User My First Tarantulas

[WhiskeyR0SE]

so...tried to feed Blondie today. She wasnt having it! lol

 

[WhiskeyR0SE]

I noticed Blondie's water dish was getting low so i tried to top it off, when she suddenly whorled around and attacked! She stuck at the dish multiple times, splashing water and throwing dirt everywhere!

Like, WTF. She's supposed to be one of the "calm" species! ?

 

[Liquifin]

I noticed Blondie's water dish was getting low so i tried to top it off, when she suddenly whorled around and attacked! She stuck at the dish multiple times, splashing water and throwing dirt everywhere!

Like, WTF. She's supposed to be one of the "calm" species! ?

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That's actually a feeding response, so it's nothing to be scared of. T.'s always eat whatever comes at them as an instinct, because they never know when the next prey is coming for the time being. Tarantulas can sense vibration, so what basically happened was that it mistaken you pouring water for prey. And yes, A. chalcodes is a very calm species, and it just had a feeding reaction to you pouring water. So nothing to worry or fear about.

 

[Thekla]

That's actually a feeding response, so it's nothing to be scared of. T.'s always eat whatever comes at them as an instinct, because they never know when the next prey is coming for the time being. Tarantulas can sense vibration, so what basically happened was that it mistaken you pouring water for prey. And yes, A. chalcodes is a very calm species, and it just had a feeding reaction to you pouring water. So nothing to worry or fear about.

This!

And like I said before, I still think she could do with a bigger enclosure and a better hide.

 

[WhiskeyR0SE]

This!

And like I said before, I still think she could do with a bigger enclosure and a better hide.

im planning to run to the local petsmart later this week for a bigger enclosure...just have to dig out my car from under all the snow and ice! lol

 

[MARC NORMAN]

Congratulations, my first two were Goliath bird eaters, probably should have started with something smaller.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

im planning to run to the local petsmart later this week for a bigger enclosure...just have to dig out my car from under all the snow and ice! lol

Honestly to save yourself a good $10, I wouldn't bother going to PetSmart. I paid $17 for my A. chalcodes enclosure at PS because I didn't know better and later $6 for my G. rosea's much larger enclosure at a home goods store. Plastic storage bins from Walmart or Target will do just fine after you've gotten some airholes drilled in.

 

[WhiskeyR0SE]

Well, somebody was busy last night!

 

[spiderbesideher]

Beautiful spiders! Thanks for sharing. Can't wait till my itty bitty A. chalcodes is that big and beautiful

 

[WhiskeyR0SE]

Yikes! A bit of a hiatus due to snow/car issues! I do have an update that was meant to go along with my last post:

i redecorated Blondie's enclosure with a pot fragment and some desert "plants". Her water dish was way too big though, so i switched it out for a smaller one


Blondie showed her appreciation by digging out a whole bunch of dirt!

silly girl!

 

[WhiskeyR0SE]

Update on my itty bitty g. Pulchipes: little "Elvie" is hard to get a pic of! She likes to say right back into her home as soon ai open the lid, bit i did snap this! Look at how big that booty is! Just a few days after taking this, she sealed herself up in her burrow (arrow).... Im hoping for another moult?!??