I wouldn't feed it anymore, it's quite plump. Mine is now an adult and I still have to be careful how much I feed her, out of all my spiders she has eaten more roaches than any of my others. She's a real pig. To me the substrate looks too wet, I would let it dry out a little. I had slightly...
I discovered 2 common garden orb weavers (Washington state) living in the window of my laundry room that must have come in through a gap in the door as babies. I know they should be outside but it's very stormy and has been getting very cold. They are still quite small so I was wondering if they...
When did you start keeping tarantulas?
4 years ago
Number of tarantulas currently keeping? Number of species currently keeping?
43 T's, 36 different species
How much is your hobby worth?
More than I could afford
What's the most you've ever paid for a tarantula? Species? Size?
$95 for a 4"...
Good and bad happenings today. The good is that all but one of my mature males ate today. I don't know about anyone else but it always makes me happy when a MM eats.
The bad is that it looks like my incredibly long lived MM N. incei is on his way out. Some of his legs are starting to curl and...
This girl built all the way to the top. She's due for a rehouse and I almost hate to destroy all her hard work. And yes, the enclosure is on the stove, no I don't keep it there.lol. The lighting is just better there.
As long as it's eating it should be fine. I had a sling lose both pedipalps in a bad molt and fed him the same way and he did great, has molted several times since with no issues. If you watch a T eat it looks like they do use their pedipalps to help manipulate the prey as they eat which is...
I had the same issue with a P. lugardi sling. Little guy lost 3 legs, a pedipalp and had a crooked leg after a molt. The next molt a couple of legs grew back, the pedipalp didn't and he lost the other one. He was able to eat, I just dropped prekilled prey right in front of him. The molt after...
I've never kept white spots but have a colony of P. horrida. As far as I'm concerned you just can't do any better than that. Large, colorful, and just plain awesome looking. Easy to keep also, in fact so easy that I don't allow the eggs to hatch otherwise I'd be overrun by them. Super predators...
0.1 H. pulchripes
0.1 C. marshalli
P. lugardi #1, male
P. lugardi #2, chewed up the molt
0.1 H. longipes
A. chalcodes, it's a girl! Been waiting over 3 years to find out,lol
P. sazimai juvie, It's a girl! Finally it's blue! I've been looking at a nondescript little brown spider for 2.5 years.
N...
I have 2 G. pulchripes, a male and a female raised from tiny slings now about 3.5 -4 inches. They pretty much have the same temperament, very calm. Never had a threat pose or hair flicking from either. The only difference in behavior is the male will slowly walk towards me and the female will...
I have P. horrida, they are extremely easy to care for. I keep them dry at room temperature with a small water dish as they do use it. This tank has 23 adults in it. all raised from eggs from my original 2. I don't have it set up for the eggs to hatch but if you want them to hatch just keep an...
It's a red letter day in the spider room. Roxy my A. chalcodes finally molted for the first time in my care after 3 years and 2 months of having her. She chewed up the abdomen pretty good but left enough so I was finally able to confirm that she is indeed female! Yay!
On another note, I went to...
The temperature hasn't changed, I keep all my roaches at room temperature which varies from 75 to 80 degrees. Humidity in the house runs from 40 to 50 percent, I've had roaches as feeders for 3 years and have never experienced something like this. I have another bin of red runner nymphs and a...
I cleaned out my red runner colony on Saturday, gave them fresh egg crate and when I went to feed them Monday night there were a bunch of dead and dying roaches. Since then I'm losing about 40 a day. I used the same batch of egg crate that I've been using since April with no issues, I thought...
This old man ( N. incei gold ) hit the 2 year mature mark today, amazing since I've heard this species usually only lives a few months after maturity. Excuse the fuzzy pic, I had to take it through the enclosure lid, he's very skittish.
I'd say that's too large, my adult female is in a 10x10x10 enclosure and she has plenty of room. She made a small burrow in one corner and pretty much stays in it all the time. The only time I've ever seen her out of it is when she's depositing a bolus in her water dish.
I haven't had any problems with mold, but the substrate is a bit dryer in the center of the enclosure, pouring the water around the sides makes it damper on the sides and the bottom and the millipedes can choose where they want to be.There are some springtails in there also so if there ever was...
I rarely see them but there's an adult bumblebee and an adult smoky oak in here. I use millipede substrate from Bugs in Cyberspace and add flake soil to the top occasionally and more leaves. I also supplement with repashy isopod food once a week or so, they love it. The short side vents on the...
T. violaceous, MM
P. gigas, MM
C. marshalli sling #2, it's a girl :D
C. marshalli sling #3, male
0.1 L. parahybana
0.1 H. sp Colombia, large
0.1 spawn of Satan ( L. klugi ) :devil:
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