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My husband will be purchasing a Brazillian Salmon sling soon . It like $4 because it was on Wholesale (possibly depends on if we want more than just the Salmon Pink) Any suggestion from those who have one of these.
I'm guessing you are talking about. L. parahybana. (Hope I spelled it right. It' too early to think).Originally posted by rosehaired1979
My husband will be purchasing a Brazillian Salmon sling soon . It like $4 because it was on Wholesale (possibly depends on if we want more than just the Salmon Pink) Any suggestion from those who have one of these.
Lasiodora parahybana eh? Well....I have a 1 inch sling. They're really not that hard to take care of. Voracious eaters they are too. Plus they get quite huge too. They tend to be a little jumpy but mine has not tried to attack me. Of course as she gets bigger her attitude might get bolder. Overall a good show Tarantula since they don't dig deep burrows.Originally posted by rosehaired1979
My husband will be purchasing a Brazillian Salmon sling soon . It like $4 because it was on Wholesale (possibly depends on if we want more than just the Salmon Pink) Any suggestion from those who have one of these.
Indeed! moving around stuff in the enclosure, reject my excellent and beautiful hide and fill it up with dirt just to dig a new (not so good lookingOriginally posted by RugbyDave
, they're always up to something interesting.
How long have you had it? I'm just wondering how long it takes to get them to a decent size. I bought mine at about an inch or so two years ago. Now she's about 3.5 inches or so. I'm just wondering how long it will take to reach 6 inches or so if I decide to continue NOT powerfeeding her.Originally posted by ACoopBB24
I have an about 4-4.5" L. parahybana that i got when it was about 3/4". They are not hard to care for and I love it to death. It eats like a pig.... moves quite a bit of dirt.....and seems like she doubles in size at every molt! She is very skittish though and she likes to flick hairs. I would highly recommend this spider to any1. I got her as my 2nd T. I cant wait till she gets to be a giant!
Originally posted by WYSIWYG
How long have you had it? I'm just wondering how long it takes to get them to a decent size. I bought mine at about an inch or so two years ago. Now she's about 3.5 inches or so. I'm just wondering how long it will take to reach 6 inches or so if I decide to continue NOT powerfeeding her.
Wysi
I think that might be considered as power feeding, though I may be wrong.Originally posted by Sean
i have had mine for about 4 months or so when i got s/he it was about 4 molted now its 5, my old one grew pretty fast whle i had him i got my old one at about 2 inches and he ended up molting a few times in the 6 month span and was about 4.5-5 inches when i traded him in, how much do you feed your, what do you consider power feeding my current one i feed about 6-8 crickets a week
do you live in phoenix? thats what i do with my Parahybana if my other T's dont eat them i just throw them in with s/he and s/he knows what to do with themOriginally posted by WYSIWYG
I think that might be considered as power feeding, though I may be wrong.
Most of my critters get 1 to 2 crickets a week and they stay nice and fat. Sometimes, I do like to take advantage of our living "garbage disposal" from time to time. Predator, our 6ish inch geniculata female LOVES to eat! It's fun to drop in 4 or 5 crickets on occasion and watch her chase them all down. It's hilarious to see her with all of them hanging out of her mouth. She's quite a character and she can usually be counted on to devour the leftover crickets nobody else wants!
Wysi
I do the same thing with my L. parahybana. She's a very good eater. I guess that's because she's still growing. She needs to gain alot of size too because they get really huge. She just crams them in for her next molt.Originally posted by Sean
do you live in phoenix? thats what i do with my Parahybana if my other T's dont eat them i just throw them in with s/he and s/he knows what to do with them
Close, but no cigar.Originally posted by Sean
do you live in phoenix? thats what i do with my Parahybana if my other T's dont eat them i just throw them in with s/he and s/he knows what to do with them
Originally posted by ACoopBB24
To answer your question WYSIWYG, i have probably had mine for about 9 months and she has grown from about 3/4"-1" to 4"-4.5" in that time.....i dont think that i power feed her.... but she does eat a lot!!!
hey..... ive seen that yalls do flick hairs like mine....but are yalls really skittish?...because mine is
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My 7"er is very skittish and defensive, quick to flick hairs and if I get to close she will point those big fangs at me and even charge if I disturbe her "to much". She is also suprisingly fast when she want to.Originally posted by ACoopBB24
To answer your question WYSIWYG, i have probably had mine for about 9 months and she has grown from about 3/4"-1" to 4"-4.5" in that time.....i dont think that i power feed her.... but she does eat a lot!!!
hey..... ive seen that yalls do flick hairs like mine....but are yalls really skittish?...because mine is
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What is Uni?? :?Originally posted by TarantuChimp
Yeh Now I have 2 T's to be proud and next year when I go to UNI they will also be proud....I got a L. parahybana sling for 8 english Pounds is only little so a personality has not been developed yet but he/she eats like a small horse and now Curley and my L.Para will look forward to uni next year.