Out of 43 tarantulas i got my first threat pose!!!!

[vohnholley]

Well it started out with me worrying that hadnt seen my lividium in at least a month even though the crickets are diappearing. So since i didnt pick up crickets today i figured i would check cages. Well I noticed it hadnt moved from the spot in its burrow from the last time i went in there to feed. Well, I found a long thin stick( its burrow is deep and full of webs) and proceeded to pull webbing out. Again, I still cant see it. Well i started feling a know against the stick so the last time i pulled the stick out of its burrow was this huge tail T!! ( very much pissed off) Let me tell you , it was holding on for dear life. When it hit the light from the sun it let go and reared up and showed those nasty fangs! I tell you what, it struck at least four times before i withdrew the stick out of its cage. As I am typing, its still holding that threat posture like its daring me to open that top again so it can give me a kiss. I have lots of hair flickers but i have never had one of my T,s to do this. She flicks no hairs at all. all i have seen her do is run up until this point.
I guess i was hoping it would come out a little more to let me know that its alive!!

 

[rasputin]

They are called "pet holes" for a reason. I've known some people to not see their H. lividum for 6mo and longer. They are one of the more violent species too so it is expected for them to chase anything out of the enclosure, even to the point of nearly escaping.

My H. lividums come out pretty much every night but we now have an agreement where they clear the webbing of their burrows and sit there when they are hungry and I feed them with my hemostats and they are very nice about it. A happy Haplo has no qualms being out every night but by the same token, it's a very reserved and reclusive genus and can be expected to disappear for long periods of time.

 

[DeathsPyro12]

Hahaha, have to love old world tarantulas. My female H.lividum is like that to, the slightest touch from something that is not food and she freaks out and starts attacking it.

 

[Ms.X]

I have lots of hair flickers but i have never had one of my T,s to do this. She flicks no hairs at all. all i have seen her do is run up until this point.

Haplopelma lividum is an old world species that possesses no urticating bristles, so it is incapable of flicking hairs, as it has none with which to do so.

 

[vohnholley]

When ii first set its enclosure up about 8 months ago i saw it comeout at night for the first month or so but for the last couple months i havent seen her. I work so much now i just drop crickets in and keep going. The only Ts i constantly check on whether it be 4am or later is my slings. They are so small i have to make sure thay are constantly doing alright. My lividium just freaked me out since I havent seen it in awhile.... Talk about pet hole.
Her first owner had her in a set up that was waaay wrong!(no hide,no humidity,those water sponges and about a quter of and inch of substrate) So when i purchased her i set her up right. i still didnt think it would literally disappear in its enclosure for months...

 

[rasputin]

Her first owner had her in a set up that was waaay wrong!(no hide,no humidity,those water sponges and about a quter of and inch of substrate) So when i purchased her i set her up right. i still didnt think it would literally disappear in its enclosure for months...

Yep, she'll disappear for months and will come flying out as though possessed when disturbed.

Yeah, it's got no urticating hairs so that's not an issue - but tales of being bitten are moderately common and have never sounded pleasant.

 

[micheldied]

They are called "pet holes" for a reason. I've known some people to not see their H. lividum for 6mo and longer. They are one of the more violent species too so it is expected for them to chase anything out of the enclosure, even to the point of nearly escaping.

My H. lividums come out pretty much every night but we now have an agreement where they clear the webbing of their burrows and sit there when they are hungry and I feed them with my hemostats and they are very nice about it. A happy Haplo has no qualms being out every night but by the same token, it's a very reserved and reclusive genus and can be expected to disappear for long periods of time.

yup!
mine always sitting at her burrow,but touch her container and she runs back in.
shes insatiable though...she'll eat everyday if i let her.

 

[endoflove]

lol hahaha latley my H. lividum dosent throw a thret pose it just runs, my H. ssp. vietnam how ever will attack anytghing!!!! its fav. is air!

 

[rasputin]

lol hahaha latley my H. lividum dosent throw a thret pose it just runs, my H. ssp. vietnam how ever will attack anytghing!!!! its fav. is air!

Yeah, I've seen my haplos do that - it's funny but it usually starts with them trying to attack me or the hemos when I'm going something in the enclosure and then continues with the attacking of air after I'm gone.