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I swear I started this thread as, can I buy you a drink, but now it is may I buy you a drink. More correct, but the original post was this picture and I love it. It isn't in the thread anymore, but it's so old, I guess they had to trim it.

When I was in 4th grade, living in Guthrie, Oklahoma I witnessed something that terrified me. A group of wandering A. hentzi males and it seemed like there were 100s, but was probably dozens. The whole field was moving with them and I dropped my bike in the middle of the road and ran to a...

That enclosure is meant for arboreals, not terrestrial. You would need more substrate to make it safe and you can't because it's got a front closing lid. What I would be worried about, is it falling and injuring itself. Do you spritz the enclosure? If you do, stop, because it's climbing to get...

He molted out of the problem! He looks beautiful in his new clothes. I fed him sparingly since the problem first arose and it worked.

New pictures and the only thing that appears to have changed is the white spot, which has gone down. I'm fairly sure at this point that it was poo, persistent poo, but poo nonetheless. Alas, I couldn't get a good pic of the poo.

That heat mat can short out and start getting ridiculously hot, had it happen with some geckos. That can break the tank, or fry the tarantula eventually. They don't know how to regulate heat and will even dig to get nearer. I have kept my tarantulas in a drafty unheated room during an Indiana...

What does it matter how old the dirt is? Who knows how old the dirt in nature is. Pick out boluses, but you have just given her world a major shakeup. She had web across that dirt that she could follow and recognize the vibrations of prey moving on it. You may not have been able to see them, but...

Okay, so this guy got a photo shoot today. I tried unsuccessfully to wrap a bit of coban around it. I decided against gauze and tried the coban because it sticks to itself. Great idea, but it wasn't going to happen, because the amount of room I had to work it around. If he had been bigger, I'm...

The one thing I see taken into consideration the least, are the air currents you produce. Every single one of those hairs will vibrate if you aren't careful with how you do things. Since they can only see light and dark, they depend on those vibrations and they assume a defensive attitude when...

I just love a good face plant. Mine won't even drink out of water dishes right now, so they drink directly from the substrate. That face plant doesn't look nearly as cool.

I had a P. murinus spiderling take a dive off of the kitchen table as it was unwrapped. Dumb mistake by the other person. Since they molt so quickly when small, it had regenerated completely by the third molt. It was stubby on the first molt, but it came back to run another day. Did you know...

True, but my collection went down from 26 to 2. Not much to post about! I'm still alive though!

Wow, this post lasted from '09-'13. I enjoyed all the pictures, thank you for those still around. Anybody got any new drinking shots to share?

Given that it's on a joint, I'll have to think about how to do that. Given that he is still quite pink, it may be awhile for a molt and that would solve my major problem with the situation. If he can just get to the molt, I bet he'll be fine eventually. He hasn't molted in a few years, like 3...

It almost looks like mold, but there is none in the enclosure and it is kept dry. That was my thinking, just stop feeding and let him molt. The spot on the leg troubles me, it really feels like a scab. So it will keep rubbing and I'm unsure if that could lead to something eventually. I'll just...

Greetings, it's been awhile, but I need some opinions. I am fully aware that the answer could just be, wait until it molts and see. However if there is something I'm not thinking of, please point it out. A couple of months ago i noticed that my G. pulchra had a unique bald patch. It's in an arc...

Our B. vagans seems to appreciate higher humidity than our other Brachys, so we keep him moist.

If soap or something similar was present in the dish, it is possible for it to drown. You need something to break the water tension for the water to actually reach the book lungs. Tarantulas do not drown without the breaking of that surface tension. Always make sure to fully rinse all water...

We don't turn on the heat until we have to, so our Ts enjoy around 63F for long stretches of time with no ill effects. If you are comfortable, so are the Ts.

It sounds as if everything is being done like we did for ours, minus fruit flies, sub lats. Since yours were/ are so small it is completely appropriate to keep the substrate moist not sopping wet, since the epicuticle isn't fully formed until Ts are around 2". This can cause desiccation and...