My T Died, need help on what to get next.

[Atomo]

My rosea "Steve" recently died, lived a solid 5 years, about 2 years after his ultimate moult.

Anyway, I've given it some thought, and I would really enjoy a T I could feed mice to.

Any ideas? Price is sort of an option, so obviously a blondi would be out of the question. Might a Curlyhair (Brachypelma albopilosum) work?

Thanks
Rob

 

[Talkenlate04]

And you want to do this for what reason again? :?

And price is an option?

 

[xhexdx]

Maybe it's just me, but feeding mice or rats is pointless. They get the same nutrients from crickets, without the rotting smell. That, and mice and rats feel pain much more so than an invertebrate does. I just feel bad for the rats and mice.

Anyway...

 

[tin man]

Gramostola aureostriatas can get up to 8 inches, they might work, but if your going to buy the tarantula while its big, than they can be kind of expensive..... thats what I know

 

[tin man]

oh and are these adult mice or just pinckies? Beecause I would deffinately never feed my tarantula adult mice.

 

[phil jones]

i to do not get it ? i would not feed mice or rats to ANY ( T ) their's a lot of big ( T )around what do you like the look of ?---- phil

 

[problemchildx]

Welcome to the boards!

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?p=490971

If you disregard which T would be able to eat mice, there are a lot of options

 

[By-Tor]

Okay Rob, I'm guessing you came here from /an/ after me and spiderman were saying get a new T... but here feeding off things like mice is not considered good etique for what you are looking for in a T, if that's what you really want get a snake or phrase it as you want a large T that isn't terribly expensive.
to which I would reccomend a G. aureostriata, an A. geniculata, or a L. parahybana ---- there go research, another way to do so is looking at the different dealers sites

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/links/browselinks.php?c=5

 

[K1j1m]

i would suggest L. parahybana. they get big and are pretty aggresive eaters. Also mice smell and are realy realy disgusting to watch your T eat it. All you basicly see is puss and guts oozing out of the mouse. If you wanna feed it something different then crix i would say give it a anole once and a while

 

[Phil Hall]

My rosea "Steve" recently died, lived a solid 5 years, about 2 years after his ultimate moult.

Anyway, I've given it some thought, and I would really enjoy a T I could feed mice to.

Thanks
Rob

Must have been abused by mice in a previous life...

 

[phil jones]

yes could be that ----- phil

 

[Fran]

My rosea "Steve" recently died, lived a solid 5 years, about 2 years after his ultimate moult.

Anyway, I've given it some thought, and I would really enjoy a T I could feed mice to.

Any ideas? Price is sort of an option, so obviously a blondi would be out of the question. Might a Curlyhair (Brachypelma albopilosum) work?

Thanks
Rob

I know what you mean, but sometimes its just where to look for T;s. There are places where they sell T blondis for ridiculous prices like 400 or 500 dollars or places you can find a great , healthy subadult for 150 or less...
I bought T's from Billy (Butch4skin@yahoo.com- I think) ,ask him for prices, he has healthy T's and great prices.

You can try Lasiodora Parahybana, Achantoscurria Geniculata...

 

[silieputty]

All you basicly see is puss and guts oozing out of the mouse. If you wanna feed it something different then crix i would say give it a anole once and a while

Pus? Hopefully you aren't seeing pus ooze from a mouse! That would suggest you're feeding a sick mouse (with an abscess or other suppurative infection) to your T.

Though I dislike the idea of feeding mice on any routine basis, I would suggest any of the Lasiodora genus. I have a L. dificilis, which gets just as large as L. parahybana - if not larger.

 

[K1j1m]

Maby it wasnt puss but it was deffintly some nasty mouse fluid.

 

[problemchildx]

Maby it wasnt puss but it was deffintly some nasty mouse fluid.

I've seen the intestines bulge out everywhere. Gross but oddly cool at the same time.

 

[Mina]

If you get a blondi sling, you could afford one. I have seen and bought blondi slings for $40. They grow very fast so it would be big in no time. However going from a rosea to a blondi probably isn't the best idea in the world.
If you are interested in getting into more defensive T's, start with something like an A. geniculata, or an L. parahybana, both are slightly defensive, get big, and are eating machines.
I do have to disagree with some of the other opinions that have been stated. I do feed mice on occasion, but it is my HUGE mature male blondi that gets them, and not very often. The largest he has ever been fed was a small frozen thawed mouse, he did eat it, and it took him over 24 hours to do so. His diet normally consists of the largest roaches I can find. Hisser, disciods and some larger dubias. He is just to big to eat even the largest of crickets.