Species Brachypelma boehmei

[Poonjab]

Nice!!? I need another one. I’d be happy to take him off your hands.

 

[arachnojake]

This is Charlotte…I haven’t officially determined her to be female but I’m hoping She is approximately a year old now. Got her as a sling and she has been amazing. Spending almost all of her time out in the open she is a true gem!

 

[arachnojake]

Nice!!? I need another one. I’d be happy to take him off your hands.

I’ll keep that in mind but this guy is staying put for now

 

[Pedipalpable]

My ~2.75” 0.0.1 Brachypelma boehmei “Hotfoot,” so named because of how they ran up the paintbrush I was using to coax them out of the catch cup and onto my arm. I intercepted by quickly placing my other hand in front and then moving the T to the enclosure when they ran onto it.

I would say this one is my feistiest T, closely followed by Crusher, my Pamphobeteus sp. Cascada. Quite skittish. Kicks a LOT of hair, as evidenced by the bald patch, which is a lot larger and more prominent than it looks in this photo.

Once again, my old iPhone‘s camera simply does not do the lovely vibrant orange of the legs justice.
I believe based on the darkening abdomen and refusal of food on multiple occasions that Hotfoot is now in premolt. I look forward to seeing that pan out.

 

[arachnojake]

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My ~2.75” 0.0.1 Brachypelma boehmei “Hotfoot,” so named because of how they ran up the paintbrush I was using to coax them out of the catch cup and onto my arm. I intercepted by quickly placing my other hand in front and then moving the T to the enclosure when they ran onto it.

I would say this one is my feistiest T, closely followed by Crusher, my Pamphobeteus sp. Cascada. Quite skittish. Kicks a LOT of hair, as evidenced by the bald patch, which is a lot larger and more prominent than it looks in this photo.

Once again, my old iPhone‘s camera simply does not do the lovely vibrant orange of the legs justice.
I believe based on the darkening abdomen and refusal of food on multiple occasions that Hotfoot is now in premolt. I look forward to seeing that pan out.

Feisty is the perfect word for these T’s! I just recently did a rehouse and received a dose of the urticating hairs. Very irritating/itchy and took almost two weeks to fully resolve!

 

[Pedipalpable]

Feisty is the perfect word for these T’s! I just recently did a rehouse and received a dose of the urticating hairs. Very irritating/itchy and took almost two weeks to fully resolve!

Yikes. That sounds awful! I would say wear latex or nitrile gloves next time. That’s what I do when I have to work close to my heavy hair kickers. They should be tight-fitting so as not to inhibit dexterity. Also make sure they are not powdered and are not labeled as “antimicrobial” or “antibacterial” as I suspect that means they have been chemically treated and could be harmful to the T. Long sleeves might also help. Between this and also using long tongs to ensure I am as far as possible from the T and never touching anything in or from the enclosure bare-handed, I have never been haired to my knowledge.
If you do get haired, put duct tape on the spot and quickly rip it off to remove most of the hairs.