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I was wondering if anyone here knew of any remedy for the itching and burning of urticating hairs. I've tried Benadryl and Hydrocortizone to no avail. Any other ideas or help would be appreciated.

The Review there is so much to reply to!! Thanks to everyone. The water dish was not empty...the empty look was the fault of the flash on my camera. It was about half full. My wife is sure to fill the dishes at least once a week with fresh water and she checks them in between to be sure...

She's entirely free of her molt. We had one problem spot on her front left leg where she bled a little dab. It didn't do more than that so we think it's scabbing its self over nicely. She's still moving and stretching, so that's good. We found the problem spot, too. Her fangs were stuck...

we've got her first leg free and she is still moving from time to time. It's not looking too awfully bad. This is going to take all night, but I think it'll be worth the effort. She's still got a lot of fluid in between her old skin and her new so the old skin is coming right off!

We are currently working on freeing Pheobe from her shell. We have the left rear leg half free and we also have untangled the mess that her front legs and pedipalps were in. We're taking this slow and being patient. When I untangled one of her front legs she started pushing, trying to get out...

She's still moving. We've attempted the soap solution and are waiting for the results...in the meantime...off to Wal-Mart to get the equipment for surgery. We should be back in about half an hour and if she hasn't shown any improvement at all, we're going to the last resort... I appreciate...

let's not start a fight about the frequency of right-side-up molting. I'm only concerned with the health and well being of my T. I'd like to keep the posts limited to help, if I could. I appreciate all of the feedback, but since she's still alive, time is of the essence. My wife(this is her...

no opinions on this?? She's still moving!!!!! What should I do!?!?!?! I'm mixing the soap/water solution now...2 drops soap, 1 cup room temp. water. Please give me your opinion on this measure.

the 9.0 was an analogy. It was a dead weight drop from 6-8 inches off of the surface. All of our tarantulas respond to this, it's just not usually on purpose, it's usually because I'm clumsy. :( We only intentionally drop the light when we think that they are dead. We weren't aware that any...

:( her carpace popped out 10 hours ago. Her legs started, but only made 1/4-1/2" progress before she stopped coming out all together. If you think flipping her over could do the trick, I'll try it. I don't see any movement from her at this point and am worried that she is already dead...

only one thud with the mag light. No...it was just one jolt on the table with a flashlight. She normally moves a bit. Her legs were tucked under and she looked like our last T that died. We were sure that she was dead and that was a last resort test to see if she would move. After that one...

Emergency 911 Help!!! I have an extremely urgent problem. I have a g. auriostriata (sp?). She was acting very strangle lately, webbing up her cage and huddling in the corner. We blew it off as irritation from the light since she seemed to do it when we were in the room with the lights on...

My E. Campestratus is doing the same thing. She may be getting ready for a molt.

Do you know approx. how long it takes for a B Smithi to get 2 inches? :confused:

Thanks for all your help!!! I'll be sure to post pictures when I get my new baby. :D

It's half an inch.

I am considering buying a B.Smithi spiderling within the next month and I'm not really sure how to care for them. I have five other tarantulas but they're all adults. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. :)

Beautiful Redknee! :)

Our first T died sometime last night. Our A. Seemani which was sickly for the past two to three days died sometime after I placed her into a new cage. The first cage was fairly dry and the substrate was that crappy bed-a-beast. I thought it may benefit her to move into a new cage. Hoping for...

I am having a serious problem with my Costa Rican Zebra. She(or he, not sure yet) was sitting next to her water dish with five of eight legs curled under. I used a plastic straw to bump her and make sure that she was alive. She did move, but only after about six or seven taps and even then, a...