User Basin's Tarantulas

[basin79]

Pretty gutted. Took some pics of my Caribena Versicolor and realised she didn't get rid of all the mites she came with when she shed.

 

[basin79]

 

[basin79]

A few feeding videos.


Theraphosa blondi.

Grammostola pulchra.

Megaphobema mesomelas.

 

[clive 82]

A few feeding videos.


Theraphosa blondi.

Grammostola pulchra.

Megaphobema mesomelas.

Great videos mate! Keep up the good work!
Really love your M mesomelas.

 

[basin79]

Great videos mate! Keep up the good work!
Really love your M mesomelas.

Tah. Yeah she's unbelievable.

 

[clive 82]

Tah. Yeah she's unbelievable.

How do you maintain the humidity in her enclosure?
Do you have any issues with mold, mites etc?

 

[basin79]

How do you maintain the humidity in her enclosure?
Do you have any issues with mold, mites etc?

Her substrate is soaking. I spray now and again too. Never had any mold or mites. Her enclosure is full of springtails.

 

[clive 82]

Her substrate is soaking. I spray now and again too. Never had any mold or mites. Her enclosure is full of springtails.

I guess you would need springtails from what I have read they like the high humidity.

 

[basin79]

I guess you would need springtails from what I have read they like the high humidity.

The springtails have been absolutely fantastic. They're on left over food like a tramp on chips.

 

[basin79]

 

[basin79]

Please excuse the crude screen grab but it does show why Idiothele mira have the common name of the blue foot baboon.

 

[clive 82]

That was quick! Love it.

 

[basin79]

That was quick! Love it.

Yeah I think they look quicker because they appear from "nowhere".

 

[clive 82]

Yeah I think they look quicker because they appear from "nowhere".

I love the way thy hunt like trapdoors, really interesting species. Gonna keep an eye out for these.

 

[basin79]

I love the way thy hunt like trapdoors, really interesting species. Gonna keep an eye out for these.

I'm just repeating myself bit that exactly why I bought this girl. I didn't know there was a trapdoor T until a few months ago.

Might have been @ColdBlood who posted theirs and immediately fell in love.

 

[clive 82]

I'm just repeating myself bit that exactly why I bought this girl. I didn't know there was a trapdoor T until a few months ago.

Might have been @ColdBlood who posted theirs and immediately fell in love.

Yeah, likewise, didn't know of these until I saw your video.
Had heard of them but knew nothing of their behaviour.

 

[basin79]

Had an explosion of flies so lobbed a load in for my little T.blondi lass. Didn't bother recording her as I didn't think she'd come out.


Well I was wrong. She somehow managed to nail 8. And will her fangs full to bursting she disappeared down her hole.

 

[basin79]

Grammostola pulchra having some flies.

 

[basin79]

T.blondi and Grammostola pulchra with fangs full of freshly hatched blue bottle flies.

 

[basin79]

Had a huge amount of blue bottles hatch this morning.

Idiothele mira feeding.