. I keep my humid species pretty dry, with a corner of the tank moist and a water dish. I use eco earth, but other types of well draining sub are fine. Ts do great on the dryer side. Even moisture loving Ts.

For a place name I’d go with “Auberge des Gardons” or maybe “Cafe des Cafards” or “Chateau Kafka”.

Their natural habitat isn’t that sandy. The Paraguana does have a lot of sand but that’s not where these Ts hand out. I’d stick to traditional substrate and keep it on the dryer side with a water dish. Including sand is fine but 50% seems really high.

My OBT is a big digger and would love that set up.

My seemanni is insanely aggressive and my OBT is pretty chill. My balfouri is always out and about and my albopilosum is a pet hole. These bugs are so weird.

“Constantly changing the substrate”? That’s weird. It has to bug the Ts. They don’t need it as humid as you think, either. Dallas isn’t that dry. They’re not jungle animals. They do fine drier and with a water dish.

Thanks. I'm lucky both my big diggers like it a little moist (this seemanni and a M. robustum). I guess most big diggers like it a little moist? Seems like it, guess it makes sense... Any big diggers that like it dry out there?

Thanks y'all. I had to peek. I wouldn't normally peek in a burrow, I've left them alone for months. I just thought this one was a cave in and she was in so deep. For some reason she's given up webbing, so a cave in made sense. Glad she's just being sneaky. I've got some shy P. mets and a shy...

I've never had one that didn't dig herself out. I'm worried. I gave her a bunch of substrate, she dug down, it collapsed a bit, she fixed it and now its all collapsed and I can't see her. It's a tall, narrow enclosure, top opening. I don't even know how to begin to dig her out if it's time to...

Just bumping my old thread. My addiction has gotten worse, lol. I'm up to sixteen bugs. P. metallicas, a big ol' N. coloratovillosus, H. maculata, M. robustum, and others... anyone nearby into these things?

I'm in New Orleans, and everybody seems to be molting right now. Except my darn Seemanni. She's got a bare butt, and I expected her to go first but noooo... she's not ready. She's refusing food so I'm thinking it'll be soon. Temperament and behavior-wise, I'd call her pretty shy. She does move...

Who are the T people in New Orleans? If I croak, the executors of my will will be in touch. BF has dibs on my dog, tho.

It's the total opposite for me. I'm naming more as I get multiples. I just got three P. met juveniles, so they needed names to tell them apart. So it's Parvati, Sunil (Mr. Threat Display) and Shawn. I'm looking for appropriate names for 4 Avics avics and 2 M. robustae. I do still name for fun...

There was nowhere to fall from, it's a smaller container with a ton of substrate and massive webbing. I figured he just spasmed and jerked while near one of his curved web walls and overturned. He was never a big eater, always scared, and never as "robust" as his sister. He was behind her in...

I wish.

This one did. He's on his back and quite dead. No one gets thrown out here, I hang on to the bodies. He doesn't smell yet, so he could be "locked in" to a completely unresponsive body.

Thanks y'all. He's on his back now. My other Ts are all doing well. Eating and drinking and whatnot. Poor little guy.

I have a lovely young male H. mac that began showing symptoms about a week ago, and now there's no doubt. He's all spastic, doesn't hide anymore. How long does it usually take for DKS to kill a T?

Gosh that's gorgeous. Do want. Soooo want.

I threw my new hissers into a big critter keeper and the babies all crept out, lol. They definitely need something more secure. My dubias are so much easier to keep. I pulled the babies out and put them into a better container, and the very next day my adults gave me new babies. Worse than rabbits.