my colllection

[Spidercrazy]

title says it all

My A. versicolor

my MM G. rosea

My MF G. rosea

when i first brought him/her home

beautiful Cobalt blue i got at the expo.

my Step dad thought he'd be cool and pick up My H. lividum and as soon as he put his hand in there s/he ran out and bit my dad. my dad Flipped and went into a frenzie thinking he was going to die! i told him he'd be fine and he calmed down a little. when i returned he was still in a threat pose.

This was just after he molted 2 weeks ago i still have the molt

My Mexican Red Rump

my little chaco golden knee eating a crik.

you can see how small he is
My little chaco golden knee is the sweetest thing, i'm uncertain but i think he's going to molt.

my little A. Avicularia s/he is the fuzziest thing i've ever seen and darn close to the cutest

 

[Falk]

Nice collection but you should provide another substrate for your Haplopelma lividum
A flowepot or coconut hide is no good to a deep burrower so a deep deep layer of peat at least 12" (30cm) should be used.
Good luck

 

[gumby]

I generally give about 8" of soil because most of my set ups are not 12" high. I think the. Depth should be based on the size of the T though and if you have an H. lividum that is 3"+ then I would say 8-12" is a good idea. If he is smaller then 3" id put in less. Tell your dad to post his bite on the bite section in the forum if he hasn't all ready.

 

[Falk]

A 3" Haplopelma lividum will dig way deeper than 15" in the wild.
I have seen it som many times, people buy a tunnel diggers and they put it in a petbox with 4" of substrate a flowerpot hide

 

[gumby]

I under stand what you are getting at but when we take tarantulas out of the wild we are confining them to a smaller sized world no matter how you cut it. So even though I would love to give all my Ts the amuont of room they have in the wild I just don't have the space to do so.

 

[Spidercrazy]

Tell your dad to post his bite on the bite section in the forum if he hasn't all ready.

He doesnt care about the bite,it's fine now soits mostly healed

 

[Spidercrazy]

well thanks to my friend Alex ill be acquiring another T idk species yet but i believe its of the Grammostola family when i get it i'll take pictures. Its a MF btw

 

[J.huff23]

You should put your versi in a smaller enclosure as well.

 

[Spidercrazy]

Nice collection but you should provide another substrate for your Haplopelma lividum
A flowepot or coconut hide is no good to a deep burrower so a deep deep layer of peat at least 12" (30cm) should be used.
Good luck

btw falk its not a flower pot or coconut it was a small cave made out of what i believe is ceramic or temper heated clay.

 

[Falk]

btw falk its not a flower pot or coconut it was a small cave made out of what i believe is ceramic or temper heated clay.

As i said they are deeeeep burrowers and you are not even close to a good setup for an Haplopelma spp.

 

[Spidercrazy]

As i said they are deeeeep burrowers and you are not even close to a good setup for an Haplopelma spp.

then show me what a proper H. lividium cage setup should look like

 

[Spidercrazy]

You should put your versi in a smaller enclosure as well.

it was the smallest thing i had, and he's already made it his home hes webbed up almost everything in there. so i can just move him

 

[Falk]

then show me what a proper H. lividium cage setup should look like

You should know that already.
As i have said many times they are deep burrowers and by deep i mean several meters in the ground so you should provide at least 12" of peat or similar, not woodchips or reptile bark.

 

[Spidercrazy]

You should know that already.
As i have said many times they are deep burrowers and by deep i mean several meters in the ground so you should provide at least 12" of peat or similar, not woodchips or reptile bark.

its not wood chips or reptibark, its Jungle mix i picked up at the show, where can i get peat because the only things i have are cocofiber and jungle mix.

 

[Falk]

its not wood chips or reptibark, its Jungle mix i picked up at the show, where can i get peat because the only things i have are cocofiber and jungle mix.

You can buy natural peat from most plant shops, just make sure that it dont contains any fertilisers.
Peat is made of sphagnum and is good for storing humidity and helps vaporizing humidity, it is also a great digging/burrowing material and very cheap compared to the petshop substrates.
I buy my peat in 150 litre sacks and pay aprox 8 euros for it.

The Haplopelma spp. terrariums i have seen are specially built for burrowers and they measure 25x45x45 cm (length, depth, hight) with the opening at the top.

 

[Spidercrazy]

I buy my peat in 150 litre sacks and pay aprox 8 euros for it.

The Haplopelma spp. terrariums i have seen are specially built for burrowers and they measure 25x45x45 cm (length, depth, hight) with the opening at the top.

how much would that be in american currency ?

 

[Evil Seedlet]

Here's a trick, type in "8 euros to US dollars" without the quotes into google and it will tell you at the top of the page. Works with a lot of currencies.

 

[Spidercrazy]

Here's a trick, type in "8 euros to US dollars" without the quotes into google and it will tell you at the top of the page. Works with a lot of currencies.

alright thanks

 

[Falk]

10 dollars aprox.
150 litres will last for a long time

 

[Spidercrazy]

10 dollars aprox.
150 litres will last for a long time

i bet lol im going to try and gat a bigger tank for the H. lividium, and a quick question, i read somewhere that Hapeloma spp. can swim is this true?:?