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o yeah, I totally jumped at the roach grab and sound effect, good job :-P

Grats and good luck ;-) oooooo man you make me so impatient though... I want my little OBTS to grow up! I have 4 about around 1", maybe a bit bigger. They don't have any real attitude yet, one seems scared still of even the tiniest roaches. I do so love their webs, can't wait to get them...

We are going out on some property adjacent to Lake Bridgeport, that's NE Texas kinda. NW of DFW Area. I've heard lots of anecdotal stories about tarantulas moving as a reaction to coming storms so who knows. I'm off to bed so I can get up somewhat early for the trip. -Dominatus

Just wondering if anyone has any advice. Here's what's going down... A couple of friends and I are going out to a ranch to try and collect a couple of Aphonopelma species (they might be all A. hentzi in the area, who knows :?{D ) All I have to go on is where I've found them years past just...

UPDATE Mr. Quarter made a temporary truce and visited the T. blondi for a photo shoot, still wont move back in though :( :p {D Post molt, of course. My guestimation is they put on at least .75", maybe even 1", but no more than that. -Dominatus

I'd say your best bet is convincing someone to give you one. I think finding one for sale would just be a random chance at a random tourist stop or something, they always sell novelty items, heh. Depending on how soon you need it perhaps someone could send you one. I had several that I just...

Wouldn't be surprised to see a 10 inch Lasiodora Parahybana someday, perhaps yours is close?! They look very nice! My L. para is only 6.5" ish, so I hope to get her up there to 8" or 9" someday! Very nice buys, biggins usually cost a pretty penny. -Dominatus

Valid concern. Heh, it sure is sturdy though. I get flagstone and hand chisel out different shapes and make kewl burrows. Its fully supported with no way for the T to dig out its support. The structure free stands and is rock solid (no pun intended) even when there is no substrate in the...

Well, the Theraphosa blondi I got from Fran in early March is molting! I am so excited! It was around 3" when I got it, maybe smaller. It has been so dark, black black dark, for about a week now. I swear I've checked every five hours everyday since it got so dark to see if was molting yet :}...

I was just going to add for reference sake that I have a piece of beautiful sandstone I have used for years in enclosure to make hides and burrows that had a fungus growing problem. In a recent rehousing it started to grow a fungus, quite a bit. It was pure white, looked almost like crystals...

Kenthebugguy.com has ~1" slings for 12 bucks. Just random shopping info thrown out there heh. EDIT: oops, didn't see second page, you already got one yay! grats!

I know right gmrpnk21! I read to the end thinking I'd find out what was going in the bin but all we know is its 2". Heh, not really important but I'm curious.

I was reading Tarantula Keeper's Guide earlier this evening and I just now connected two memories; this post and something I read. It does state in that book the vinegar fumes are toxic to a tarantula. I am still looking for the exact sentence but all I've found is a reference or implied...

Yeah, I was gonna say, I had an Acanthoscurria geniculata mature male that bred a female of mine. Had several insertions over 3-4 weeks period but I never saw a sperm web and sent him back to his owner for him to try to breed another female of his that had just molted. But I got a fertile egg...

Give it another month hassman, there should be plenty of babies at 3 months and an expolsion at or before 6 months, usually. 80 degrees is warm enough, you can go as high as 95 ish with good humidity (50-60%) but in my experience not reaching 60% humidity and 90 degrees doesn't mean dead...

No really Falk. The practice of wild caught of many species doesn't sit well with me when I am honest with myself. I believe I still let them know they might consider different husbandry methods for their Theraphosa sp. And I have plenty of time, following spidershanes advice, to decide if I...

That is an awesome line of thought Spidershane, thank you. I believe I will do just that. -Dominatus

Thank you DavidBear, I really think this is the one that will win me over for feeders. -Dominatus

Those are some kewl pics on that thread Athelas, thanks! I'll check out bugsincybersapce, thx. Think I'm going just start a normal pill bug colony for now, thx for the replies! -Dominatus

Yeah, I like this LPS, always taken good care of me when I've done business with them, but the more I learn the more I see there is so much I don't know and so much other people don't know, like this LPS. Perhaps I'll casually drop in conversation what conditions T. sp is usually kept in and let...