Teejrocks
Arachnopeon
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- Jun 30, 2018
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Hi All!
Have been lurking for a while and finally made an account. Far more excitingly, just got our first (and second) tarantulas.
On July 6th, my daughter and I surprised my wife with a cute little Brachypelma boehemi that we found as we were shopping at our LFS. My wife obviously has named her Charlotte, and has upgraded her obligatory 16oz deli cup to a slightly larger glass jar for better viewing.
She is just a bit smaller than an inch, maybe closer to 3/4. The "measurement" photo was taken on the inside radius of the glass with 1/4" square graph paper on the outside of the glass, the glass seems reasonably thick for Dollarama too so not the most accurate measurement. She has already eaten twice, one meal worm that was maybe 1.5 times her body length and a more appropriately sized wax worm pupa.
Just yesterday, finished upgrading her enclosure, it now has integrated LED and a tiny water dish I carved from stone that holds about 2 drops of water. We're still adding a couple mL of water at each feeding, a drop or two on the stone and the rest down at the bottom of the substrate.
Second T photos/info and upgrades pics coming soon.
Partially just feel need to share with someone and we don't know any tarantula keepers, also open to feedback as me and my family are new to these awesome animals.
Thanks to everyone who's posts I have read and learned from over the last month or two prior to getting our first T. And thanks to Sam from Big Al's in Edmonton, Ab, for helping me pick my first. ( I know she kept several herself, but never asked if she was into any forums, but the Karma can't hurt! )
And thanks to the seasoned vets who still find amusement viewing or responding to yet another "Look at my first tarantula" post.
Teej
Have been lurking for a while and finally made an account. Far more excitingly, just got our first (and second) tarantulas.
On July 6th, my daughter and I surprised my wife with a cute little Brachypelma boehemi that we found as we were shopping at our LFS. My wife obviously has named her Charlotte, and has upgraded her obligatory 16oz deli cup to a slightly larger glass jar for better viewing.
She is just a bit smaller than an inch, maybe closer to 3/4. The "measurement" photo was taken on the inside radius of the glass with 1/4" square graph paper on the outside of the glass, the glass seems reasonably thick for Dollarama too so not the most accurate measurement. She has already eaten twice, one meal worm that was maybe 1.5 times her body length and a more appropriately sized wax worm pupa.
Just yesterday, finished upgrading her enclosure, it now has integrated LED and a tiny water dish I carved from stone that holds about 2 drops of water. We're still adding a couple mL of water at each feeding, a drop or two on the stone and the rest down at the bottom of the substrate.
Second T photos/info and upgrades pics coming soon.
Partially just feel need to share with someone and we don't know any tarantula keepers, also open to feedback as me and my family are new to these awesome animals.
Thanks to everyone who's posts I have read and learned from over the last month or two prior to getting our first T. And thanks to Sam from Big Al's in Edmonton, Ab, for helping me pick my first. ( I know she kept several herself, but never asked if she was into any forums, but the Karma can't hurt! )
And thanks to the seasoned vets who still find amusement viewing or responding to yet another "Look at my first tarantula" post.
Teej
. I totally get you, but dang that .75" of sling in ~4" diameter jar has put on far more of a show than the ~4-5" of adult Chilean tarantula in her ridiculously large 3 square foot exo-terra. Man that fire leg sling hits it's prey freaking hard, I gotta find me an affordable macro lens for my DSLR. To be fair, the big girl probably did 3 months worth of walking trying to escape the damp eco earth I tried to give her and was likely tired. 
