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Second the GBB vote.

The GBB and P. Metallica were both acting strangely. I was hoping the P. Metallica would pull through because it seemed to regain it's ability to walk for a few days. They both died very suddenly. The P. Murinus was in a death curl for over a week and I was giving it a drop of water each day...

No spraying was carried out by the landlord. The P. metallica and the P. murinus both passed away today. Dissecting the P. metallica didn't reveal any sort of bacterial infection. I'm gonna go have a good cry now.

Also there are generalist pathogens that will opportunistically infect anything they can. I don't think this is a case of infection, but if they do die I'll be dissecting them to see what happened.

Yup, have a water bowl about an inch from the spider, but as it doesn't seem to be able to move, I'll still be hand watering it for the time being.

I will, I was wondering about that since GBB's are such arid climate spiders. I'll just return it to it's enclosure and water it with a cotton swab.

OBT Dorsal view.

Update. I corralled my P metallica into a catch cup and did a thorough inspection for mites. None on her. She was returned to her enclosure. Then I busted out the microscope and inspected the obt spiderling carefully, both ventral and dorsal sides, no mites. The OBT seems to be regaining...

I have quarantined all the affected spiders. I give them tap water that has been allowed to sit and dechlorinate for 24 hours. The feeders are from a local pet store. They keep around 20 tarantulas for sale and feed them the same feeders, so I would think they'd be having issues as well, but...

I haven't changed any substrate, feeders have been coming from the same pet store for 2 years. The only things that have recently changed are 1) I've begun feeding more often, and 2) I recently acquired some new spiders, 7 in the last month. The first spider to become ill was one of the new...

HELP PLEASE So about a week ago, I found one of my 3/4" obt spiderlings in a death curl. I bought it and one other about 2 weeks ago. I left it alone in case it was molting. After 3 days of nothing I flipped it onto it's back hoping that would help. The spider is still alive, moving...

I only know his first name, which is Michael. Don't know if he's on arachnoboards. He's kept plenty of spiders. Enough to make my 43 look like child's play.

Not technically a tarantula, but still a big blue spider would be Linothele megatheloides.

I suppose it varies from spider to spider, but my H. gigas never showed any signs of aggression. Even during rehousing. I had her set up in a narrow enclosure that was back lit so I could flip a switch and see her down in her burrow. I've never tried it myself, but you can search on here for...

Personally, I recommend a M. robustum. They're good eaters, striking visually, and do come out fairly often. If you want a very obligate burrower, as in it will make a vertical hole in the ground, E. murinus is a striking spider, with some attitude, but not quite the OMG how fast can this...

Can you write a holy text devoted to the Goddess and her acolytes? I would buy that.

He's definitely my favorite to feed!

He'll jump up on my tongs for a superworm :P

She's pretty sassy for an A. hentzi.

This little guy is so feisty! Only 2" and full of attitude!