Help with juvenile T rescue!!

[Dennis Nedry]

Sheesh. Makes you want to gas em or something to put them out of their misery! Thank you for all the help. Well now I have all this tarantula stuff and no tarantula....hmmm.

You can put him in the fridge for about 15 minutes and then into the freezer for an hour or so. This first slows down and then puts them to sleep and is relatively painless for the spider

 

[boina]

Sheesh. Makes you want to gas em or something to put them out of their misery! Thank you for all the help. Well now I have all this tarantula stuff and no tarantula....hmmm.

Well, the very obvious solution...

... get a tarantula from a reputable breeder. Maybe have a look around the classifieds here?

Just... if you do that you may want to get one that's reasonably easy to keep alive and won't put you in hospital in case you get bit...

 

[Ztesch]

Brachypelma species are a great starter species. I would recommend getting a female adult or juvenile as a first. Slings take awhile to grow. I would say a Brachypelma Albopilosum (Honduran Curly Hair) or a Brachypelma Hamorii (Mexican Red Knee). There are several other good starter T's you can find by a Google search or here on Arachnoboards.

 

[Andrea82]

I don't know what the habitat range is of those species, but doesn't Aphonopelma genus have dwarf species as well?
It could be one of those.

I'm sorry your first encounter with Theraphosidae ends up like this.
But like you said, perfect opportunity to maybe keep another one. You may want to check these links and videos out before you get one though:
http://arachnoboards.com/threads/beginner-info-read-before-posting.153508/

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/basic-tarantula-anatomy.5095/
This guy has a whole series on how to choose and keep them and what species to start with:

 

[viper69]

I don't know what the habitat range is of those species, but doesn't Aphonopelma genus have dwarf species as well?
It could be one of those.

I'm sorry your first encounter with Theraphosidae ends up like this.
But like you said, perfect opportunity to maybe keep another one. You may want to check these links and videos out before you get one though:
http://arachnoboards.com/threads/beginner-info-read-before-posting.153508/

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/basic-tarantula-anatomy.5095/
This guy has a whole series on how to choose and keep them and what species to start with:

If I recall the smallest known species in the world is of this genus here in USA, A. atomicus. It's in the revision.

 

[Andrea82]

If I recall the smallest known species in the world is of this genus here in USA, A. atomicus. It's in the revision.

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[Andrea82]

@viper69 , i reacted with that emoji because i knew you were kidding but i wasn't cooler

 

[Dovey]

It was a good impulse to bring the little guy in your house, though. I once found a really exceptionally beautiful desert blonde male on his back in the driveway of our house and brought him in. It was in August, and I wasn't sure if he had been poisoned or stung by a tarantula hawk or what. He eventually flipped over and was fine after a couple of days in a hospital tank. In fact, I got a wonderful breeding out of him, and he lived for a year in my care. When it came tarantula season again, I released him to go in search of new girls. You just never know. You can but try when you see a sick or hurt creature.