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Here's a better pic of enclosure like I said I keep it fairly dry but water one edge time from time. also his abdomen and thorax are dark but its kinda been that way since I got him. hes a sling about an inch or so. hes still quick like a p metallica but for the most part is pretty chill its...

the substrate is cocofiber, yes there is a bottlecap in there full of water. its in a deli cup with a bark up tall. I keep the substrate fairly dry but keep water in its enclosure. its highly active and seems quite healthy. just doesn't seem to want to eat anything and is quite dark so I figured...

This is a pic of the little guy.

I bought a P metallica from a breeder a little over a week ago and I cant seem to get this little guy to eat. of course the fact its not molted in my care and the fact its my first expensive rare t this brings extra concern. I think its in premolt but I'm not sure its colors are real dark. can...

I figured that might be the case with such a quick growing species

I think if you were you would have to have 2 pms and one be a male and one a female to do that I know with true spiders the females tend to be brighter in color than its counter part.

I just found one of my ts in all my years of keeping spiders missing one of its fangs. It's a spiderling lp probably in its 3rd Instar and is in premolt now. The fang is abut 2/3s gone on one and the other one is completely fine. About how many molts can i start feeding it live food again or...

My girlfriend bought it I haven't had in one in many years but they helped my sinus so she got it for me again.

I know lol, just was worried about the chemical aspects

They are known for being really natural I just wanted to get someone elses view before doing so. I appreciate it guys. I was thinking it would be ok but I like to play it safe.

My girlfriend bought me a sweet looking essence stick holder the other day and itl put it in my room which is where my ts ans leos are also at. I was wondering are essence sticks safe for a tarantula it's not going to be smothered in smoke or anything but does anything the sticks give off harm...

Im sprry for your loss man :/. I know its tough sometimes did you try the icu? I always try to keep water bowls in my enclosures as soon as possible. They'll float anyhow.

I think stock they only run about 0-60 in 5 seconds... but put a bit of aboreal in them and your looking at another 100 AP (arachnid power) lol

So are we saying that putting holes just on the top isn't sufficent enough? That having holes on top and a fan constantly on will end up killing the t?

Ok so I've been reading around and had some thoughts. Ive never had a t that so calls "requires" cross ventelation but of course I was planing on getting one in the future. But what gets me is the debate on how important cross ventelation is for some ts. Can one not have a culture of isopods and...

If you don't do cross ventelation couldn't you just use some isopods as springtails? I use them in a lot of my more humid ts enclosures. I've always thought cross ventelation was a little over done but at the same time I don't have any that so call require it.

I'm just going to assume the fact you said 10 gallon tanks are horrible for tarantulas. Considering not all grow as big as the lp. That's the only thing I read. That or you can't keep humidity in a screen top but the best way to do that is cover 2/3rds of the screen in wrap so your words still...

Oooh I see where your going no it doesn't nessiciarly "hurt" the t just speeds up its life span. I'm just saying a tarantula has a certain amount of molts especially males before it's life starts to dwindle away. Not saying powerfeeding nessecarily harms your t. The chart that I saw even stated...

Well all I know is I powerfeeding slings of mine and that's all, better to be safe than sorry, plus whats the real reason for powerfeeding an adult. Also it says powerfeeding males makes them live longer? 0.o. And yeah I might have miss worded what I meant. But I do remember a chart somewhere...

I agree! Though I do believe acrylic is what they normally make plexiglass glass out of at least mine was acrylic plexi glass. There are probably cheaper options considering for a 24 × 48 mid grade sheet cost me around 60 bucks lol.