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  1. Astroman6400

    Review by 'PidderPeets' on item 'Astroman6400'

    I purchased a couple of female tarantulas from him and the everything was great! They were exactly as described, communication was great, and he was even willing to meet at a halfway point between our locations. I would definitely buy from him again and would recommend him!
  2. PidderPeets

    Comment by 'PidderPeets' in media '20221001_202613.jpg'

    This is the view we need. That little flap with two nubs on top in the center of the photo is what to look for to identify it as female. Hope that helps!
  3. 5" Lasiodora parahybana

    5" Lasiodora parahybana

    Molted earlier this week
  4. PidderPeets

    Comment by 'PidderPeets' in media '20221001_202613.jpg'

    You can't really sex this molt as is. You'll need to open up the abdomen section of the molt, and take a picture of the inside of it. The molt might still be unsexable (it looks torn right along where the spermatheca would be), but we won't know til we look. As for the legginess: unless it's a...
  5. Female GBB premolt

    Female GBB premolt

    This is a GBB I bought several months ago as "unsexed/suspect male" from a seller on Craigslist. The seller scammed me on every other tarantula I bought from him, so the joke was on him when she molted and turned out to actually be female!
  6. Female GBB 6 months post molt

    Female GBB 6 months post molt

    Not the best lighting, but still quite pretty
  7. PidderPeets

    The PetSmart by my house is THE dumbest place they sell Ts…

    Go figure I suddenly can't find them, but I have a few receipts for "assorted tarantulas" myself from both Petsmart and Petco. Lol. At least at my Petco, they try to keep an extra sticker on the display to specify which species it is, but I have had to help them properly mark the Ts. But when...
  8. PidderPeets

    Theory - looking for anecdotal evidence

    I do think there is instances where general appearance can reflect the sex of the spider. However, I don't think it's anywhere near accurate enough to even make an estimate at the sex. I've raised multiples of a handful of different species, and sometimes the proportions correlate to the sex...
  9. PidderPeets

    Can you feed an emaciated tarantula too fast?

    The seemanni I had prior to this one buried two of her bowls, but she was well behaved after that. The other trouble makers I have don't bury them, they just dig them out and flip them. :rofl:
  10. PidderPeets

    Can you feed an emaciated tarantula too fast?

    Good point. I know it's aware that there's a water dish, and the enclosure is small enough that it can find it, but obviously an extra water source will do it good. I'll know it's done with the extra dish once it starts burrowing and eventually buries it. :rofl: And I'll definitely update. I'm...
  11. PidderPeets

    Can you feed an emaciated tarantula too fast?

    Yeah, I hadn't been to the store in a loooong time after my last complaint with them (I'll just leave it at there was an obviously dead T in its enclosure, and their explanation was unexcusable). But I went back on a whim a few weeks ago and have been coming back because their prices on...
  12. PidderPeets

    Can you feed an emaciated tarantula too fast?

    I tried searching both on here and Google, but could only really find info on general overfeeding, not in regards to dangerously thin spiders. And since feeding starved animals and humans too fast generally has consequences, I wasn't sure whether the same would apply to a tarantula or not. So a...
  13. PidderPeets

    Comment by 'PidderPeets' in media '4.5" GBB'

    Exactly. There was problems all around with the rest of the deal, but this makes up for it. Had the guy been more honest and upfront with me, I'd probably get in touch with him and offer to switch it despite it being his mistake (I actually did want a male). But he scammed me, lied about it, and...
  14. 4.5" GBB

    4.5" GBB

    Received this one a few months ago from a guy who more or less screwed me over with the rest of the Ts I bought from him. But it appears the joke's on him, because this was sold to me as a male. The molt says otherwise
  15. PidderPeets

    Should I be concerned?

    It's probably fine. Mold can develop rather quickly, especially in the stuffy and generally unclean containers that feeders get purchased in (they tend to be in there for several days or weeks and don't get cleaned usually). It probably just started developing on the locusts once they died
  16. PidderPeets

    LP with Red Fangs?

    Honestly, being plump post molt just means it was even bigger premolt. For example, I got an AF B. boehmei a few months back who was SEVERELY overfed by the previous owner. She just molted a little under a week ago, but you'd never guess that looking at her abdomen. Just keep that extra...
  17. PidderPeets

    LP with Red Fangs?

    Yup, definitely molted recently. After molting, the fangs are white, then turn red, and eventually black. As previously stated, don't offer food until the fangs are black
  18. PidderPeets

    trying to educate myself about my pink tip T

    Aside from all the other great advice that has been offered so far, I'd also like to add that at least from that picture, it doesn't look like you need to worry about it starving any time soon. I admit I'm not certain since the T is quite small in that picture, but if I'm seeing correctly, I...
  19. PidderPeets

    Got a siamise Tarantula here

    Molts get stuck sometimes. As long as it's not somewhere vital, it's fine
  20. PidderPeets

    second loss in my two years

    Was the seemanni a sling or an adult? Are you suspecting that this is another dehydration related death? I'm sorry for all your losses thus far, I do hope you don't lose any more
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