waynerowley
Arachnosquire
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- Apr 5, 2021
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Hi there,
I joined the forum yesterday. I've been researching tarantula keeping for a year or more reading websites, forums and watching various channels on YouTube. My wife is arachnophobic so I never thought I would get beyond that! However, she has also been taking more of an interest in the last 6 months or so and finally gave permission for me to get my first T. So I went to the pet shop yesterday and they had the T that I have wanted to keep - c. versicolor (5cm juvenile).
Here he/she is:
I brought it home in the jar it was in, adding some cork bark. That wasn't a rehouse but I had to remove the spider so it gave me a flavour. It did a bit of scurrying and one jump, but I never felt out of control even when:
"No, I will stay on the catch-cup but not in it":
However, the jar is a pain to work with with the small opening, so I popped out the morning to source and make a new enclosure:
Coco fibre, cork bark with some plastic plants glued on. Drilled the container to provide cross-ventilation and added a water tub (old lemonade bottle lid).
Moving it was easy - gentle poking with a straw and it walked out of one and into the other.
So here it is in a new home. I'll leave it a few days now to settle before I try feeding!
Looking forward to watching he/she grow! <edit>
Wayne
I joined the forum yesterday. I've been researching tarantula keeping for a year or more reading websites, forums and watching various channels on YouTube. My wife is arachnophobic so I never thought I would get beyond that! However, she has also been taking more of an interest in the last 6 months or so and finally gave permission for me to get my first T. So I went to the pet shop yesterday and they had the T that I have wanted to keep - c. versicolor (5cm juvenile).
Here he/she is:
I brought it home in the jar it was in, adding some cork bark. That wasn't a rehouse but I had to remove the spider so it gave me a flavour. It did a bit of scurrying and one jump, but I never felt out of control even when:
"No, I will stay on the catch-cup but not in it":
However, the jar is a pain to work with with the small opening, so I popped out the morning to source and make a new enclosure:
Coco fibre, cork bark with some plastic plants glued on. Drilled the container to provide cross-ventilation and added a water tub (old lemonade bottle lid).
Moving it was easy - gentle poking with a straw and it walked out of one and into the other.
So here it is in a new home. I'll leave it a few days now to settle before I try feeding!
Looking forward to watching he/she grow! <edit>
Wayne
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