Just found her/him like this...

jaycied

jaycied

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I was the same way with my first T, an Avicularia I picked up in a lps :banghead: that has since matured and died. (RIP Aragog). I knew nothing, and at this point in time I trusted pet store employees (hahahahhahaha). I didn't know a thing about molting; I did do more research when I got it home (in a KK with a 1/2 in of substrate, dead crickets everywhere, and a water bowl with pebbles) changed the enclosure to a more suitable one, but for whatever weird reason never ever came across good husbandry tips and absolutely nothing about molting!

After aragog's first molt I was so freaked out. I didn't notice any of the actual molting process, but I looked in one day and was really confused as to why there was another T in the enclosure with him.

Side note: same pet store told me that the boli from food remains were infertile eggsacs "because your female still ovulates":rofl:
 
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After his molt I looked up probably something along the lines of "why do I have 2 tarantulas now when I had one". Pet stores don't tell you anything useful. This search somehow led me to Tom's Big Spiders, I've changed a lot, and am keeping 20 Ts with good husbandry currently.
 
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jaycied said:
I was the same way with my first T, an Avicularia I picked up in a lps :banghead: that has since matured and died. (RIP Aragog). I knew nothing, and at this point in time I trusted pet store employees (hahahahhahaha). I didn't know a thing about molting; I did do more research when I got it home (in a KK with a 1/2 in of substrate, dead crickets everywhere, and a water bowl with pebbles) changed the enclosure to a more suitable one, but for whatever weird reason never ever came across good husbandry tips and absolutely nothing about molting!

After aragog's first molt I was so freaked out. I didn't notice any of the actual molting process, but I looked in one day and was really confused as to why there was another T in the enclosure with him.

Side note: same pet store told me that the boli from food remains were infertile eggsacs "because your female still ovulates":rofl:
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Oh my good lord, I've heard it all now, in all my life I've never heard such nonsense, that's why I would always research the species that I am about to get on this forum of course. Thank goodness for AB.
 
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mconnachan said:
Oh my good lord, I've heard it all now, in all my life I've never heard such nonsense, that's why I would always research the species that I am about to get on this forum of course. Thank goodness for AB.
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Agreed. I had no idea even about basic tarantula care so I didn't know I was missing. I'm so glad I stumbled across Toms blog and arachnoboards.
 
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jaycied said:
Agreed. I had no idea even about basic tarantula care so I didn't know I was missing. I'm so glad I stumbled across Toms blog and arachnoboards.
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Yep I talk to Tom quite often, a very informed, intelligent, gentleman, we speak quite often over YouTube comments and discussions, his uploads are second to none, he's been in the hobby for a looooooong time now, he just made an upload regarding sling husbandry, buying, setup, do's and don'ts, I have a great affinity with Tom, it makes a huge difference that he is a true scholar and a gentleman, haha I just remembered he's a teacher so yeah a true scholar.
 
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mconnachan said:
I like to keep larger exos as the small ones seem to break far too easily, I have been told hairspray is a great way to preserve them intact, then they can easily be mounted/displayed. I've got to try this soon as I've got so many I am running out of little containers to keep them in, when the kids were babies, their dummy containers were the perfect size, alas they're no longer babies. Just a nice way to display them. Not the kids the exuviae....
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@ShyDragoness I'm glad someone finally got the joke - eventually, not you I must add you obviously got it immediately.....lol
 
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