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So, good or bad here's the way I view handling and the questions I ask myself. First, assume you WILL get bit. It doesn't matter if it's a dog, cat, ferret, spider or even one of those squishy pink parasites we call babies. All living things present a possibility for biting. Bad mood. Bad day...

I've got an E campestratus, approx 3/4". I bought him/her back in June of 2014 at approx 1/4" - 1/2". Since then, (s)he has eaten 4 times and molted twice. When I first got him/her I tried feeding tiny B. lats. This was a fail because (s)he would just run and hide anytime the roach came near...

My 1/3" E. campestratus has gone 34 days between feedings. Ate a huge meal, molted 10 days later to about a 1/2" now. Wouldn't come out of the burrow until last night. Last night suddenly was a flurry of activity. Made a burrow on the opposite side of the small enclosure. Dragged the pre-killed...

Well, I only have the one adult but she was sold as a red however she's orange, not cherry red.

My E. campestratus 1/3" sling molted last night. (S)he didn't eat for 20 days, got very dark, etc. This morning there's a shriveled up molt in the burrow and (s)he is all transparent except for the abdomen which is now jet black. Doesn't look too much bigger to be honest.

I have 3 cats. I kitten (4 months old) and 2 seniors (13+ years old). I have my E. sp red in one of these http://www.jamiestarantulas.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=00001 above my desk in the office. I don't think any of them have even noticed she's up there. I've got the case stuck down to...

I was always terrified of spiders. Jumping spiders were the only ones that never scared me. All others would send me running and screaming from the room in a voice many octaves higher than normal. There was never a shoe big enough or a fly swatter with a long enough reach to make me go back in...

Mine's just a wee bit bigger, about 1/3". Got it about a month ago and mine behaved the same at first. It took almost 3 weeks to settle in. The first week it was in various places in the stressed position. The second week it used the small tunnel I made for it with tweezers a bit but also began...

I just had a worry and posted about possibly over feeding my sling yesterday. So far it works out my sling is eating about once every 8 to 10 days. I did try to feed more frequently but (s)he just left the prey item. My general rule of thumb that I'd read here or somewhere is also Opisthosoma...

The older and more jaded I become, the more I believe humans in general are fearful, ignorant and strongly opinionated creatures. Never a good combination. It sounds to me like you had the misfortune of running into one such person here. Rather then taking the time to ask some questions...

Thank you all so much! I'll definitely be getting some other feeders here for the next feeding. I've been wondering about the next molt. When I got Bailey (s)he was so light as to be practically transparent so I'm assuming, freshly molted. Now (s)he is much more tan/brown in color. Still not...

This may be a very stupid question but I haven't really found an answer to it yet and didn't even think of it until today. First some background. A month ago I got my first sling ever (which also happens to be my second T ever). It's 1/3" E. campestratus (3rd instar I believe). At the same...

I think maybe your best bet on the mature female side would be to wait until she molts at least once and see if she's grown. Once they're mature I believe the molting slows down but they also stay the same size. At only 2" I'm tempted to guess she is not yet mature. Also, I don't know if...

I'm no expert having owned mine only 4 months now however I have only coco fiber substrate as well. So far though it doesn't seem to be a problem for her burrows and constant digging. She webs the substrate up heavily and then rolls it and the webs it again packing it into place. I did pack down...

I thought 1 would be enough, for about 3 months. Then I got a second and thought that would be enough, for about a week. Now I want two more. I also have a list of another 3 I'd really like to get after the next 2.... Yeah, so much for me swearing up and down to my wife I'd never have more than...

For me, like some others here, it was a way to overcome my arachnophobia. I'm 43 and have been literally terrified of spiders ever since I can remember. I've loved and owned all sorts of pets but that never extended to spiders. There was a time years ago I was handling a small garter snake...

Awesome! I just got my first sling on the 17th, an Eupalaestrus campestratus (1/4"). So far the only thing I've discovered is (s)he runs from pinhead b lateralis. I have to squish their heads so they're basically dead in the evening and then at night when (s)he goes wandering, will find and eat...

Look in the fish section at PetCo or PetSmart. I'd gotten the plastic half-coconut hide thing from the herp section and it was far too large as well. In the fish section though there was this perfectly sized mini "rock tower" type thing with a couple of small plastic leaves glued to it. I...

If she's anything like mine the entire substrate will be covered with a thin lining of web as well as most of the walls. Mine webbed so much the substrate looks silver rather than brown. Once that was done she began looking for hides. The one I provided seemed okay for a couple of days until she...

Congratulations! These really are great little T's. My first ever and I was a terrible arachnophobe before getting mine. Since getting my "Mia" I've gotten over that and actually have a Pink Zebra Beauty sling coming in this week as my second. Very active. Very docile. Wonderful eater. I simply...