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Thanks for your thoughts. I definitely hate to see the poor dude tortured. This is my first time with a MM (assuming that's what's going on). My only MFs are different sp, and I don't feel qualified or prepared to breed in any case. I'd happily offer him locally for free to anyone looking to...

Thanks, that's a good idea. Will update when I do. Just had sinus surgery yesterday so I would ask all to excuse my slow replies/lack of providing immediate pics.

Thanks to all who confirmed that this can be normal for an aging MM. That makes me feel a bit better, as I'd hate to learn that he might be sick or something. He's one of my favorites and I will miss him when he's gone.

Yeah when I get a chance I can take a pic of enclosure.. but I'm pretty confident in my husbandry, so I had hoped to focus on the issue at hand.

This is him exactly a year ago (6 months after I had acquired him). It wasn't until about 4-5 months ago that I noticed him beginning to decline like this. Care-wise, nothing had changed.

Ugh the issue with posting on AB, you get to waste time explaining enclosure. The first pic was when we got home from the reptile shop where I bought him. I agreed that sub was too moist. He was rehoused into dry sub with a water dish. Has been in bone dry sub with a water dish ever since...

Hello all. I used to post semi-regularly here but have been busy the last number of months. I've been in the hobby for about 2 years. I have three MF tarantulas, but most of the rest are juveniles (having been growing them from itty bitty slings). I have an OBT named Sunny. I have never...

im a girl. Thanks everyone, that makes sense. Normally the pet store large crickets are not fully mature when I buy them, and by the end of the several weeks I will get one or two that have matured. Lately they are selling me mature ones so it makes sense that that is why I am now hearing the...

Sorry for the possibly ignorant post.. I've been keeping Ts for about 18 months or so. I used to just buy crickets and feed them same day, but the larger my T collection got, the less practical this became. About 6 months ago I began buying 30-50 crickets at a time and keeping them for...

They may not have good eyesight but they have an excellent ability to sense vibrations. None of my other Ts seem to care about each other being nearby, but I have no doubt they sense the vibrations when the other Ts and crickets move around. This particular T seemed to clearly prefer a little...

Well I've had this girl since she was a little sling. I doubt it's a coincidence.

I have an A. avic that has always been a pet cloud. Pretty much never coming out of her aerial hide. She has also always been in an enclosure right up against other enclosures on a shelf. I recently moved her off that shelf onto a shelf by herself because I needed to rearrange space to make...

At first glance looking at pics on a computer screen you might think they look similar/same, but they really don't. I have a GBB as well. The GBB is much less hairy (and I personally adore the fuzzier tarantulas, and O. diamantinensis is pretty fuzzy). GBB legs appear much thinner more like a...

heehee. Mine is very skittish, but has not given me a defensive pose before.

Nope, her last molt was about a month ago. Especially when you have good lighting the colors are absolutely spectacular.

Had to share. I just rehoused my O. diamantinensis. I haven't seen her much (a few legs here and there) because she is usually in her web tunnels. This is the first time in months that I've seen all of her. She's gorgeous! Meet Apollonia:

So my adult/permanent avic enclosures have a large/deep water dish on the bottom for humidity and a small one on the top near their webbing for drinking. This particular enclosure was smaller (she was a 2 or 2.5 in juvie) and I only had the water dish near the top. However, I DID drip water...

LOL yeah I did! What an awesome word switch. I wonder what sorghum would do in a terrarium lol. I cant even blame autocorrect. Can you tell I have 3 kids and never sleep?

Thank you all. This was a particularly disappointing loss since I felt I got lucky finding this species at an expo and she was very beautiful.

Only one. Also have a premolt B. smith, A genic, OBT, and P. irminia. I had thought that the enclosures provide enough humidity even when the air outside the enclosures is fairly dry. I will probably add some damp sorghum moss to a few enclosures just for peace of mind.