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  1. Rob1985

    Stainless steel perforated sheets for DIY lid for Exo-terra

    Interesting. I removed the mesh, bought a piece of a acrylic, drilled holes in it and then used silicone to secure it place.
  2. Rob1985

    GBB pushes herself in wet corner

    This is my girl (with a photo bomb from Acanthoscurria geniculata female as well). She's been in this enclosure for about a month now and has already made her self well at home. I wish I could display her in the living room of my condo since she's in a beautiful acrylic enclosure, but I am...
  3. Rob1985

    Scorpion Picture Thread

    My female Hadrurus arizonensis doing what she does about 99% of the time.... hiding in her rock/clay/sand cave. :lol:
  4. Rob1985

    Today in the Spider Room?

    After rehousing my adult female Avic. avic. 6 months ago, she finally figured out that there's a cork round hide for her, and she's been busy webbing in and around it. Tarantula's can be so weird sometimes.... :smug:
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    GBB pushes herself in wet corner

    Sometimes T's do things we can't explain. Judging by the webbing she is just starting to create, I'd say she's likely just hydrating more often and sensing the moisture in that corner on the webbing she has laid down on the substrate. Remember that Tarantula's, along with all inverts, use...
  6. Rob1985

    Depressed and want to become a better keeper.

    Those enclosures look very saturated with water. Also, where did you get those leaves?
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    Depressed and want to become a better keeper.

    Sorry to hear. I've been there. After about 8 years of keeping, I had an adult female P. imperator and E. murinus sling die due to "organic" potting soil being tainted with fertilizer. It absolutely tore me apart. That leads me ask two questions.... 1. What are you using for substrate? 2...
  8. Rob1985

    Avic avic won’t eat.

    I've experienced this issue my Avics and other chill arboreals over the years. My Avic. avic. adult female is chill enough that I am comfortable with just tong feeding her crickets, superworms or dubias. She is however a pretty good hunter of crickets and red runners which don't dig like dubias...
  9. Rob1985

    Been listening to Tom Morans Big Spider podcast

    The podcast is full of great information, from someone who has been keeping for a long time and deeply cares about this hobby. Some his episodes can be repetitive, but even after 18 years of keeping T's, I still enjoy his podcasts regardless if information and topics occasionally repeat. He...
  10. Rob1985

    Feeding guidance

    I offer food and water every Sunday and Wednesday. In the winter I check water dishes/ substrate moisture every other day, as well as add a second water dish for my more moisture "appreciative" species.
  11. Rob1985

    Why is my T climbing the walls?

    Any images of the enclosure? It would be helpful. As others have said, when you rehouse a T into a new enclosure with new substrate they aren't familiar with their surroundings. Keep in mind that terrestrial (and arboreal) T's lay down a nearly invisible layer of webbing throughout their entire...
  12. Rob1985

    Most active tarantula

    Hands down my GBB or A. seemani. My GBB is always webbing and my A. seemani is always digging.
  13. Rob1985

    What Is Your Most Prized Tarantula?

    Definitely my adult female Aphonopelma chalcodes "New River" variant, female sub-adult GBB and my large adult female Avic. avic.
  14. Rob1985

    In over my head, what's a more intermediate Aboreal?

    If you're looking into get a faster arboreal with attitude, but not quite ready for the venom OW pack in their bites, I highly suggest P. cambridgei. Otherwise, C. versicolor is a great option as they're definitely faster and more skittish than an Avic. avic. However, don't count out a Pokie...
  15. Rob1985

    What to do if food item is too large?

    Experiment with killing the cricket, cutting it in half and placing it somewhere near the sling. T's are scavengers, especially slings, and if it's near the burrow, hide or a place you frequently see it, it will eventually figure out that it's food. This has always been my go to.
  16. Rob1985

    What tarantula do you next want to get

    Current wants.... Ephebopus murinus and Harpactira pulchripes. Pandinus imperator scorp at some point as well.
  17. Rob1985

    Have I messed up my enclosure?

    I would consider a different enclosure type with less height and more substrate. These exoterra's are better suited for an arboreal species. Side note... I have a large (7") female Avic avic in an 18x18x24" Exoterra with a mesh to acrylic top conversion. They're great for display.
  18. Rob1985

    Brazilian species ban including common hobby species?

    This law is pretty much unenforceable on a preemptive level, but that doesn't mean they won't enforce it reactively or investigate reports. US federal law enforcement agencies are notorious for hiring private investigations firms to handle the evidence collection to offset low agency staffing...
  19. Rob1985

    Blatta latoralis questions

    I use a home depot bucket, or similar, with the bottom cut out and screen material in it's place, which I then place into another bucket. I first remove the colony and place all of them them in a holding bucket or tub and toss out the old egg crates. I then poor everything in the bottom of their...
  20. Rob1985

    A Avicularia enclosure

    First of all... as an old timer... welcome! Second, nice to see another fellow "Illinoisian" on the boards. Third, definitely a smaller enclosure is better here. Something with height, like a 32oz deli cup like what you got here from target. I keep all my 1/2" - 2" arboreal slings in 32oz deli cups.
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