My only Bite (so far)
My only bite came about a year ago (I recorded the date, but don't have it now - Fall 2009). Anyway, I had a cage get flipped over and I picked up my Brachypelma albopilosum Honduran Curly Hair tarantula - adult female and I had just picked her up, covered in substrate, I...
Curly Hairs in burrow
The Brachypelma albopilosum or Honduran Curly Hair tarantula will burrow down or stay in (as opposed to being out in the open) moreso than some other species following molt. They DO burrow and stay in their hide especially when it gets warm outside (if they can 'get cool'...
Re: Lactrodectus - Black Widows
Before moving to Alabama, I had seen only one or two Black Widows. After moving there, I noticed that there were Lactrodectus mactans ALL OVER - I will say that they generally stay outside and rarely come inside a home. The closest that I found them inside were...
Similar Experience with my Pink Toe
Let me just say that I've had several Pink Toes and even had a cohabitive setup with several in the same cage. I don't care what anyone says, they are not the easiest spiders to raise (in captivity). I have seen it all with the Avicularia avicularia...
Dry for P. murinus
My female prefers DRY conditions - they web like crazy, are proven escape professionals, can relocate at the drop of a hat as they're fast, and when she is held, it is on HER terms, no doubt. Great spiders and beautiful orange with a black and orange design on their...
Thanks for the great information - I like the CO2 approach.
I like any idea of eliminatiing the little boogers - but it seems like you would still have their carcasses (though admittedly not as many), and it is their carcass and shed skins that seem to potentially accumulate around the...
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O.K. - I have a lot of substrate that, according to Stan and Marguerite Schultz's Tarantula Keeper's Guide, I must now dispose of, clean the cages with a bleach solution, prepare new substrate and start again. Does anyone know of any alternatives to disposing of the substrate - and...
Pill Bugs
Isopods or pill bugs are what were once known slangly as rolly pollies (roll -ee Pole - ees) and I suppose tarantulas WOULD encounter these farely often in nature - or run into them quite often in burrows and ANYWHERE in the ground. I would not have guessed them to be o.k., though...
RE: I need help
The implication IS NOT that there is ANYTHING WRONG with the spider - when I say anomaly, I am using the term in the literal sense - it is an irreugalrity - something different. Not regular - period. No, it is not abnormal either - I was simply alluding to the fact of what the...
RE: I need Help
The Grammastola rosea or Rose hair tarantula is a notorious non-eater - some can go months even years without eating. It is hard to believe, but it happens. The 'scab' could be withering of the exuvium or exoskeleton or baldness from excessive hair kicking - get a magnifying...
As previously stated, the Curly Hair tarantula is the common name for the Brachypelma albopilosum, also known as the Honduran Curly Hair Taramtula as they originate from Honduras and other nearby Central American countries. They are NOT to be confused with the Rose Hair, Chilean Rose Hair...
Thanks for the response. For what it's worth, I have heard similar descriptions of the hemoglyph being clear with a possible blue or green tinge. Also, I tend to agree with your assessment of the hemoglph and gross rupture - that the pus or cream color is indicative of other 'cells' and...
Interesting response, euros and all that rot. I did not say nor did I imply that a cricket riped off the top of its carapace, ocular turbuckle or whatever. I was merely stating that the eye area was where it presumably came from. I mentioned hemoglyph and I followed that I did not want to say...
Anyone who has had this experience, please reply - one of my Brachypelma smithi Mexican Redknee Tarantulas, a sub-adult, seemingly has gotten its eyes torn off - it was eating crickets a day or so ago and didn't apparently have any problem then - I really don't know about the eyes at the time...
Feeding A. Geniculata
O.K., I am apparently a 'post' behind, possibly. The A. Geniculata will eat anything that moves, most of the time. However, as most tarantulas will, it will tolerate long periods of apparently not eating ANYTHING - then again, many say that the A. Geniculata is a...
On your Enclosure
My two cents:
Indeed the T does NOT have to be a Goliath Birdeater to splatter or rupture - as any and ALL tarantulas MAY rupture and ooze hemoglyph - this too is something that I have had the sad misfortune of experiencing. HOWEVER, tarantulas do survive and amazingly...
Handling your Cobalt Blue
I have handled my cobalt blue a couple of times but it is always on her terms. I've asked the same question and got similar results/responses. Each tarantula is different - and - the Old World or Asian or African tarantulas are definitely the ones that you do not...
Haplopelma bite
Ooohhh - ouch, I hate to hear that. My cobalt blue is at or near that size, about 18 months old. I've handled her as a sling - but very little, as these guys are super nervous. Just recently, she's started showing some real aggression - the whole point of it is, though, they...
Rosea or cala
Phrixotrictus, Grammastola, rosea, cala, or spatulata - who knows? I do know that what I called a Grammastola cala, as the breeder identifed, looked very different from my other 5 Rose hairs - no doubt - almost looked like an Irish tarantula if you know what I mean. Seriously...
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