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Looking for info on Y. diversipes lifespan for a female. Looking for personal experience with their lifespan, not hearsay.

@Olan Possibly dyscolus?

Believed to be T. blondi by person who bought it. Looking for ID

Believed to be T. blondi by person who bought it. Looking for ID

Believed to be T. blondi by person who bought it. Looking for ID

Believed to be T. blondi by person who bought it. Looking for ID

In my experience, P. metallica, P. subfusca and P. miranda have been the calmest pokies I've worked with. P. ornata and P. rufilata were the flightiest. P. regalis was kind of in the middle, with P. formosa, P. fasciata and P. striata. Again, just my experience.

This may not be the recommended way to rehouse borrowers, but I just dump them out, dirt and all. Gently of course. I get a largeish bin, put it in the tub, make sure all drains are closed and gently dump the dirt out. Most of the time it's all attached together with web, and the tarantula is...

Snakes are super variable. You can have two full grown ten year old males, one will be 3 feet and 1000 grams, another will be over 4 feet and over 2000 grams. More important than his size is his age. If he is an older snake then yeah you can get away with stretching his feeding to every three...

I wouldn't wait longer than two weeks between feeds. At 1500 grams it still has alot of growing to do, unless it is a small male. 7-14 days is best. How old is it?

I've found P. pulcher to be less spastic than P. irmina, less inclined to bolt for no reason. Yes that cage would work, but not for a small sling or juvy. I think another Avic would probably be more enjoyable for you though. Irminia tend to bolt out of enclosures faster than you can blink an...

Gorgeous! I love woma pythons, they have so much personality.

No, that is definitely not enough. For some slower metabolism species that is fine, but not for ball pythons. An appropriately sized rat every 7-14 days is acceptable.

You talk about not being able to afford larger prey. Stick to small snakes that will never need anything larger than mice. Rats are much more expensive, especially large and jumbo rats. Carpet pythons, boa constrictors (including Dumerils), ball pythons will all need large rats. Based on your...

When did you get it? Give it a week to settle in before feeding. Yes you can feed it without a web. If it hasn't eaten by the next day, remove prey item.

Not necessarily, it just takes time for them to settle in. It could be weeks before it starts to make a significant web. It's hard to know where it is in the moult cycle without seeing it and knowing when it last moulted and if its eating or not.

Dumerils will take adult rats when they are full grown, same as your ball python. If you don't want to feed rats at all and stick with mice, look into rosy boas and sand boas.

Probably because this thread is from 2005

C. versicolor is proven to be more fragile than other avics, most of the ventilation issues you read about with avics stem from them, whether beginner or not. Juvy and adult Avics do just fine with the same ventilation you would provide any other species, even versicolor. It is when they are...

I have raised many a pinktoe with top ventilation only. I agree that for more fragile species such as versicolor cross ventilation is very important, but for a juvy A. avicularia, your setup is fine.