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Ball jointed dolls, drawing, reading, writing, and sewing (and as an extension, alternative fashion) are my actual hobbies. I tend to enjoy super creative hobbies. I see T’s more as pets than a hobby on its own. Sure, I could lose interest in them, but I would still have to put the effort in...

Update: The T seems to be doing well. Looks like she’s gotten most of the exoskeleton off in a few hours. I’ll leave her be for a couple of days before o try and get that molt out of there. I’ll probably wait a couple of days after that until I try feeding her, just to be safe.

So, I keep my T’s on my dresser. As I was getting ready to leave this morning, I took a peek into my G rosea’s enclosure and darn near had a heart attack when I saw her flipped over onto her back. Then I remembered spiders don’t really flip over when they die just to showcase that they’re dead...

My Grammostola rosea did this for quite a while after I first got her until she made herself a burrow with two entrances around the fake plant that was in her enclosure. Now all she really moves around is to cover the water dish. My Brachypelma albopilosum all of a sudden started doing this...

As someone who has severe arthritis in their hands I can confirm that using a pushpin is not difficult. Lol

He is actually slowly warming up to them. He loves feeding time and will sometimes watch them. However he does still think they’re creepy as hell. Doesn’t help I’ve added two true spiders to the collection.

My reaction: *laughter* Fiancé’s reaction: *horrified* Oh, God!! I think you can tell which one of us is into tarantulas.

This didn’t mess with the ventilation in the enclosure? I’m curious because I’ve been considering getting an arboreal next.

I’m still new but I feel it’s more of an art than an exact science. While there are standard ways of keeping T’s there are also individual variations that can be made depending on the individual specimen; it relies on the keeper’s good judgment and experience to make those decisions. I feel...

Yeah that’s definitely female! Zooming in on the photo, you can see the flap between the two booklungs.

Yeah, there’s a good chance the bite was a dry one with no venom. Not every bite a spider of any sort gives is loaded with venom. It’s possible the T for whatever reason decided to dry bite the cricket and that’s how it was able to get away.

Congrats on the new slings! Any idea what the eta is for your receiving them? I’m going to have to enter raffles...

I’ve had a sling run up my arm right after I put it in a new enclosure. That’s the closest I ever plan on getting to “handling a tarantula”. And I agree that the habituation angle is mostly for our benefit and not the T’s. They’re pretty smart but at the end of the day, they’re invertebrates...

For those who noticed a drop off in contact from people in their lives, what I’m most curious about is how quickly it happened. Was it an all of a sudden response or did it happen gradually, with excuses made here and there until the contact was minimal or none? Again, this isn’t a personal...

Thank you to everyone who replied! Especially with stories! The reason I asked is because I’ve had quite a few hobbies in the past that have made people give me strange looks. It was something that bothered me much more as a teen than it does now, of course, but I was really curious to how...

I’m old enough to not really be worried about that. That’s not really what my question was about. My question was about whether or not people have noticed if others treat them differently based on the knowledge of their tarantula keeping. I’m more interested in the background as opposed to any...

Well, I do know one friend means it, but she can’t come to my house anyway because of her horrific rabbit allergy. I’m aware most people just have a very instant and strong reaction to the thought of creepy crawlers, especially as pets, but I’m genuinely curious how many actually let it get in...

So, I have yet to get my first tarantula, but I am planning to get one for myself as a birthday gift at the end of next month, beginning of July. I’ve only ever had the “typical” types of pets before; dogs, cats, rabbits, etc. The one thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of people become VERY...

You’ll have to show us what she looks like when she’s done molting!

This thread gives me life. I can’t wait to get my own T to add to this.