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    question on handling t.blondi

    My T. Blondi was handable at that size. I held her several times. No threat displays, no kicking hairs. As she molted in my care, she started saying "NO" with full fang bared threat displays, and clouds of urticating hairs. Just because it seems docile NOW doesn't mean it will stay that way...
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    How often should you feed?

    generally 6-8 crickets a month is the usual accepted amount for most Ts.
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    First Aggressive / Defensive T?

    uh this thread is over a year old. My First aggressive Ts were a 4 inch Pterinochilus Murinus RCF, a 3 inch Poecilotheria Regalis and 1.5 inch Lasidora Parahybana. All purchased at the same time. I basically made the decision that if I was going to purchase a fast defensive T, their really...
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    NooB needing help/info. Mexican RedKnee

    Nice T! My B. Smithi is a finicky eater. She won't eat roaches over a certain size. Perfectly normal, with a caveat. Tarantulas are nocturnal creatures. They prefer warm, dark spaces like burrows. So, your T does do things, you just miss it cause your sleeping. Many times I have woken late at...
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    Sling enclosures

    i've had a G. Aureostriata in one of those from 3/4s of an inch onward for several months now. They are a little big but the ts grow into them. For water I simply wet pour water on the substrate near the burrow.
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    Web Pictures

    Pterinochilus Murinus Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens Some Ceratogyrus Species Avicularia Avicularia it you want to see a tube web Out of the 4 I would start with C. Cyaneopubescens
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    Butter Worms

    don't worry about it. The calcium thing was a hypothesis* that got blown up, it never even had the chance to become a theory. There has been no evidence besides ancedotal. There are several posters that feed nothing but mice over many years. A good thread on the debate. Also. *a hypothesis is...
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    Ok to spider bomb my basement with T in the house?

    99% of the time the spider you are looking at is NOT a brown recluse. Brown recluses are one of the most mis-identified spiders in america. In one month in Kansas I saw at least 6 radically different brown spiders referred to as the brown recluse, usually followed by a smack. This came from...
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    Is this a good way of transferring nutrients?

    well there are at least 2 users (Soulsick and BLS Blondi) who have kept in excess of 20 T. Blondi for multiple years. These users feed mice, especially when the T is full grown, and haven't seen problems. There is also this post. This is why I want to see what the research says.
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    Versi Sling Help again

    Yes. Pull it out of its cage, find a way to hold it steady, so it won't move. Preferably using the cupping method. Then poke it's chelicerae with a toothpick/small stick. Try to gently slide the toothpick between them. Then come back and tell me if the chelicerae move or not. Typically a...
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    Is this a good way of transferring nutrients?

    no. Tarantulas can and have chewed through metal cage screen covers. A tarantula is not going to break a fang biting a mouse. Tarantulas in nature defend themselves quite well from mice and rodents. See pages 145 and 146 of the Tarantula Keepers Guide. The breaking of a fang does NOT...
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    Is this a good way of transferring nutrients?

    another user (Soulsick) uses crickets, dogfood and a variety of other stuff to gutload his mice. Try PMing him. A thread on the calcium debate.
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    Seattle Area Tarantula Enthusiasts

    I am ready to come, I am going to Seattle tonite, crashing there, and will see you guys tommorow if it's stil happening.
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    New Order and Old World Question

    I knew when I had kept an A. Avicularia, a G. Pulchra, and a G. Aureostriata. My next 3 Ts were a 4 inch P. Murinus, a 3 inch P. Regalis, and a 1.5 inch L. Parahybana. Old worlders are NOT boogie-men, or bite happy witch-harpies from hell. They are spiders that prefer to be left alone to do...
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    I think she may be in Pre-molt!!

    Yes, relax, sit back and don't worry about it. Your T has molted before and knows what she's doing. Soon you will have a very pretty new T.
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    Cobalt blue staying out in the open?

    No idea. Maybe it feels safe enough inside it's cage to come out. Mine comes out nearly every night, but darts into the burrow at any disturbance.
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    Tempermental A. seemani!!!

    Most internet caresheets (are crap) seem to say docile but nervous simply because the genus is aphonopelma, a known docile genus. The T books I have read, many posts on this site, and my own experiences like ones I have seen in pet stores have led me to beleive this species is semi-defensive...
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    ??? I am stumped???

    easy. Some people measure body size, not legspan, because it is a more accurate description of size. Others measure along leg 1 to IV on the same side rather then diagonally from leg 1 on one side to leg IV on the other side. Others measure the tarantula in normal sitting position, and round...
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    Seattle Area Tarantula Enthusiasts

    Well, this 4th of july weekend is bad for Alissa. So how about on the 8th of july, at coleman pool at 4 pm?
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    Avicularia Sling Set-Up

    Place 2 rows near the bottom for air circulation. Otherwise good.
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