C Crawshayi Advise

[AubZ]

Hi everyone,
I was just wondering if I could get the help of some experienced keepers of this T. I would like to know the following please :

1.) How long have you been keeping King Baboon's?
2.) Have you ever been bitten by your King?
3.) What do you feed him or her & how often?
4.) What is your personal opinion of this T?

Thanks for the help.

 

[beetleman]

been keeping them for years,never been bit by an adult, but a juvie yes it hurt but not for long.all around excellent spider!:clap: mine are fed crickets which they relish:drool: they are diggers,love to stay in their burrows all the time,they come out here and there. i have adults(2),1 was raised as a spiderling i just sold my other 2 adults had 4 definitly a must have.

 

[G. pulchra]

1.) How long have you been keeping King Baboon's?
***About 6 years
2.) Have you ever been bitten by your King?
***Never bitten by any T
3.) What do you feed him or her & how often?
***Large crickets, twice a week
4.) What is your personal opinion of this T?
***If you like them large and nasty then it's a good T. I have mine in a 10 gallon enclosure with about 6 inches of substrate so I don't see her very often.

 

[Cirith Ungol]

1 over two years (can't remember when I got it)
2 nope. never tried petting it
3 nope. it has closed itself up for 9 months now (is still alive and perky though, i can see it through the sides of the container)
4 It's a cool T, though a tad reclusive (who could have guessed I'd say that? )

 

[pancho64]

sorry to hijack the thread but could one keep a mf c. crawshayi in a 5.5 gallon tank with 6in of substrate or is that too small? i think they measure (16"L X 8"W X 10"T)

 

[Alice]

sure you can - ts survive in tiny cages. if you should is an entirely different point. for a t that gets that large and loves to build extensive burrows, i'd certainly use a 10 gallon.

 

[pancho64]

fair enough. thanks a bunch

 

[Becky]

1.) How long have you been keeping King Baboon's?

About a year

2.) Have you ever been bitten by your King?

Nah.. she had a gd go when i rehoused her though! lol

3.) What do you feed him or her & how often?
Mine had about 4 locusts a week. She was very skinny when i got her, so i fed her up.

4.) What is your personal opinion of this T?

I think these are awesome T's. My girl was about 8.5" legspan. She was in a big 10 gallon tank, with about 11" of substrate. These species in the wild burrow down about a metre. As long as they have plenty to burrow in they'll be fine!
Unfortunately my girl moulted, then died 2 months later Don't know why... just found her curled up in her burrow one morning. Could of been however old though as i bought her as an adult.
Have a little spiderling now. 1cm, and hes in a tall plastic container with 5" of subby and hes burrowed right to the bottom

 

[AubZ]

Thanks everyone. I have a small King at the moment. About 1in max i think. I got it as one of my first T's & used the theory of when it's bigger I will have enough experience to deal with it. I heard that they are very aggro. that's why I wanted your personal opinions. Thanks Alot. I think I will be rehousing mine soon though, as I only have about 1in of subby. He/she hasn't burrowed all the way down though.

Any other tips on these awesome T's is welcome.

 

[treeweta]

easily one of the most impressive tarantulas, a large old specimen makes a lot of noise, is rather intimidating and looks fantastic even close to a moult, there is genetic variation in the size of the rear legs but some old ones have massive legs, very striking.

 

[julesaussies]

there is genetic variation in the size of the rear legs but some old ones have massive legs, very striking.

i had read that it is simply the females that have the massive rear legs - is there more to it than that? How would one know if they had the genetic variation with the big legs - is there any way to tell before they get that huge or is this a special variation like some of the T's with different color variations (like red factored G. rosea or blue factored A. seemanni)??