Well one of 'em up and died a few days after molting into what I suppose is 4th instar... No idea what happened... but most of the rest are all molted into 4th instar already, with a few stragglers still eating at 3rd instar. I'm planning to start selling them when shipping weather gets better, and they should be a reasonable size by then too.
My shipment of 4 spiders arrived a couple of days ago, but unfortunately one didn't make it
The female H. lividum unfortunately passed on sometime in transit. Really sucks. The death is somewhat of a mystery, as the packing was stellar, there were no signs of trauma on both the spider and the box, and all other spiders were more than perfect condition when unpacked. Have been in constant contact with the seller, he suggested that the most likey cause was possibly it getting too hot from the one heatpack in the cooler (This cooler is about 14" x 18" x 12" by the way, so it's pretty big). Anyway, enough of the negative, and on with new pictures of my new spiders!
First, I posted an enclosure I had made earlier in this thread. Here it is complete with sub, a dish, and fake plant!
Only one thing missing.. the spider! A beautiful, 3" (probably more) FAT female B. boehmei, now dubbed "Fat Mum"!
Here's her immediately after unpacking. The paper towel almost literally burst open from her girth as I pulled her out of the vial (woudl you believe she fit into that tiny vial there?)
And in her new enclosure
She has immediately taken to the burrow I had made for her, and usually sits at the entrance.
Just today, I've already caught her clearing out the shaft of dirt, as I had packed it in just in case she didn't want to use it. I'm glad she actually makes use of it. I was expecting her to completely ignore it and just stay vertical behind the plant or something, in the typical doing-what-you-did't-expect tarantula fashion.
That is not a Boehmei, she is a Baumgarteni. The pic above is a positive ID, there is a yellow check mark on the metatarsus right above the tarsas. Boehmei's have a black checkmark. Congrats!
Are you sure?My shipment of 4 spiders arrived a couple of days ago, but unfortunately one didn't make it
The female H. lividum unfortunately passed on sometime in transit. Really sucks
First, I posted an enclosure I had made earlier in this thread. Here it is complete with sub, a dish, and fake plant!
Only one thing missing.. the spider! A beautiful, 3" (probably more) FAT female B. boehmei, now dubbed "Fat Mum"!
Here's her immediately after unpacking. The paper towel almost literally burst open from her girth as I pulled her out of the vial (woudl you believe she fit into that tiny vial there?)
And in her new enclosure
She has immediately taken to the burrow I had made for her, and usually sits at the entrance.
Just today, I've already caught her clearing out the shaft of dirt, as I had packed it in just in case she didn't want to use it. I'm glad she actually makes use of it. I was expecting her to completely ignore it and just stay vertical behind the plant or something, in the typical doing-what-you-did't-expect tarantula fashion.
That is not a Boehmei, she is a Baumgarteni. The pic above is a positive ID, there is a yellow check mark on the metatarsus right above the tarsas. Boehmei's have a black checkmark. Congrats!
That looks like the classic boehmei.
Are you sure?
I must have quickly looked at the pics on talon's post last time, I observed them now in more detail and I was mistaken. I do see the yellow check mark on the first pic when it looks like the t is hanging on the left 2 legs. I just wish the 2 didn't closely resemble each other cause Baumgartenis are overlooked in this hobby, well based on what I've seen.Are you sure?
From a more recent photo of her (the one here is before her molt), you said she was a boehmei. Here's your post, in TalonAWD's thread.
Either way, I was never planning on breeding her, so as long as she's orange and pretty, she could be whatever she wants to be!
Thanks for the heads up though
That's the A. avicularia of course! I'm hoping its a good one, as she is only about 4" and the sac is fairly small looking.
Thanks man!Spiders are so goofy, mine do the same thing. Grab a cricket and lose their minds because they can't remember how to get back into their burrows
Great vids, nice quality to 'em!
Thanks! I honestly expected this one to molt out of it, figured she might be too young. But....!
Versi?! Haha I wish. Just the A. Avicularia. Versi is actually on my wish list... When I get more space! Haha.
I kept the most normal looking ones (Some are larger than others, and not all are completely round. I've read that this means that the batch is no good) and stuck 'em in the incubator just in case.
Ah well. It's probably the males fault. Yeah that's right, blame him, not me! I'm guessing he was just too old. He's still kicking though, so who knows.
