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There are lots of possibilities, and lots of questions that would lead you to the satisfying answer that you're seeking, but any living thing can die at any time for reasons we understand, and some reasons that can't be known. It sounds like you're doing everything right, but just like a person...

enthusiastic eaters? yes. fast? pretty fast, so yes. defensive? yes. mine don't come after me, but if they have the chance, count on getting a bite. bite/ hospital? i would tell you to always go in for a bite, if only to get checked out and get some pain meds. i imagine that it would make you...

That is true, but I could see why a break in feeding could inspire a molt.

It's her house. She's the shot caller. Stay safe and avoid stupid people and you'll have plenty of years to call your own shots. I was a really rebellious youth myself, but somehow I was principled enough to respect the fact that it's actually their house. Actually, I know it sounds cheesy, but...

IF a person were to get caught with animals like these, U.S. courts have been known to- in addition to jail time- sentence people to not be allowed to keep animals anymore. That, to me, is even worse than jail in a way. You should at least take the conversation someplace a little more private...

That's the ticket, that and space. The truth is, though, as you develop more efficent gear, setups, and routines, the number of spiders a person can keep goes way up. They do not generally require a lot of time and space as animals go.

I would bump up the temp a few degrees, but that's actually probably not the problem. Sometimes spiders just get full, and this one looks pretty maxed out. You should stop offering food when their abdomens get this heavy anyways- especially if they aren't eating it. That's plenty of nutrition to...

I haven't kept the elegans, but I have raised dozens of species of spiderlings, and this is one method: I keep very small spiderlings in vials with vermiculite in the bottom. I water the vermic about like you would for hatching most reptile eggs- not so much that water squeezes out, but enough...

There are many factors that go into the lethality of a bite. There are also many things that might not make you dead, but can make you very, very sorry. People find themselves alive post-envenomation, but possibly maimed, disfigured, and buried in medical bills. Also, procedurally, keeping any...

Nice. plus bonus for best deli cup ever.