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Josh: I'm so sorry I missed the OBT handling last weekend! We'll have to get together with Beth and John sometime and see if the P. murinus is in a good mood again. :) I'm working on a facebook page for an Ohio T group.

Honestly urticating hairs shouldn't be much of a concern unless you're that unlucky person in 1000 that has a super super severe reaction to it or your eye's are like an inch away from the tarantula's butt. Like Nakazanie said, if you want to handle her, handle her. But make sure you bear HER...

Wow, pretty cool! The Singapore Blue grooming was totally awesome, but the other views of the Ts were too since you could see them so well. I liked the regalis hanging out on the back wall.

Avics are awesome, I'm getting two of them myself next week. :D I really think Grammostolas are docile enough to be held, for terrestrial species, and they don't normally kick hairs as nearly as bad as Brachys. I have a 2" G. pulchra, I've only held her once, but she wasn't skittish or...

Suggestions for Horse Catching Could you possibly do some free lounging? Work him in a circle until he gets tired of moving and then go up slip the lead line around his neck? It sounds like it might be better to put the rope around his neck than to put it over his face and ears. I know the...

I think people are more comfortable with the freezing because it's not as graphic/violent as stepping on them. We're talking about beloved pets, they aren't just "bugs". Would you rather step on a beloved pet that doesn't have the option of traditional veterinarian euthanasia or let it depart...

You know you are an arachnophile when you talk to your Ts. You know you are an arachnophile when you can't resist peeking at your enclosures any time you wake up in the middle of the night no matter how tired you are just to see if your T is doing something cool. (Well, maybe not if your...

Username Change When an admin gets a chance, can I get my Username switched to CuddlesTheTarantula? Thanks, Adrienne Porter

[sigh] The problem is just because people "feel they can" care for animals in this category of dangerousness doesn't mean that they actually are able to care for them without any potential problems/accidents. And when you have a problem/accident with something like Phoneutria, you do not get a...

No, I don't refer to someone keeping a black widow as perverting the hobby, when I talk about people keeping animals that can kill I'm thinking of people keeping taipans or black mambas or in the spider hobby Sydney funnelwebs or Phoneutria(Brazilian Wandering spiders). Those kinds of people...

I Won't Be Boycotting Animal Planet and Here's Why All right, I understand the OP's argument, but I don't understand why you think boycotting a cable network will get people educated about the exotic pet industry and hobbies.:? The Fatal Attractions show is about people who are seriously hurt...

Animal Planet: Australia's King of Spiders I saw the show too and must say that it was one of the best tarantula documentaries I've ever seen. Yes, they did show some Haplopelma sp getting eaten in Tailand but it was only for a minute or so. And even though I was uncomfortable watching the Ts...

Thanks, yeah as soon as I noticed she was doing a lot of climbing I had the same thought, I was going to soften some more cakes of coconut fiber today, but with her holed up like this I think I'll wait until she emerges.

Yesterday I transfered my almost 2" G. pulchra into a medium terrestrial cage from tarantulacages.com. I fed her two crickets last night and before I went to bed she was walking around the upper back corner of the cage. I last saw her at around 4 AM when I woke up to take some advil. She was...

As others have said, I agree that the sight gives off some weird vibes. It doesn't give the LS for any of the listed species except for the pokie slings. It doesn't look like you have any frame of reference for what they refer to as an adult specimen of the species on the site. Besides did...

If humans were Ts... If humans were like tarantulas a small fall would make us bleed to death or even explode. :eek: Our keepers would be constantly trying to observe us and we'd stay in the only place in our enclosures that was hard to see. Of course if humans were like tarantulas, our...

The 2009 T Keepers Guide says that since Ts consume so little oxygen in an emergency situation you can put their enclosures in a double plastic bag and tape them shut. This keeps them safe from airborne insectisides. Here's a quote from the book: "In a crisis, a tarantula can be sealed...

Schoolman: I hope your wife comes around to your Ts! Would she read a book about them? I think a lot of times people form an opinion on something based on their own assumptions, but if educated the learn to understand things and accept new/different ways of thinking.

Aw, that's fun that your mom thinks your Grammostola pulchripes sling is cute. :D

My Story I thought I'd share how I became interested in tarantulas. Quite honestly I used to be severely terrified of even the tiniest spiders. Had you told me a year ago that I was going to own any tarantulas I probably would have laughed at you. I always said that phobia therapy wouldn't help...