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Thanks. That's essentially what I ended up doing, for lack of any other info on how to proceed. I'd never read of a spider undergoing such a long fast, however! I wonder if the sheer size of her body to begin with (by virtue of being not only a parahybana but also a large female) helped. I'm...

Wow, it's been years since I've posted here! Please forgive me if I'm ignorant about any new rules or customs. For some time now I've been down to just one T, a parahybana that I bought as a little pink sling in June, 2008. She's been full grown for several years, now, but after her last...

WOW!! She makes a 20L look small! Congrats, Pac. Your habitat looks lovely, and it was most intelligent to design it so you can see into the hide. I'll probably never try one of these, so I'll enjoy following your experiences. :)

:mad: :D This has to be my stubbornest T about posing! I knew I didn't have any really good dorsal shots, so I first copied some urls of online pics for this species (hope it's OK to post them here): At Krazy 8’s Inverts...

LOL, Packie, your & my (see two posts above) answers are pretty much identical. We frog-keepers are a lot more familiar with wet vivs, eh? :D

Oh, man, how'd I ever miss that last set of pictures?!!! Thanks for posting those, Bill--they're spellbinding! I don't suppose Jillian's book is going to have mite pics, is it? If not, she'll need to do another one...!

IME with vivs for other creatures (dart frogs; pygmy chams), the sort of mold that develops on new substrate (notoriously on grapevine) is more of an eyesore than a threat to the inhabitants. Usually it will run its course and disappear on its own. Dart frog keepers seed their vivs with...

OK, I'm not very good at distinguishing T genera...so just consider this a shot in the dark. I happened to get both a "Brazilian salmon" (L. parahybana) and a "Bolivian salmon" (Acanthoscurria chacoana) in the same batch of slings last June, and your spider looks more like the latter. I...

Thanks, Katy! That was very helpful, especially the part you threw in about the avics! After being successful with a B. emilia, an L. parahybana, & an A. chacoana, I was totally defeated by my versi sling...But--I have kind of a sinking feeling that seeing essentially nothing might = boy. I'll...

So glad I subscribe to this thread! :) All very fascinating! Katy, how small can they be when you're able to sex them? Your A. behlei made me wonder--mine looks like that color-wise but is still only ~ 1/2" long--(and I've had him/her for 10 months! :D).

Thanks for confirming that, Miz! I'm kinda surprised I haven't accidentally stumbled on that myself...:o

Wow, I never knew that! I assume you have to wait until everything is completely cooled...? Can't wait to try it, as I only have a soldering iron; no Dremel. :( Thanks!

Oooooh, nice pics!! And s/he's a doll. :)

Congrats! A success story for "both of you." :D

You got that exu spread out nicely, esp. the opisthosoma!

Oh, you should! I know, at first they don't seem all that interesting--not brightly colored, not at all rare!--but they really have so much personality, and they grow so fast you can start with a tiny sling and have a good sized spider in a year... NB: for a couple of instars early on, mine...

I'll be looking forward to them! :)

Coloratovillosus, not chromatus. But I agree. I thought both were ~ 5 - 6"? http://www.beccastarantulas.com/tarantulas/caresheets/care%20page.htm#Nhandu

A. chacoana juvie. ^^Beautiful as always, Chris! Here're some shots of my female A. chacoana juvie, maybe 2" at the most. The ones of her on the KK side are taken shortly after a molt. I wanted to capture the blue markings she shows on the venter of her opisthosoma, which only show up when...

Good choice. Nhandus are very interesting spiders--will be a nice contrast wih your smithi. :D If you're going to order online (which I've always had very good luck with), you might as well order more than one...what with the shipping you'll pay.