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I collected it from the yard- but I live pretty damn far from other human kind and non-bovine farms. The other tarantula is doing well with the non-sterilized version of the same type. It was collected a month prior and left outdoors but sterilized the day before the T arrived. (As a matter of...

I received this sling from Jamie's Tarantulas (first order, read nothing but good things!) two days ago. The shipping service delivered a day late, making 4 days in transit. The species is Pamphobeteus sp. "Machala." Purple bloom. I have no idea what instar it is or the last time it molted or...

Here is a resource I found for you: https://www.theraphosidae.be/en/theraphosa-stirmi/ This is a burrowing species for sure. You need a semi firm substrate. Your enclosure looks almost too moist in photos. That makes it hard to dig in and while rainforest T's do like moisture, in the beginning...

As a general rule of thumb, an enclosure size can be 3x the length of the tarantula's leg span. Here is a resource on measurement: https://jamiestarantulas.blogspot.com/2018/08/how-to-measure-outstretched-diagonal.html

Here is one of the more useful pages I've found on the species. I just ordered my P. Machala sling yesterday and am waiting on shipping to find out if this is a good guideline of info: https://www.theraphosidae.be/en/pamphobeteus-sp-machala/

I'd like to add these substrates are not appropriate for nontropical species. Southern USA as a vastly different climate that vietnam or south america. They CAN be used just fine but you have to be very careful not to overflow the water dish, and using the 'rain' technique with these substrates...

Hi. My first T was also an Aphonopelma, although a different species. I know it gets repeated over and over but their abdomens are much like water baloons. When fullish from eating, a drop from 12 inches or greater can easily rupture their abdomen, and there is no hope of them recovering from...

I'd like to mention I could never get my Aphonopelma to eat grass hoppers at all. It got defensive responses out of her and she struck at it a few times, but that was after 6 different separate attempts of introducing her to the food item. I've heard other keepers who prefer grasshoppers for the...

On a positive, if you had an arboreal tarantula then your tank is half done already. :D I too completely messed up the housing for my tarantula the first few days and had to do an emergency enclosure change to get it to calm down and feel at home. Just do your research- you already know you...

If you were misting the enclosure, was the bottle new? Was there dust in the holding container? Did you feed it a squid that inked everywhere? I think your short answer is, "Be less worried, no one here has ever heard of a fast spreading blue powder mold common to the industry." Hahaha.

Eh you can do everything perfectly and someone will rigidly point out something. Unfortunately that's a big part of the culture in tarantula keeping and extends farther than this forum. It developed because there are some things that causes death pretty fast and can be "okay" for a while then...

I've noticed that certain species of tarantula will be very reluctant to eat if inside their burrows if in the wild they do not eat inside of their burrows. Some species leave at night to go hunt and I've witnessed them carrying giant june bugs back to their homes much the way a leopard carries...

There is a forum here called Invertsonals (;)) but you can also try Reddit, facebook groups, expos, posting flyers in petshops if they will allow it, and searching your species "for sale" and finding breeders (their websites or youtube) selling the species who might be very interested in...

If you have slings or very small T's, you can order inexpensive flightless fruit fly cultures and keep them going. There are species of roaches that cannot fly and live quite a long time, thus breeding quite a bit. You can also easily breed crickets and use their smaller offspring, but they make...

Power feeding is a term used in husbandry of reptiles, especially snakes. You can literally force feed a snake as they have a reflex to swallow, thus artificially making them bigger. The purpose is to try breeding them sooner, and THOSE snakes DO die sooner than their expected lifespan. They...

It's an invective fascination that turns into a love!! Personally I don't agree with certain parts of Dark Den's channel but I like that he cooperates with Exotics Lair and they trade. What species are you getting? No one says you ever have to touch them. You don't even have to watch them eat...

Most people here have you covered but I would like to add that tarantulas are pretty resilient and will give you plenty of warning signs they aren't comfortable before actually becoming ill/weak/refusing to touch the substrate at all. So you won't kill it overnight with the wrong temperature...

I fully agree with absolutely do not allow there to be more than 1.5x the leg length's space between the substrate and the top of the lid because their abdomens are very similar to water balloons. They have little protection and WILL rupture easily from falls if somewhat full. It's so...

I'm sorry, but are you telling me that. Tarantulas. Have. MORPHS?

Thank you for posting the followup, this may prove to be very useful to others to read and reconsider their setups.