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Irminias are amazing, but the genus has so much more to offer it’s crazy. So underrated.
Thanks. Classic Avic artThats a very nice naturalistic display
Most underrated Arboreal?
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You don't need 3 arboreal vivs n t's, you need one big viv with a large sericopelma female in it 
Jks aside, was going to suggest ockerti or A. minatrix but I see you already have ockerti and @viper69 championed minatrix so my job is done
apart from them n psalmo its terrestrial/ fossorial all the way
Jks aside, was going to suggest ockerti or A. minatrix but I see you already have ockerti and @viper69 championed minatrix so my job is done
apart from them n psalmo its terrestrial/ fossorial all the way 
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I had a chance to get a female "Santa Catalina" a while back and I passed. It was a great deal and I'm still sad about it. I never knew you were a fossorial fan. I wasnt for some time, but that changed when someone twisted my arm and peer pressure lolYou don't need 3 arboreal vivs n t's, you need one big viv with a large sericopelma female in it
Jks aside, was going to suggest ockerti or A. minatrix but I see you already have ockerti and @viper69 championed minatrix so my job is done
Do you have a favorite fossorial or top 3?
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Augacephalus they make turrets, Ephebopus for the same reason and any Chilobrachys of course no explanation needed
. I adore fossorial, Sericopelma being all time favourite and I do class my Sericopelma as fossorial too, all my girls have dug/made big extensive burrows, santa catalina is the worst for it, my girl Dani Calafornia has a 16x10x12 inch I think it is, n she has dug so much in the 10 months she's been in there that there is literally only a 2.5 inch gap between the roof n her sub from everything she's brought up . If you come across any Sericopelma I highly recommend them as they dig alot but sit out too and my big sp Bouquete female is..... spicy lol. She will come up from her burrow run across the sub n attack the glass where my hand is when I move her viv for feeding or watering
she very very food driven 
. I have never seen a genus like it tbh . Might just be her but going on my other girls too I think it's a genus thing n I love them for it . Plus they are gorgeous
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I'm raising an ezendami, it's a pretty slow grower, not a great eater. But, it's going to be a stunner someday. They make stairways to heaven with their webs.Augacephalus they make turrets, Ephebopus for the same reason and any Chilobrachys of course no explanation needed
I adore fossorial, Sericopelma being all time favourite and I do class my Sericopelma as fossorial too, all my girls have dug/made big extensive burrows, santa catalina is the worst for it, my girl Dani Calafornia has a 16x10x12 inch I think it is, n she has dug so much in the 10 months she's been in there that there is literally only a 2.5 inch gap between the roof n her sub from everything she's brought up . If you come across any Sericopelma I highly recommend them as they dig alot but sit out too and my big sp Bouquete female is..... spicy lol. She will come up from her burrow run across the sub n attack the glass where my hand is when I move her viv for feeding or watering
Plus they are gorgeous
Sterilites are like a buffer. It gives your T some padding when they smack the side. I've been woken up by the noise, but I smile and go back to bed because it's one less chirping cricket
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This girl is silent until I touch the vivI'm raising an ezendami, it's a pretty slow grower, not a great eater. But, it's going to be a stunner someday. They make stairways to heaven with their webs.
Sterilites are like a buffer. It gives your T some padding when they smack the side. I've been woken up by the noise, but I smile and go back to bed because it's one less chirping cricket
, I think she associated my vibrations as food is coming . She will just stand and threat pose once she's got her food too its like I have what I want begone biped Idk what her previous owner did to her but she's crazy , luckily I love a spood with tude so she fits perfectly with me. I just find her posturing adorable tiny compared to me do any of them care no they are Sericopelma you bow to them 
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Agree you should definitely fix that. My favorite wasn't mentioned yet...
Fact.
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Old photo of my versi before he outgrew the blue baby stripes completely. 
You mean like this?
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As slings they are the worst eaters. I had one die of starvation, and said no more.
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P. cambridgei. Big, aggressive feeders, beautiful coloration. Can't go wrong.
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That's awful man. There was a time I was a bit worried. They are super shy eaters. I have seen them stalk prey but never completely going after it. My T has to be right around 1.25" maybe a tad larger.
Also, i know you guys are container heads so check this beast out. I could see a massive fossorial or mammoth T like rufilata, ornata, or violacepes going in this. I have the birdefeeder version of this and my suspect niger delta was in one. You can see the burrow she made. I think there was 12 or 13" of sub. My Rufilata is in one and hopefully my regalis today.
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and they are a beautiful species too, oh well
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Wow! That Purpurea is beautiful. I'm probably going to have to set up a GoFund me after all these suggestiosAgree you should definitely fix that. My favorite wasn't mentioned yet...
Fact.
Baby Blue
Old photo of my versi before he outgrew the blue baby stripes completely.
You mean like this?
That esmeralda was not having it that day. I'm going to comb through my pictures and try to find it.
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She was my first T, and never disappoints. Serious webber too lol.Wow! That Purpurea is beautiful. I'm probably going to have to set up a GoFund me after all these suggestios
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I gots 2 ezendami slings atm, I am quite lucky n both mine take food really well, I just drop a prekilled mealworm over their burrow long ways so it rests on the top rather then falling down, n they pop out snatch it and go bk down the turret
got them at about 0.5cm n they are 2.4 inch for my little male n 2inch for my unsexed one I have always fed them like this n they have done really well with it. I have tried them on live food n they hide from it. Didn't matter if it was a crix or an injured mealworm, they were not interested
.On the other hand I have not long got Augacephalus junodi and little one just died about 3 days after they came never ate for me.
Although I think it may have been something to do with the company. I had originally ordered breyrei but they got in touch with me n said they had had heating problems and all the slings died, could they send me something else instead. I chose junodi and Nhandu cerradensis both came n died within the week.... I can only assume the heat being gone then shipping was way to much stress for such tiny little slings
.Ps @viper69 don't let their shyness put you off, their beauty is worth any stress over their eating habits. I hope you give them another chance one day
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That webbing is great. Here's the picture of the Esmeralda threat posingShe was my first T, and never disappoints. Serious webber too lol.
But, clearly, also poses out on the bark too.
