Dave Jay
Arachnoknight
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- Feb 5, 2018
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They're pretty cute.P. 'stents' Number 3 looking nonchalant while the cricket explores.
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They're pretty cute.
Thanks!Great looking pics of some awesome looking T's
dude have you ever kept a huntsman i REALLY want oneI've been reading this forum every waking hour for a few weeks, watching videos, reading blogs etc.
On Wednesday (5.17 Sunday here atm btw) I receive my first Tarantulas, all OW of course.
For 5 years or so I've been successfully (mostly) keeping scorps.
I've watched so many "how to" videos regarding tarantulas I've entered some kind of fugue.
I had an orange badge huntsman and I thought it died in the last heatwave, but when I was preparing for the arrival of the tarantulas I cleaned out its enclosure and there definitely was no body, the suspicion I had that my wife had released it is pretty likely imo, she's never liked me keeping spiders because they should be free, and I agree somewhat. I kept this one because it was staggering along the kitchen bench and stayed in a death curl for about a week before recovering. I think it had a run in with a daddy long legs, there was one present, and apart from laundry powder, dishwashing liquid and shampoo etc we don't use chemicals.dude have you ever kept a huntsman i REALLY want one
I move my scorpions with spoons because they just run on the spot till you tilt the spoon, I don't know if it'll work with slings, but I have been buying long handled spoons when I see them in opportunity shops, they may be useful.I used to have a Selenotypus sp "Carbine" sling and it was super laid back. I rehoused it once and I just scooped it out of the old enclosure with a spoon and popped it in the new one, thing barely moved. C'mon man you're supposed to be a scary OW
This won't work for tarantulas, no. They'll be able to run around on the spoon like they would substrate or wood or glass.I move my scorpions with spoons because they just run on the spot till you tilt the spoon, I don't know if it'll work with slings, but I have been buying long handled spoons when I see them in opportunity shops, they may be useful.
Oh for sure, I know they won't run on the spot like scorpions do, but I still may be able to transfer them by scooping out the substrate under them and moving them smoothly and calmly to another enclosure. At worst I'd just have to coax them off the spoon into the enclosure instead of running up the spoon handle.This won't work for tarantulas, no. They'll be able to run around on the spoon like they would substrate or wood or glass.
Haha, ok, just making sure.Oh for sure, I know they won't run on the spot like scorpions do, but I still may be able to transfer them by scooping out the substrate under them and moving them smoothly and calmly to another enclosure. At worst I'd just have to coax them off the spoon into the enclosure instead of running up the spoon handle.
Thanks! I like photography, and spiders are better subjects than fish!Haha, ok, just making sure.
I'm really enjoying your and your wife's photos, by the way.
Thank you!A water dish is always good to have, its better to have it and not need it, rather than need it and not have it.