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Water has been covered perfectly. As far as food goes, these guys can easily take crickets their own size or even slightly larger. I think they have the most active feeding response of any spider I've worked with. If you don't feel like catching small crix for the little guy, just smash them and...

Great looking enclosure :) It's always awesome to see a snake in an environment where it's able to stretch out and move around. There are entirely too many boxes and shelves in the hobby today.

Are the max temps you listed on the hot side of the terrarium? If so, check the cool side as well. As long as there is a gradient that allows the geckos to pick their preferred temps, you should be fine. If it is 93-95 on the cool side, then ya, it needs to be addressed. Otherwise, you should be...

Just wanted to back up what Aviara has been saying on both this thread, and the other similar one that was recently posted. I 100% agree with the notion that the person who sold this guy was wrong for selling an animal that is so sick. He should have taken a trip to the vet himself and had the...

T ockerti has a fast growth rate. The two I raised went from 3i to 5-6" with hooks in right around a years time. Room temp, feeding every 5 days. Very quick growers unless mine were anomalies.

Ah, yes... SAHS. S***** Avicularia Husbandry Syndrome. That one is real.

As was already mentioned, SADs does not exist... It is simply an outdated term that was invented to describe the above average mortality rate in Avic slings. Most recommend keeping them on dry substrate with good cross ventilation and regular light misting of their webbing to provide drinking...

I. mira are by far my most reclusive spiders. I have 2 adult females, and am lucky to have 1 sighting a year. Crickets go in and never come out, so I know they are fine. It is a bit frustrating to see them so infrequently though, because I personally think they are one of the most beautiful...

If you like kings/rats the most among colubrids, then I'd recommend a Mexican Black King. Their iridescence is stunning (especially on the ventral scales), and they are extremely mellow. They are simply a joy to work with.

I always crush the heads on supers before feeding, and I use them as a staple for many of my larger Ts. Even with a crushed head they'll still wiggle around for quite a while. Most Ts with a strong feeding response will take them right away, but some of the shyer ones will find and eat them a...

Actually this board seems to be a much more hospitable place recently than it was several years ago. Not that it was ever truly inhospitable, but I can remember a time when a new member's question was likely to be answered by six or seven 'use the search thread' replies. All of the hot button...

Based on his appearance and symptoms, it seems like he probably either has crypto or a vitamin A deficiency. I'd recommend taking him to a vet and having him checked out. Crypto is not curable, and presents a threat to the rest of your collection. Vit A deficiency is easily cured through a few...

No solution needed... he's likely in premolt like you have already guessed. Just leave him in there, and he'll come out when he's ready. Stop feeding, but other than that let him do his thing :)

I don't think it's likely you'd pass them to other people, unless you go immediately to them and happen to have some lying on you that are not embedded. U-hairs have small barbs that stick in your skin, making them hard to dislodge. That's what makes them suck so much. Once they're in you, they...

They'll take pre killed for their whole lives as far as I know. I usually switch them over to live once they are around 3/4". If you have numerous slings to feed, just herd all the crix into a corner and smash several with one press of the thumb. Or chop a larger one up and feed several slings...

Brazil is starting to frustrate me more than Australia.

I have no experience with the small, but my large follow a pattern similar to my C. fasciatum and H. incei. They'll be totally visable for months at a time, then for some reason go to ground for so long I almost feel the need to dig them up to make sure they're still alive. Then one day I'll be...

Why even bother switching from pre-killed crickets? I've raised some pretty small slings on smashed crickets/parts, and never had an issue with getting them to eat live when they get large enough to eat larger prey. Not worth the hassle in my opinion.

There's a decent book that covers these for US species. US Guide to Venomous Snakes and Their Mimics. Good read. Like Marc said, there are a lot of them.

Hogs are no worse than many other other snake species. They can go off food sometimes if stressed or during breading season, but will go back on once the cause of the stress is removed. Babies can be a pain before they are switched to unscented, but even those will eat once you get the right...