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I'm not a tarantula, so I cannot say. However, they do not have the ability to feel lonely. You will not find any scientific studies on communal behavior as it doesn't exist in the wild to best of science's knowledge. More importantly there is no grant money to study their behavior or even their...

You're reading too far into it. You will not find any studies as none exist. It is not proven if they live communally on the island off the coast of Yemen. Now, advanced keepers, (keepers who keep/kept NW and OW tarantulas for decades and more than just 10) have successfully kept M. balfouri in...

You won't find any behavioral studies, instead, look for other people's experiences with communal set ups for this species. To answer your question - it's just what it is. M. balfouri specimens in communal set ups have been observed showing social interactions. That's what you're seeing.

...the same area with him. No threat poses, no squabbling, minor leg frolicking after the deed, but nothing otherwise. Just curious, I couldn't find any behavioral studies about if they, meaning communal kept, Balf exhibit such behavior, if not the feeling. Other sp pair and get the heck out of...

They cannot express being lonely. They lack the neuroanatomy.

I just got my first Balfori and I hope to god its true that they sleep like a pile of puppies.

...for a couple days, refuses food, no webbing. I put him back with the female, cause these girls are nice, I'm assured. And they can live communal. Anyways, they've had multiple encounters since 3/26. Multiple webs made and tore up. They sometimes share a cork log, most of the time if the MM is...

lol does a 15 spider M. Balfouri communal count as all 15 or one?

and my issue with that is you'll wind up line breeding them. I see nothing good coming from breeding siblings, I'm sure it happens in the wild but it's typically a genetic no-no Personally I do not breed any siblings.

How do you go about feeding them? Do they have trouble fining the food?

Yes definitely communal not singular Yes his were same the same sac and I'm willing for mistakes to be made just limit those mistakes from learning of course

...He is a master breeder. He has access to supplies and has a tarantula room with excellent specs. minimize your losses by going smaller. Grow from what you will learn. and if you can live and accept it going bad, then you can try it. his communal was started with sac mate slings. Consider that.

OBTs and GBBs are much better webbers in my experience, if only keeping the one T, these are definitely better options for webbing than a single balfouri, if talking about a communal then yeah the balfouri web setups are cool.

I love the webbing they produce my favorite of all and the burrow systems Yes that's a fantastic keeper and I did that's actually where I first got my research from love how calm he is great teacher

Read the post linked about the great balfouri communal debate. if you want the best chances to start a communal, you start with sac mates. That is how communals, in CAPTIVITY, started. Through breeding projects. introducing juveniles, that did not grow communaly, will increase risk of failure...

...you get battles. I have seen one large set up where the person, using modeling clay built a multi cave system that was pretty vast. So far they are having success with it. But again, we don't see this postings of "Adult Communal Going Strong for 5 years" which personally for which I am hoping

...bush vipers only way to get into it and become advanced is to it and learn from any mistakes I want 50-75 one day I'll get there and saying one person saying owning 50 is wild maybe so but that's me I have compassion to do it and I mean it's not like some with 300 in a communal which can be done

...the people jumping up and down waving their hands claiming they know everything there is to know about m. balfouris. if you want to try a communal, give it a shot. it's really not as hard as some people here would have you think. just understand there is a reasonable chance one or two or...

Thank you I understand the risks and going through with research before I do it's definitely my dream set up and my first T was a old world I understand the personality and every T is different

I’ve raised babies to adults together and still keep them communally