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...doom. yes, it has helped their popularity and it has helped dealers move them 5 at a time ($$$) When I am at shows I sell them s singles. People ask "They are communal, yes?" My reposes is typically "They are until they aren't" and AGAIN, I would LOVE to be proven WRONG. Just hasn't...

...the survivors better chances of survival in the harsh environment they are adapted to. i am not even against other people keeping them as a communal, hoping to see some of the interactions between individuals and behaviors somewhat unique to them. personally i just don't have any interest in...

If you are giving a group of tarantulas the space equivalent to a decent sized room then you cross the line between communal into free-range. Your permitting of 2 feet of space, which I am assuming is 2 feet in any direction from the opening of a hide or burrow, is about the amount of space the...

So post me photos/threads /blogs of a thriving ADULT communal that has lasted years. Every notion of them living on top of each other laughs in the face of millions of years of evolution. Animals tend to need "feeding zones" which they typically defend violently. Happens in grazing animals as...

12’x8’ is pure ridiculous. They do great in close quarters. Majority of the negativity comes from people who have never kept balfouri as a communal. There is enough posts about interactions with each other to build a plausible case that they can thrive as a communal and even in some cases better...

Okay so here's a note from us old timers. We have seen a ton of "Doing a communal" where we advise against it and they do it anyway. In the first several months the keeper is puffing their chest out and telling us how stupid we are and how rad their communal is, and sending lots of photos. Once...

Not a good idea

I let them cannibalize until their number gets down to what I want it to be. It depends on how many slings you want to care for. I don't care for them at all during that time. I don't open the container until I am ready to separate them.

...(sorry xD) When you let the spiderlings canibalize how long do you let them canibalize before separating them (like to which molt) ? How does that "communal" enclousure for them look like ? And can I ask how do you care for them during that period ? Thank You for answers in advance ^ ^

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In my experience Balfouri only seems to be very heavy webbers in a communal setup, so if you're going for a single spider I'd go for the murinus. H. Pulchripes is also a heavy webbers if you're looking at the African baboon Tarantulas. Beginner species though I'd say C. Cyaneopubescens

Cannibalism in M. balfouri has been observed at every stage, from Prelarvae (eggs with legs) to adults. For every communal that "works" there is another that doesn't. That said if you absolutely must go the communal rout there is nothing that we can do to stop you. The chances for sucess will...

As stated above. Do your own research and you can have a successful communal. Tons of threads here.

By keeping them separate and not communal. There are MANY threads on here about this very subject. You would benefit from doing a bit of research by searching through those very threads.

Hi guys! I was planning on getting an M.balfouri on communal set up. Can you guys pls give me a tips on how they won't eat each other or any other guides rather than that. Any tips will help thankyou!

FFS, just noticed my typo: Fossorial or even terrestrial, not arboreal 😂😂😂 The tank looks arboreal. Apologies, but I had a brain injury 7 months ago 🤦🏻‍♂️

If you leave them together they will start to cannibalize within a day or so. I do this intentionally with some of my Latrodectus (black widow) sacs but if your intention is to keep every specimen alive then separate them within 24 to 48 hours. When you separate them into their own deli...

Oh Thanks very much for visualization ^ ^ So they are communal for some time or do you separate them as soon as possible ?

Pull the sac in a couple days and you can use a 32 oz deli cup with cloth covering so they can't escape. If the eggs are viable they will hatch within the month at normal room temperature.

...in room temperature ? 5, How to care for Steatoda spiderlings in general (enclousure, best food, moisture etc.) ? 6, Are the spiderlings communal and if so for how long ? Thanks Everyone Very much for any advices (In the images is the mother Steatoda bipunctata in her enclousure with the...