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  1. TriMac33

    My First Arachnid!

    You've gotten great advice! Avics are a great species to keep and very interactive feeders. I have the strongest "bonds" with my Avics. Never mist or dampen your Avics sub. Water droplets placed by pipette onto the glass of the enclosure at the same time you fill its water dish will ensure it...
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    G. Pulchra... premolt, right?

    Nope, mines just a little bitsy. I found it strange too, it being so small that it fasted for so long. I actually made a post about it a while ago because I was quite worried lol. Since it molted, it took an additional 3 weeks to eat, but it eats very well now.
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    G. Pulchra... premolt, right?

    After it molted, it's about a solid 1 inch lol. Maybe an 1" 1/4 would be pushing it.
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    G. Pulchra... premolt, right?

    Ohhh, it is soooo premolt. That shiny hiney is massive! My G. Pulchra sling didn't even get this big and shiny before it molted; mind you it stopped eating for 3 months prior to it finally molting. Pulchras are super weird Ts ime, and really go to the beat of their own drum, but I'd have to...
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    Mexican Fireleg Sling Molting?

    Why? Even if it's been 4 months, why would you "find it" yourself? No need. As long as you're not leaving in live feeders and have provided fresh water in a cap (and not those gel balls), you need to just leave well enough alone now. I also suggest just removing that rock completely. If the...
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    Metallic Pinktoe Being Strange

    Based on your photo, that looks to be very abnormal. It looks stressed, in the way of its positioning. That enclosure is extremely large for your spood; it may feel too exposed and therefore stressed. There also isn't a whole lot of vertically placed foliage to offer coverage. I'd personally...
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    Worried About My Pinktoe

    As long as your understand the responsibility you have, that's great and I wish you luck in the hobby. From now on, come here first, before you get a T (I realize this time your parents surprised you), to make sure your set up is correct. I have a son a bit younger than you and he's getting into...
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    Worried About My Pinktoe

    I apologize for my harshness, but it's honestly frustrating the amount of people on here that kill their Avics over nothing less than lack of proper research! In your case, if you are 12, you shouldn't be solely responsible for researching proper husbandry for your pet. Your parents should be...
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    Worried About My Pinktoe

    Don't ever have the audacity to own another tarantula again. You don't deserve one.
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    My 1/6" L. Parahybana sling may be dead.

    Very much agreed. I don't typically struggle with mold in any of my enclosures. It's almost always the darn moss. Maybe I should rethink the moss I'm using. I do feel I should have perhaps upped the ventilation in this particular case, with such a small sling. Part of it was I was just trying to...
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    My 1/6" L. Parahybana sling may be dead.

    I figured I maybe should have done that. I guess I assumed with a container so tiny, it wouldn't be necessary. The sub underneath the top layer was dry in this case, however. The mold was just on the moss. I'll put ventilation down the sides of the container from now on, like I do for my...
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    My 1/6" L. Parahybana sling may be dead.

    Thank you so much. It makes me feel better to have that secondary input. To me his abdomen looked plump too. I felt I kept him well hydrated. The mold was just starting on the moss. I wasn't sure if a small amount could hurt a sling so tiny. Thankyou for the kind words.
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    My 1/6" L. Parahybana sling may be dead.

    My 1/6" L. Parahybana sling, which I got as a freebie from TarCan may be dead. I fed him a cricket leg 2 days ago and he ate well, always has. I've always provided fresh pipette water droplets on moss as a drinking source and kept the sub dampened. I've had it about a month and a half, and...
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    Concerned About My Young Pinktoe Tarantula

    :banghead: It helps to look at the date the thread was originally posted. This was from April and this spider passed away back then...
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    Afraid of potential fall

    A tad high, yah. You don't want the space between the sub and the top of the enclosure to be anymore than, 1.5X DLS. Mind you, this is a sling and a fall from that height probably wouldn't hurt it. This becomes more of a concern the bigger they get. If the cat skull is pointy, I'd remove it.
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    B. Smithi sling health and enclosure

    I use strictly cocofibre for all of my Ts, even tiny 1/4" slings. As long as it is tamped down well and kept moist, they don't go missing. If the coco is left loose and fluffy, then yes they can disappear, ime.
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    Serious issue... Cordyceps on pet Latrodectus, can it transfer to my T's??!

    Good for you, that seems like a smart way to go. I'm sure this will be important research for them. Sorry about your widow though. I kept one years ago and she was the best.
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    Serious issue... Cordyceps on pet Latrodectus, can it transfer to my T's??!

    My misunderstanding. I would definitely be separating it from your Ts. As for what it is infecting the widow, I am not too sure, but it doesn't look too good.
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    Serious issue... Cordyceps on pet Latrodectus, can it transfer to my T's??!

    Pictures of both spider and enclosure would help greatly.
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    Are these mites?

    Those look to be mites. There are several ways to go about getting rid of them, depending on what kind of mites they are. First, you can dry out your enclosures. Second, you can introduce a different species of mites to eat the ones invading your enclosure (this point would need clarification...
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