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So... First a little story of ignorant people & why I cant stand kids..
I drive 2 hours to get to this place.. It was suppose to be an hour drive.. The people were going to meet me in Canton.. Well....... They message me & say they cant meet me.. They offer to give me directions to their house though..
OK.. Fine! I can do that.. So I drive to their house..
I get there..
There is a 20 gallon tank.. Sitting on a table outside... With like 5 kids hoovering around it.. So.. I go in the yard straight to the tank... I think to my self... Surely the spider is not in that.. Well.. It was..
All the kids were hoovering poking at the spider with sticks.. Dropping leaves & grass on the spider.. I was shocked to see their parents were not stopping their kids from annoying this spider..
So I look in the enclosure.. Trying to find a 5.5" "Goliath Birdeater"..
Yeah.. Its a 4.5" maybe 5" spider.. One in a death curl at that..
I looked at the lady & said.. "You know your spider is dying.. Right?" She said.. "What?! Are you serious?" I said "Yeah.. Its dehydrated & completely stressed from all your kids teasing it.."
I told her to run in grab a bowl and fresh water.. She was like what for.. I said to save this spider.. So.. She goes and grabs the bowl & some water..
Then I coached to spider in the bowl.. Added water.. And said watch it go straight in for a drink.. Sure enough.. The spider sank its mouth in the water..
We sat there for almost 45 minutes.. Just talking about how wrong the spiders enclosure it.. I told the lady I wasnt going to pay $50 for a spider I dont know is even going to live..
She said OK.. What do you think its worth? I told her nothing to me.. It was actually a waste of gas to drive all the way up here... So I told her how to house the spider correctly & started to leave.. She was like hey.. Wait.. How much would you give for it.. So.. I said $20.. She said the 30 gallon is worth more than that.. I said your right.. It is.. If it was a 30 gallon.. Its only a 20 gallon long..
So.. She was like.. Oh? I said since the enclosure is in good shape.. Not cracked or nothing.. It has a lid and a light.. I will give you $30.. Its as good as I can offer..
So.. She was happy with that & I didnt just make one heck of a trip for nothing..
Anyways.. Here is the tank she was in..
Yeah! If that is not just pathetic! The substrate is moss.. Thats it.. Barely any in it at that..
The red lid is something I placed in there to let the spider climb off of the wet moldy moss.. Yeah... Thats right.. It was moldy.. Completely nasty.. Stinky mildew smell.. :barf:
So.. Are y'all curious to what the spider REALLY is? I can garuntee its NOT a Theraphosa specie.. I am almost positive of that.. Here she is.. (Ventrally looks female.. Not 100% sure of that though..)
Notice how her rump is wrinkly?! The lady said she fed it a pinky mouse every 6 weeks & 1 dozen crickets a week...
OK! I can see she is not THAT well taken care of.. (Not that feeding mice is really taking care of a spider..) But if she was on that feeding schedule.. She would be nice & fat.. :wall:
Anyways.. Enough rambling.. Here is a shot of her abdomen.. All wrinkly.. Notice the orange-ish spinerettes? I am going to hazard a guess at it being an Aphonopelma seemanii.. (Spelling?) What do y'all think?
I know the enclosure is super moist.. But it is to rehydrate her.. So.. When she gets better I will let it dry out..
I drive 2 hours to get to this place.. It was suppose to be an hour drive.. The people were going to meet me in Canton.. Well....... They message me & say they cant meet me.. They offer to give me directions to their house though..
OK.. Fine! I can do that.. So I drive to their house..
I get there..
There is a 20 gallon tank.. Sitting on a table outside... With like 5 kids hoovering around it.. So.. I go in the yard straight to the tank... I think to my self... Surely the spider is not in that.. Well.. It was..
All the kids were hoovering poking at the spider with sticks.. Dropping leaves & grass on the spider.. I was shocked to see their parents were not stopping their kids from annoying this spider..
So I look in the enclosure.. Trying to find a 5.5" "Goliath Birdeater"..
Yeah.. Its a 4.5" maybe 5" spider.. One in a death curl at that..
I looked at the lady & said.. "You know your spider is dying.. Right?" She said.. "What?! Are you serious?" I said "Yeah.. Its dehydrated & completely stressed from all your kids teasing it.."
I told her to run in grab a bowl and fresh water.. She was like what for.. I said to save this spider.. So.. She goes and grabs the bowl & some water..
Then I coached to spider in the bowl.. Added water.. And said watch it go straight in for a drink.. Sure enough.. The spider sank its mouth in the water..
We sat there for almost 45 minutes.. Just talking about how wrong the spiders enclosure it.. I told the lady I wasnt going to pay $50 for a spider I dont know is even going to live..
She said OK.. What do you think its worth? I told her nothing to me.. It was actually a waste of gas to drive all the way up here... So I told her how to house the spider correctly & started to leave.. She was like hey.. Wait.. How much would you give for it.. So.. I said $20.. She said the 30 gallon is worth more than that.. I said your right.. It is.. If it was a 30 gallon.. Its only a 20 gallon long..
So.. She was like.. Oh? I said since the enclosure is in good shape.. Not cracked or nothing.. It has a lid and a light.. I will give you $30.. Its as good as I can offer..
So.. She was happy with that & I didnt just make one heck of a trip for nothing..
Anyways.. Here is the tank she was in..

Yeah! If that is not just pathetic! The substrate is moss.. Thats it.. Barely any in it at that..
So.. Are y'all curious to what the spider REALLY is? I can garuntee its NOT a Theraphosa specie.. I am almost positive of that.. Here she is.. (Ventrally looks female.. Not 100% sure of that though..)


Notice how her rump is wrinkly?! The lady said she fed it a pinky mouse every 6 weeks & 1 dozen crickets a week...
Anyways.. Enough rambling.. Here is a shot of her abdomen.. All wrinkly.. Notice the orange-ish spinerettes? I am going to hazard a guess at it being an Aphonopelma seemanii.. (Spelling?) What do y'all think?

I know the enclosure is super moist.. But it is to rehydrate her.. So.. When she gets better I will let it dry out..