Ms. Moxie's photo thread

[Storm76]

Great looking T's, especially the little purpurea fella. It's a pity I lost my female last year and all the others I had turned out male. I really need to get a new batch of them..hmm.

 

[miss moxie]

Great looking T's, especially the little purpurea fella. It's a pity I lost my female last year and all the others I had turned out male. I really need to get a new batch of them..hmm.

Yes you do! You need six, and some braunshauseni that you take lots of pictures of for me to drool over.

 

[viper69]

That GBB is pretty almost as pretty as my female! Nice purp!!

 

[Storm76]

Yes you do! You need six, and some braunshauseni that you take lots of pictures of for me to drool over.

You know, you could get some yourself, right? No drooling (less messy!) and you can stare at them all day long

 

[miss moxie]

That GBB is pretty almost as pretty as my female! Nice purp!!

Thanks! She is freshly molted though, so she's got a bit of an advantage at the moment.

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You know, you could get some yourself, right? No drooling (less messy!) and you can stare at them all day long

I wish it were that simple! I've only seen them for sale once over here, and they were sold out before I got the chance to order. I should have put them on my credit card instead of waiting for my check. But then again, I didn't expect them to sell out in two days.

Lesson learned.

 

[miss moxie]

Phormictopus cancerides

Phormictopus cancerides

Theraphosa stirmi

Theraphosa stirmi

Theraphosa stirmi

My two newest addition. The Theraphosa stirmi was sold to me as unsexed, the Phormictopus as female. I'm a little doubtful the Phormictopus is really female, I plan on trying to get pics of his/her vents. First Phormictopus though so I might be way off. I'm not sure when males begin to show their bright colors.

 

[lalberts9310]

Lovely new additions you have there moxie :biggrin:

 

[miss moxie]

I had to take him/her out again so I could get some pics of their vent (which I still can't make heads or tails of so I'm still not sure the sex for sure), and I got to marvel over their size again. I'm astounded. They were sold as 4" but there is no way they can be that size. As you can see they're about the size of my hand, and I have large hands for a woman.

I also managed to snap a picture of them stretching out and some pictures when I fed them.

 

[Storm76]

I don't know what to think, the ventral pics are a bit too bad of quality for my eyes to see well enough, but the T looks somewhat freshly molted with the small abdomen? So either the seller sexed by molt hence, oooorrr (considering the leggyness of that Phormictopus) it's an immature male. I don't want to take a guess with those pics, sorry. But congrats on your new additions!

 

[miss moxie]

I don't know what to think, the ventral pics are a bit too bad of quality for my eyes to see well enough, but the T looks somewhat freshly molted with the small abdomen? So either the seller sexed by molt hence, oooorrr (considering the leggyness of that Phormictopus) it's an immature male. I don't want to take a guess with those pics, sorry. But congrats on your new additions!

Thanks!

I just finished taking some (hopefully) better vent pics of both the cancerides and the stirmi so hopefully I will have a better idea soon.

 

[miss moxie]

Brachypelma smithi slings, still tiny and fat.

Augacephalus ezendami sling, nibbling half an adult cricket piece in the second picture.

Poecilotheria fasciata juvenile, feeding.

Lasiodora klugi juvenile, drinking.

Nhandu chromatus sling, chilling in it's burrow.

 

[sdsnybny]

Nice additions! So....how did your Stirmi and Cancerides come out Male or female?

 

[miss moxie]

 

[miss moxie]

I rehoused my G. pulchra into a medium KK from a small one. I also gave my G. pulchripes fresh substrate and a new hide, and cleaned poop off the walls. I also gave both of them new water dishes. They're silicone soap molds! I got a tray with six molds for only a few bucks off of amazon. I love that they aren't hard to fall on, easy to clean or even disinfect in the oven if need be. I got the idea from @Ungoliant after seeing pictures of her G. pulchra's enclosures.

 

[Ungoliant]

I love that they aren't hard to fall on, easy to clean or even disinfect in the oven if need be. I got the idea from @Ungoliant after seeing pictures of her G. pulchra's enclosures.

I haven't needed to disinfect any of the dishes so far. I just take them out once a week and hand-wash them in hot water.

 

[miss moxie]

I haven't needed to disinfect any of the dishes so far. I just take them out once a week and hand-wash them in hot water.

Yeah I figure it would probably never come to that, but the fact that it is a viable option makes them a great idea. You could even use silicone muffin tins and cut them to the depth you want/need for your particular needs. I gave this a lot of thought after I saw your enclosures.

 

[Ungoliant]

You could even use silicone muffin tins and cut them to the depth you want/need for your particular needs. I gave this a lot of thought after I saw your enclosures.

The only thing I don't like about my silicone water dishes is that since they don't have a rigid bottom, you have to absorb the water (with a paper towel) before removing the dish. If you just try to grab the dish with tongs, the water dish flops over, and the water spills out. (My GBB would not be happy if I dumped out his water dish right next to his lair.) I don't know if I would want to go through the paper towel routine if I had a feisty baboon in there.

Next time I cut out more dishes, I will also leave a bit of a lip on the edge that can overhang the substrate.

 

[miss moxie]

The only thing I don't like about my silicone water dishes is that since they don't have a rigid bottom, you have to absorb the water (with a paper towel) before removing the dish. If you just try to grab the dish with tongs, the water dish flops over, and the water spills out. (My GBB would not be happy if I dumped out his water dish right next to his lair.) I don't know if I would want to go through the paper towel routine if I had a feisty baboon in there.

Next time I cut out more dishes, I will also leave a bit of a lip on the edge that can overhang the substrate.

You could always stick a straw into the water dish and finish what they haven't.

Haha yeah I haven't run into that just yet but it does sound like a bit of a pain for sure. Maybe you could stick a sponge in there with the tweezers, let it soak up the water, then rinse the sponge out and repeat?

 

[Ungoliant]

Haha yeah I haven't run into that just yet but it does sound like a bit of a pain for sure. Maybe you could stick a sponge in there with the tweezers, let it soak up the water, then rinse the sponge out and repeat?

Part of the reason I use paper towels is that what is in the dish is sometimes gross, so I would much rather just throw away a nasty paper towel than rinse out a nasty sponge.

I think if I ever get anything defensive or more venomous, I will go with a disposable dish that I can gingerly reach in and grab with tongs, water and all.

 

[miss moxie]

Part of the reason I use paper towels is that what is in the dish is sometimes gross, so I would much rather just throw away a nasty paper towel than rinse out a nasty sponge.

I think if I ever get anything defensive or more venomous, I will go with a disposable dish that I can gingerly reach in and grab with tongs, water and all.

That makes sense. I know someone who used to use those tiny sauce-size 'deli' cups for their Ts. They'd just take it out and put in a new one. I wouldn't go through that hassle for most Ts but definitely for some of the feistier OWs.