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My T is going to die, isn't it? :( :( :( :( :( :( :( According to http://www.giantspiders.com/ailments.html it is indeed mold. How mold managed to get into the abdomen of my T is what I'd like to know? The T was in the most well ventilated enclosure possible, with a mesh screen lid. I...

Scab? Where the white stuff is on the abdomen it feels like there is a scab there. There's a hard, crusty part to the abdomen that isn't present on the other side of the spider. And the rest won't wipe off

I attempted to wipe away some of the white stuff and it comes off pretty easily. I read an article on Ts affected by nematodes and I did what it said. I quarantined the T, removing it from all my others and put it in a very well ventilated cage with moist paper towels and a water dish.

If this is the case, what do I do? Never had parasites on a T before :confused: :(

She's in a rubber maid container. It isn't too wet in there as it is. I doubt wet enough for mold. I would have misted the cage but it was fresh peat moss, right out of the bag which is already pretty moist and it's been a few days. Why would mold be on a living T?

Photos Here are some photos I managed to get. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff305/tjpetrowski/DSCF0107.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff305/tjpetrowski/DSCF0108-1.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff305/tjpetrowski/DSCF0111.jpg White stuff near fang...

So if Trilobites are so far down the ancestry chain, what was the first myriapod and when did it appear?

Hi, Yesterday night I seen the side of one of my Haplopelma species (not sure actual species. All of mine look similar and behave the same) and I seen this milky white blotch on the underside of the abdomen. No point in photographing it as on this dial-up I can't upload photos. It hasn't...

Hi, I recently visited Canada's arctic territory, the Northwest Territories, which is mostly taiga and tundra. My mother and I went to Wood Buffalo National Park there and, I must say, I am amazed at the diversity of flying insects. Never have I been to a land with more horseflies...

Hi, I'm having a wild cricket problem in my bedroom. They're big, black, ugly, and nearly impossible to catch or kill. The crickets I feed to my inverts that are store bought are so much smaller. Even the largest cricket from a pet store would be torn apart by one of these black crickets...

Hi, I heard that T.apophysis is "leggier" than T.blondi, but I am surprised at how much. When I got my apophysis it had molted within three days of me getting it, so its weight was down. It was about a week before I fed it, or was able to feed it. It's small, about 1.5 inches without the...

Hi, Apparently some, or a lot, of my larger Ts are overweight. To bring down their weight, do I simply stop feeding them until their weight goes down?

Oh they have the substrate to burrow. If a 1.5 inch C.crawshayi doesn't even attempt to burrow in 5-6 inches of peat moss, why give it more? Just because it's natural? I just see it as a waste. Besides, as Stonemantis said, my lil' crawshayi is making a little burrow underneath some cork...

That's what I thought, so I tried making a Latrodectus sort of setup. Anyhow, I let it go back in the wild anyways on one of my mom's potted plants outside.

I sense some frustration in your post. :confused: I am just overwhelmed by opinions. I didn't think every keeper kept their Ts a different way.

I provide all my Ts, though not the tiny slings, with something (e.g. cork bark, coconut home, wooden home, fish decor [arboreal Ts love human skulls], etc.) I have a sub-adult female T.blondi. Supposedly a deep burrower. However it doesn't even attempt to burrow. When it was younger it would...

I apologize for causing any negativity :(

My C.crawshayi was doing fine in just 4 inches of substrate when I got him. Why would it need 10 inches at this size?

It seems as though every person keeps Ts differently. I know that Haplopelma species burrow but I've seen them kept in containers only slightly larger than the T itself and toilet paper as substrate and do just fine. People tell me T.blondis need a high humidity. Well I keep mine bone dry with a...

Do N.vulpunis and X.immanis need a lot of substrate as well? And what about moisture levels?