Look at those little guys...

[Adnan]

Thanks!

 

[El Johano]

Most of mine died during the 5:th moult. I'll keep my fingers crossed for them

 

[JonDaAzn]

what are you feeding them? they dont look big enough to eat pinheads... are you raising fruit flies?

 

[blacktara]

Question

And excuse me if I sound dumb, because I'm a newbie

I have kept a widow in captivity and had no problems and no worries

I am curious about how to keep some of the more sturdy and aggressive venomous species like Phoneutria and Atrax in captivity

I think that since no spider will go after a person who doesnt provoke it somehow, that with a little common sense and caution, one could easily manage an adult or two

But hundreds of babies? My worry would be that they escape unnoticed and then eventually you will find yourself unwittingly provoking a spider you encounter in the house that you didnt know was there

Where are you keeping these guys?

Also - are they already armed and dangerous at this young age?

Also, where could someone in the States get a hold of a Phoneutria or an Atrax to try and keep as a "pet"?

 

[Freddie]

Uglier and uglier after every molt LOL
Sorry just had to but those adults are really not that beautiful

They still are kind of cute but not for too long.
Good luck with them anyway

 

[blacktara]

Video

Curious if anyone has any video of one of these things or any of the funnel web species doing the threat dance and/or a bolt

I have heard of how fast they are, and how they'll pivot to follow you and run up broom handles and such, but a picture is a thousand words

After all, some of the stories may be true, but there's also a lot of bs out there - stuff like stories that Atrax jumps or that spiders stalk people

Someone's gotta have or be able to make some video without taking a big risk of getting tagged

 

[Adnan]

what are you feeding them? they dont look big enough to eat pinheads... are you raising fruit flies?

Now, they can kill pretty large crickets!

A picture for you:

 

[Adnan]

But hundreds of babies?

I have only 4 spiders of the first eggsac and 10 of the second. I let the rest go free.

Also - are they already armed and dangerous at this young age?

They have around 3 cm now. I think they can bite me... but due to the small amount of venon, They can´t do so much damage.

 

[Adnan]

Curious if anyone has any video of one of these things or any of the funnel web species doing the threat dance and/or a bolt

I have heard of how fast they are, and how they'll pivot to follow you and run up broom handles and such, but a picture is a thousand words

After all, some of the stories may be true, but there's also a lot of bs out there - stuff like stories that Atrax jumps or that spiders stalk people

Someone's gotta have or be able to make some video without taking a big risk of getting tagged

Here is a crappy video for you. Sorry about the quality! :8o

Phoneutria.avi

Password/Senha: 49818F32

You will NEDD the Xvid Codec to see the video!

 

[Crotalus]

I have only 4 spiders of the first eggsac and 10 of the second.

I think I will do just that - concentrate on a few and get rid of the rest. Seems to work for you. Can you provide some info on temp, humidity etc how you keep the slings?
Darn, all I need now is a male...

/Lelle

 

[Adnan]

I do not control the temp and humidity. I´m in Brazil, so I don´t need to do that.

But I can provide the stats of São Paulo, where I live.

Temp: 25º C
Humidity: 80%

Hope it can help you...

 

[Crotalus]

Ok seems to be a fluke if they survive or not. Just try again then Bertani at Butantan had same difficulties as myself in getting those slings to survive so I guess its not the conditions here in a apartment of Sweden that is the problem.

Do you keep other species of the genus?

/Lelle

 

[blacktara]

Video

I tried downloading that codec and no matter what kept getting some error message about "no suitable decompressor available" -

If anyone could convert that video to a more generally accepted format, something that windows media will play, it would be much appreciated

 

[Adnan]

Do you keep other species of the genus?

/Lelle

I have only the P. nigriventer...

 

[Adnan]

I tried downloading that codec and no matter what kept getting some error message about "no suitable decompressor available" -

If anyone could convert that video to a more generally accepted format, something that windows media will play, it would be much appreciated

Try this version: Xvid Codec

 

[Steven]

awsome slings


Hopefully someone will breed these in Europe again soon

 

[blacktara]

Video

Very cool - Is that your spider? If so, we want more !!

 

[Adnan]

Yes, it´s my spider! But I have only a DSC-F717 to make videos, and it´s sucks!

 

[Adnan]

 

[Steven]

DSC-F717 to make videos, and it´s sucks!

but for making pictures it RULES