User Toddydog's tarantulas

[Toddydog]

Well a couple other people do this (BoyFromLA, Basin, Tia) and I wanted to do the same. Mostly because I'm driving myself crazy not being able to share what's going on with my T's. So yeah here we go.
5/24/18:
Today I tried feeding my girl Kali (C. darlingi). I didn't really think she'd eat since she refused last week. She's about a month away from a molt according to her molt history but I guess she's had enough because she made it clear that she didn't want anything today.
I saw my C. elegans out today. Such luck. Probably won't see it ever again.
Built my shelf yesterday but I couldn't figure out how to connect the middle part so instead of one tall shelf it's 2 different shelves.
Tuesday I got 3 mystery T's from FNT. The Phormingochilus sp. rufus was my favorite. Such a beautiful color and pattern.

 

[BoyFromLA]

This is fun way of keep tracking all tarantulas.

 

[Toddydog]

This is fun way of keep tracking all tarantulas.

I'm really hoping so.

 

[johnharper]

nice

 

[FrDoc]

It looks like you keep tarantulas and stuff.

 

[Toddydog]

5/30/18
Had a big feeding on Sunday and I got a few shots of them eating. Most notably my GBB went hunting for the first time since I got it.
P. rufus with its meal.
M. balfouri pushed up a molt so it probably molted recently. Still no sign of it but when it's hungry, I'm sure I'll see it again. Going to rehouse it soon.
And here's a small clip of my C. elegans catching a cricket.

 

[Toddydog]

6/7/18
Been in and out for the past week so there's not much to report. I set up a dubia colony so eventually I can get a solid source of feeders that I don't have to buy. While I was at it I wanted to try hornworms. It's not an every day thing just a small treat.
A. seemanni

D. pentaloris

P. metallica
Some got pretty fat from the meal as well. I was actually pretty concerned.
A. geniculata

P. irminia

My B. hamorii refused so I suspect he's done eating until his next molt.
My P. sp. rufus decided to be a jerk and build a web nest above the top of the lid. Which means I'm going to have to slide in food and it's going to have to go down to get it. The behaviors are weird. It's definitally arboreal but it spends a lot of time on the ground or on its web. The first thing it did was spend time webbing up the ground. Definitally a cool T.
One of the pumpkin patches molted. It's currently 3i (it is visable in this picture).

 

[Tearsacid]

This is great
I'll definitely be keeping up

 

[Toddydog]

6/13/18
B. albopilosum molted.
P. irminia made a new burrow, probably ran out of space since It's getting so big.

N. incei got its first meal since molting. Looking good.

H. pulchripes molted and I wanted to grab it out the molt for sexing. It wasn't happy.

 

[Toddydog]

6/17/18
Was super hot today so I got a few molts.
P. subfusca

Pumpkin patch #2 and #3

And 2 days ago my L. difficilis

 

[Toddydog]

6/23/18
So a lot has happened. Got new slings yesterday
2 C. mashalli's (one was a freebie).

And I got this H. lunula (huntsman, not tarantula so I won't update about it here).

Then today I did a big feeding/matinence run. Lots of premolt so there wasn't much to feed but keeping their water topped off. Here are some of the pics.
H. pulchripes.

A. geniculata molted.

G. pulchra's been premolt since I got it.

 

[Toddydog]

Not a lot has happened, just a few molts.
C. versicolor.

B. hamorri (surprisingly it happened before my C. darlingi and she was premolt before him).

And finally my P. sp. rufus. I really wanted to sex it (or try to) but there's really no way I'm getting in there.

 

[Toddydog]

7/6/18
Soooo many molts. Woke up today to find 3 new molts.
P. metallica. I'm excited to sex the molt, last molt looked female but I ended up ripping it before I could really say.


P. irminia, I would love to sex this one, and possible even see how big it's gotten but it's still hiding. Both the irminia and metallica will probably need new enclosures the next molt or two. I better start preparing for some adult T's

Lastly, little tiny P. cambridgei. The molt is barely visable on the side.

And my C. versicolor looks like it's ready for some more eats.

 

[Toddydog]

7/13/18
B. albopilosum molted.

GBB molted a couple days ago. Looking realllll leggy

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Very nice collection I ran out of money, can’t find a job . My p Metallica got dks , was one of my last Ts I got . L klugi after is still doing good. Makes 1929 Great Depression look like nothing really.
Takes a while to upload pics trying to get more pics of my ts

 

[Toddydog]

8/5/18
(Rewritting this because I accidentally deleted it before posting)
I got a P. murinus sling. It was so small it didn't even show any of its color. Its molted since and eats well.
H. pulchripes molted.
And A. geniculata did as well
A few of the other smaller slings have also molted including M. balfouri and N. incei.

A. seemanni is no longer on hunger strike. Still mad all the time.

C. darlingi just molted. Has yet to throw out molt but since I bought her sexed and was given her previous molt I'm not worried about getting it.

Bonus shot of my P. Metallica:

 

[Toddydog]

8/22/18
P. met molted. Early may I add, hes too big for his enclosure now but the little guy couldn't even wait 2 more days for his nice new one to come in. I know hes going to be a stud though.

He looks smaller in this picture but he stretches the whole length of the enclosure. He put so much size on this molt.
OBT molted looking good. P. irminia also molted as well as P. metallica #2. It's the boys club over here. Gunna have a bunch of eligible bachelors.

 

[Toddydog]

8/29/18
Rehoused my P. metallica this is probably the last time I'll see him.


Since I rehomed him, some others got upgraded.
Fed this big boy. He does really eat much so I never really get picture of him eating.
G. pulchra, molted yesterday. Everything went well.
Lastly I got 5 more slings.
3 H. maculata who all were calmly rehoused.
A beautiful S. calceatum

And a trouble maker E. murinus who gave me a run for my money. Little one ran around like crazy jumping around. It's crazy beautiful but this is the best shot I'm getting for now. I don't plan on opening this up until it gets settled.

 

[Toddydog]

9/2/18
Feeding day for a bunch of T's.
Disappointed was out and ready for his meal. Then gave me the threat posture until I dropped the worm on his log so he could get it himself.
P. irminia is looking huge. But he was soooooo hungry so I gave him a small worm.
This one (E. murinus) that I've named Trouble got some food today. It decided to bolt around again today. Definitely need to pick up a better enclosure for it. Higher walls. Took this picture a couple days ago.

H. Mac #2 molted already.

 

[Toddydog]

9/10/18
Just a short molting update (new arrivals on Wednesday)
Couple of molts, N. incei and P. subfusca both molted about a week ago and I got a molt pushed up from my M. balfouri. I saw it today and it looked like it was prowling (aka sitting with its legs out its burrow) so its possible it's been a while since the molt.
C. cyaneopubescens molted, hadn't eaten for a long while. I feel like it only ate 1-2 times this molt. Not a big appetite on this one.

And finally my A. gen is right on time with another molt. Caught it laying down before the molt and I'm looking forward to seeing if I can sex this one.