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I second the parasite opinion. You can look in your keepers guide for more on this subject. Do the cages contain mites? Might be worth checking. They are common and can kill the Ts. Good luck Pokie1

No worries, IMHO I was afraid to handle mine at first. In fact, I was so jumpy that it took several days before I could be calm enough to do it. Once you start shaking and jerking your hand around, they will get nervous too, IME. Just be calm, gentle and do not blow on them (or exhale hard...

Very common Mine acts the same way-feast then famine. One day she is an eating machine with two or three crickets in her mouth at any given time then the next day she takes months off. I gave up trying to feed her bi-weekly. Now, once a month, I buy a few crickets and throw them in. If they...

Awesome thread and pics! I gotta wonder what kind of camera/lenses you use to photograph these bad boys. Sticking the ole kodak next to the spider seems less than prudent with this species. I was thinking of getting a macro lense for my SLR (should I ever get into the "real spiders.") I was...

Welcome I think G. rosea are great T.s with which to start. In fact, I like them period. Mine is very interesting and unpredictable (in a good way). I never know from one hour to the next what the heck he is going to be up to. I have seen em submerge himself in water. Climb, well...

"Mine is bigger than yours" LOL If you are gunna brag, at least let us see the pics. Pokie1

Gregg, I have seen a terrestrial scuba dive. Okay, not really. I have seen a terrestrial submerge and swim for short periods of time over ten inches or so. Interesting stuff. Pokie1

If you are that worried about it, just throw on a pair of gloves. Unless the T is on the waterdish, I would just pick it up. Pokie1

P. murinus Some call them "semi-arborial." You might set up an enclosure with various smaller things to climb on/in/under. Though I have yet to get my first OBT, I set up the other enclosures in a similar fashion. I have seen my G. rosea climb up short plants, rocks and logs as well as in...

Its the color It is, in fact, color and behavior that are indicators of premolt. I just went through this with this species. She refused food for 2 months. Then, she started webbing up her log and staying in it for days at a time. The last time she came out, her setae appeared much lighter...

Nix the A. seemanni from list After owning one and seeing others do so, I must say that they are not a great beginner species. They tend do be very skittish, very quick (when retreating) and seem to have no problem jumping to their deaths. They are hard to handle. In addition, mine has gone...

I am unclear as to what the original question was. If you were asking how "bad" is the bite, all I can say is that anecdotal evidence suggests that it will likely cause a local reaction including pain, swelling, and may cause mild systemic neurological effects similar to lactrodectism. There...

Thankfully I have yet to experience a loss. I think I am different than a lot of keepers in that I couldn't care less about the monetary loss. I do not buy animals as capital investments. Rather, they are animals, something closer to pets. I can say that I have grown very fond of my G...

I have a question and I don't want anyone to think I am being smart. I have read several publications about Ts and they show the death curl as the sign of death but nothing more. But are their other scientific measurments to be taken that indicate distress or death? For example, in Homo...

Well, don't tell mine that. She loves her water. {D Pokie1

I dunno how many have tried with the H. gigas but I am gunna try with the rosie. I thought it was really odd with her being a "desert" species n all. I made her habitat fairly dry and warm, but moisten it up once in a while be watering the plant. What was funny to me was that it looked like...

Crunchy, that is funny. I heard they do that with burrows in the wild. But I gotta ask: WHY? LOL I am learning more about T. behavior from the rosie than I ever would from my A. seemanni (who does nothing interesting) except run around bumping into everything everytime he gets spooked which...

I put an ornamental rock in the tank for decoration. It seems my G. rosea sees it as so much more. Sometimes she will stick her prosoma in one hole and a leg through another. It is rather comical. She spends a lot of time in, under and on the rock. She even wedges herself between the rock...

G. rosea swim too! Well, climb into a bath anyway. I am keeping my new G. Rosea in a setup that has a standard water dish and about 60% humidity. Several times, I have seen unexplained wet spots on the dry substrate. I thought maybe a cricket bounced into the dish and spilled it. Anyway, I...