My first pokie...

[jbinkc1911]

Does that mean anything for me since I don't plan on breeding?

 

[fuzzyavics72]

You can sell or trade him.

 

[miss moxie]

Haha miss moxie! Some men aren't even good for that.

Sad but true!

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Miss moxie I have looked through your photo thread, B E A utiful t's you have!

Why thank you! I'm very proud of my spider army.

---------- Post added 03-07-2015 at 05:28 PM ----------

Does that mean anything for me since I don't plan on breeding?

You can sell or trade him.

+1 -- You can do a breeding loan as well, if someone is looking for a MM when he does mature. Then you can get some of his slings and start over.

 

[jbinkc1911]

Awesome, thanks for all the info.

This hobby may turn out to be as expensive as my guns (but not quite). We will see what my wife says, I just ordered another Ornata [emoji13]

 

[fuzzyavics72]

I don't trust many people for breeding loans. Also there's NO guarantee you'll get a sac. New hobbyists don't understand this. There's so many variables that can go wrong.

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Unfortunately I can't have many guns due to NY state... I've spent a ton of money on arachnids lol

 

[miss moxie]

I don't trust many people for breeding loans. Also there's NO guarantee you'll get a sac. New hobbyists don't understand this. There's so many variables that can go wrong.

That's true too. The male could also get eaten and the female could not produce a sac, then you're screwed out of slings and your male, as well as losing the T's value to the wind.

 

[jbinkc1911]

I hear ya, it adds up quick. I've been in and out of the hobby since I was a kid, raising all types of stuff, probably my favorite so far have been the pair of adroctonus australis I had and the Latrodectus, had a few of them. Now the ornata of course!

 

[miss moxie]

I hear ya, it adds up quick. I've been in and out of the hobby since I was a kid, raising all types of stuff, probably my favorite so far have been the pair of Adroctonus Australia I had and the Latrodectus, had a few of them. Now the ornata of course!

Mmm, I'm avoiding Australian Ts. They don't interest me enough to risk their venom potency. So far my favorites are my A. geniculata and my Pamphos. I'm also becoming vey fond of all my Avicularia.

 

[jbinkc1911]

And miss moxie thanks for the heads up. I don't think I wanna send Harry off just yet[emoji51] he still needs to move into his new home and make room for the sling in the cereal container

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I should've put that's a scorpion[emoji51] [emoji27] [emoji28]

 

[jbinkc1911]

Here are a couple of clips I recorded while feeding Harry this afternoon, the second one is just him walking around a bit on his bark. I hope the resolution is good on these uploads because I am rather impressed with the videos on this galaxy s5. They look good on my phone at least. I could also get better shots if the container was more clear, I'll have him a his new terrarium this weekend. Hope you enjoy.[emoji13]
http://youtu.be/DINXQk_WuB0

http://youtu.be/V5rBipa-cJg

 

[fuzzyavics72]

How often do you feed your ornata one cricket? My five inch male ornata will eat six or seven large crickets at a time.

 

[IHeartTs]

How often do you feed your ornata one cricket? My five inch male ornata will eat six or seven large crickets at a time.

6 or 7?! Like a week?

 

[jbinkc1911]

I usually give him two or three every couple days. But I don't put them in there all at once.

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I've only really got a general idea of how much he should be eating I think, can you provide any specifics?

 

[fuzzyavics72]

Pokies will constantly eat and even eat in premolt. I had an subfusca highland eat an hour before it molted. I love watching my massive pokies have a big ball of crickets lol. I had a four inch P striata eat a anole that was six inches.




This girl will take fifteen crickets at a time, so I started to use hissers.

 

[fuzzyavics72]

I feed my pokies unlike any other genus I have. Usually my pokies have issues gaining weight after molting, so I'll use wax worms.

 

[jbinkc1911]

Ok, so I'm probably over concerned about over feeding, I'll step it up a little, that's easy! Hell, feeding em is half the fun

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Thanks for the advice

 

[fuzzyavics72]

I'm pretty sure pokies have the fastest metabolism in tarantulas. And I've never worried about feeding pokies too much. Feed them however you want. Remember though, the faster you feed the faster they'll grow and die.

 

[jbinkc1911]

Excelent, and breakfast is the most important meal of the day!

 

[fuzzyavics72]

I'm feeding my male's because I have three big girls looking to breed.

 

[fuzzyavics72]

This is one of my five inch male ornata.