Frogdaddy
Arachnoprince
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I hope this will be kind of a visual journal of my journey with tarantulas.
I purchased my first on 10/19/19, an Avicularia avicularia from a local pet store.
He is housed in an arboreal ExoTerra, and had his ultimate molt on 6/15/20.
Of course I decided I needed more T's.
On 7/28/20 I purchased an Aphonopelma seemanni.
I housed her (not confirmed female) in a nice big Sterlite tub with about 7 inches of substrate for burrowing.
It took a couple of weeks to settle in, but when she did she expanded her starter burrow and sealed herself inside for nearly two months.
She finally dug herself out after her molt on 10/17/20.
After a year of keeping T's I felt I was ready to take on the challenge of slings and placing a large order with an online vendor.
For a few months I bought, collected, repurposed all kinds of containers to house slings.
I drilled and poked holes for weeks. I mixed my own substrate, I used a 50/50 mix of coco fiber and top soil.
I would have taken photos of the process of putting the enclosures together. Next time.
I really like these condiment cups from Little Ceasers Pizza. I would guess the size ar around 6oz. Here they are next to a 2oz and 4oz condiment cup.
Just some pics of sling enclosures.
Unfortunately the wonderful USPS decided my home address didn't exist so they sent my order of sphagnum moss back to the vendor. They are reshipping it so I'll.have it early next week.
On 10/22/20 I received my order of slings.
1x Acanthoscurria geniculata - Brazilian White Knee
1x Brachypelma boehmei - Mexican Fire Leg
1x Chromatopelma cyanopubescens - Green Bottle Blue
1x Grammostola iheringi - Entre Rios
1x Grammostola pulchra "quirogui" - Brazilian Black
1x Grammostola rosea - True Rose Hair
1x Harpactira pulchripes - Golden Blue Leg Baboon
1x Nhandu chromatus - Brazilian Red & White
1x Pterinochilus murinus - OBT
1x Pterinopelma sazimai - Brazilian Blue
1x Tliltocatl vagans - Mexican Red Rump
1x Nhandu tripepii - Brazilian Giant Blonde
Rehousing was a breeze and it took less than an hour to rehouse all 12 slings.
I don't have many pica of the slings yet for a few reasons.
1. The little guys immediately took to the starter burrows I provided.
2. The day I got the slings just happen to be the same day the contractor decided to show up and put the new vinyl siding on my house. So there is a lot of banging going on and you can hear and feel it inside the house. But the new siding does loom really good.
3. I want to disturb them as little as possible.
I don't think I'm even going to attempt a feeding till sunday. That way they can settle for a few days and there won't be and pounding on the walls that day. See #2 above.
I did manage to get a few shots of the bigger slings who are less disturbed with all the hammering going on.
T. vagans
G. iheringi
G. puchra aka Inmate #76932
Yep that's a tiny spider butt lol.
I named it Inmate #76932 because I repurposed an old container and that's what was written on the top.
I purchased my first on 10/19/19, an Avicularia avicularia from a local pet store.
He is housed in an arboreal ExoTerra, and had his ultimate molt on 6/15/20.
Of course I decided I needed more T's.
On 7/28/20 I purchased an Aphonopelma seemanni.
I housed her (not confirmed female) in a nice big Sterlite tub with about 7 inches of substrate for burrowing.
It took a couple of weeks to settle in, but when she did she expanded her starter burrow and sealed herself inside for nearly two months.
She finally dug herself out after her molt on 10/17/20.
After a year of keeping T's I felt I was ready to take on the challenge of slings and placing a large order with an online vendor.
For a few months I bought, collected, repurposed all kinds of containers to house slings.
I drilled and poked holes for weeks. I mixed my own substrate, I used a 50/50 mix of coco fiber and top soil.
I would have taken photos of the process of putting the enclosures together. Next time.
I really like these condiment cups from Little Ceasers Pizza. I would guess the size ar around 6oz. Here they are next to a 2oz and 4oz condiment cup.
Just some pics of sling enclosures.
Unfortunately the wonderful USPS decided my home address didn't exist so they sent my order of sphagnum moss back to the vendor. They are reshipping it so I'll.have it early next week.
On 10/22/20 I received my order of slings.
1x Acanthoscurria geniculata - Brazilian White Knee
1x Brachypelma boehmei - Mexican Fire Leg
1x Chromatopelma cyanopubescens - Green Bottle Blue
1x Grammostola iheringi - Entre Rios
1x Grammostola pulchra "quirogui" - Brazilian Black
1x Grammostola rosea - True Rose Hair
1x Harpactira pulchripes - Golden Blue Leg Baboon
1x Nhandu chromatus - Brazilian Red & White
1x Pterinochilus murinus - OBT
1x Pterinopelma sazimai - Brazilian Blue
1x Tliltocatl vagans - Mexican Red Rump
1x Nhandu tripepii - Brazilian Giant Blonde
Rehousing was a breeze and it took less than an hour to rehouse all 12 slings.
I don't have many pica of the slings yet for a few reasons.
1. The little guys immediately took to the starter burrows I provided.
2. The day I got the slings just happen to be the same day the contractor decided to show up and put the new vinyl siding on my house. So there is a lot of banging going on and you can hear and feel it inside the house. But the new siding does loom really good.
3. I want to disturb them as little as possible.
I don't think I'm even going to attempt a feeding till sunday. That way they can settle for a few days and there won't be and pounding on the walls that day. See #2 above.
I did manage to get a few shots of the bigger slings who are less disturbed with all the hammering going on.
T. vagans
G. iheringi
G. puchra aka Inmate #76932
Yep that's a tiny spider butt lol.
I named it Inmate #76932 because I repurposed an old container and that's what was written on the top.
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