Toxoderidae
Arachnoprince
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That's what I thought, but it's been in premolt as long as my regalis has molted twice, and it's barely an inch.premolt?
That's what I thought, but it's been in premolt as long as my regalis has molted twice, and it's barely an inch.premolt?
About a month ago I had spent half the night feeding slings and was getting tired. So I decided to close up shop and go to bed. But then I realized I didn't water my H.mac so I grabbed the container set it in the desk. Took a look inside to se where or if I could see it and nothing due to the intense webbing. So I opened the lid and poured water into the dish. Like a flash it was on the outside of the container and I had taken a step back. I thought oh great and crap not now. I looked around the room for the nearest catch cup slowly reached for it and of course this made the H.mac do a lighting dance and again it stopped on the top of the container. I was over it and tired and with a commanding voice I said. Get back in your home and took a step forward. It freaking worked! It jumped back in! I quickly put the lid on and started laughing . It was hilarious .
I know how you feel. I look at my cats, and especially my pet snake, whom I've had since he was a hatchling, will all be outlived by my spiders, especially by my G. pulchripes. Oscar (my Ball) might live 25 more years with me, but my pulchripes could live another 40.. Just blows my mind.Not sure what this will fall under.
It blows my mind every time I check out my T's. So many memories. A lot of people forget these are long term pets. Have two LPs that I have had since 2010 when they were the size of my pinkie nail. Now my girls are at a healthy 4-5 inches slowly growing over 6 years... Just crazy.
I use to be a in band (we were crap, we only existed for like 4 months), and we would jam in my room. So my bandmates and I would haul my collection into another room anytime we would jam.
just the amount of times I have changed in enclosures, feeding, mishaps such as escapes... blows my mind. Some of my T's will be around when I finally tie the knot with my fiancé and have kids. Some of them will be around when the kids graduate.
My T's will outlive my kitty... which does make me sad.
It was my first time purchasing a tarantula....I didn't know about arachnoboards and learned my lessonMoral of the story should be an obvious one...never buy arachnids from a reptile dealer...never...and why would you with all the great dealers specializing in tarantulas....I ask anyone buying from such a place the same question...would you buy your reptiles at a tarantula dealer that just dabbled in reps on the side? I wouldn't.
When my P. nigricolor was small, maybe 1.5-2" I went to feed her early one morning (like 2am), I grasped the cricket in the tweezers, opened the enclosure top, and began to lower the cricket. Still nearly 2 feet away from the enclosure lid the cricket begins to struggle. Instantly (and I mean that quite literally) she turned (she was facing the wall like she had just been reprimanded), ran to the opening and jumped the nearly 2 feet onto the tweezers, turned, snatched the cricket, jumped back down into her enclosure and began to eat...al before I could even react....I laughed so hard and may have even clapped a little....very entertaining spiders Pamphs are.