T. stirmi rescue question

[Paul1126]

Ah, yes... The Theraphosa genus, AKA the overgrown house spider.

 

[Veitchiiman13]

Figured I'd update this thread!

The stirmi has been doing great, hasn't refused a meal yet and has been putting on some weight, the abdomen doesn't look like a raisin. I haven't redone it's enclosure yet because I actually found a 20 long in the garage that I may move it into instead, needs cleaned up but should be perfect. That would also let me save this taller tank for an arboreal species sometime down the road. I also want to see if I can find a nicer cork slab for it, and with my local reptile expo happening in 2 weeks, I'll just hold off until then.

*I'm not exactly thrilled with the prospect of getting this beast out of its hide and into a catch cup lol

But the main reason for this update was that, I got a fairly good ventral shot this evening as it was actually out and attempting to climb the glass. I'm thinking female, but I'll wait for someone more experienced to chime in.

 

[Ran]

Looking VERY female to me

 

[Veitchiiman13]

Awesome, I was hoping that was the case! I guess I got a pretty good deal for $75 then

 

[Ran]

Congratulations

 

[Veitchiiman13]

After a little over a month in my care (and a lot of superworms) she's fattening up nicely! Top pic was taken 5 mins ago, bottom was right after I got her in May. As you may be able to tell, she is a hair kicker lol

 

[AngelDeVille]

She looks great! Awesome save!

 

[PidderPeets]

Great job! She looks much better! Did you ever end up switching her over to the 20 gal?

 

[Veitchiiman13]

Great job! She looks much better! Did you ever end up switching her over to the 20 gal?

Yeah, she's been in the 20 for about 3 weeks now