Ph3nom photo thread

[ph3nom]

Hi guys, just a few photos to start off with. Will try to keep the thread updated as the various T's develop. Enjoy and feel free to ask questions or comment

P fasciata

G rosea

B smithi

B smithi MM sent off for breeding

A avicularia

 

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P irminia

P regalis

T gigas

 

[ph3nom]

Manged to get a few more pictures taken. Enjoy.
P cambridgei

P cambridgei

P fasciata

P fasciata

GBB

 

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GBB

P irminia

P irminia

A versicolor

A versicolor

 

[ph3nom]

So update time, unfortunately not many pictures as I've been busy with work and renovations at home, but hopefully you'll like them.
More to follow.
GBB - juvie losing most of the sling colours

one of my new ones, Blue fang sling. It has molted once already will hopefully get more pics soon. Very shy. This little one scared me a few weeks back because it suffered an ant attack, managed to rescue and re-house him only for the same thing to happen 2 days later. Cabinet is now sitting on screw paws in oil pans, no more ant problems thankfully.

Another one of the GBB

Avicularia avicularia, is starting to look really nice now. Bought for my wife, only way I could get another but now she loves my pets so really helped

 

[MarkmD]

Good collection of T's and nice pics.

 

[Solucki]

Yes. Very nice collection you got there. I love the... Well all of em. I have or want most of these. And I understand about ant. I lost about 30 crix once and a p. audax on 2 separate occasions. Ants are truly formidable foes. In fact, there's a large colony that taking over the eastern U.S., they recognize each other and kill other colonies they see. The largest ant colony, The Ant Mafia!!

 

[ph3nom]

Yes. Very nice collection you got there. I love the... Well all of em. I have or want most of these. And I understand about ant. I lost about 30 crix once and a p. audax on 2 separate occasions. Ants are truly formidable foes. In fact, there's a large colony that taking over the eastern U.S., they recognize each other and kill other colonies they see. The largest ant colony, The Ant Mafia!!

That is super scary, they really are destructive little buggers!!!

So I took a couple more pictures last night after feeding last night.
G rosea, molted about 2 weeks ago. Went for 4 months without any eating, and its only 3cm DLS

My little blue fang, very shy but you can just make out the blue teeth

B smithi, needs a molt

T gigas, posing nicely for a picture which is unusual

Same T gigas trying to make a run for it after sitting so nicely. This one scares me because he is really fast!!!

 

[ph3nom]

Good collection of T's and nice pics.

Thanks very much, only allowed a few due to wife restrictions but she is slowly seeing their beauty.
P regalis, this is also very shy, rarely get full pictures only bits and pieces

C elegans, tiny little thing. Funny story is I got this one, a Ami sp panama and a C venezuelensis. housed them in lttle specimen containers and unfortunately by the next day the C venezuelensis escaped through a 2mm airhole. STill MIA till this day and that was a week ago. Oh well......

GBB, looking more and more male every molt

P fasciata, one of my first. Got him as a 1cm sling and is now on 8cm. Also looking male

Another of my P fasciata

 

[ph3nom]

Just a few more pictures before christmas, happy holidays to all:
Avicularia avicularia, losing its red bum now. At about 6cm.

T gigas

P ornata, this is as good as it gets for pictures although when it is out and undisturbed its getting a nice blue hue. Still very shy and skittish, the minute you touch the enclosure its in its hole.

P cambridgei, snacking on a cricket

 

[ph3nom]

Thought its about time I got a few more updated pictures. I've had a few molts in the last week.
This was while rehousing my P cambridgei in the bathroom. Made a mad dash for it and eventually escaped the bath only to find refuge in a tile gap. Sweet pokie pose


A avicularia, showing nice colours. My wifes T just before feeding time.

P fasciata. Now confirmed to be male and mature at 12cm.

P ornata, molted 24 hours before the picture was taken. Beautiful shades of blue from the camera flash

 

[ph3nom]

C cyaneopubescens, looking more and more male every molt. Couldn't get the molt opened up confirm though. Nice colours though.

 

[Arachtion]

I like this, nice to see the progression, I lost all my pics so missing all the pictures of mine when they were smaller

---------- Post added 04-10-2013 at 07:29 PM ----------

Try moistening the skins with soapy water and they dont crumble to pieces

 

[ph3nom]

I like this, nice to see the progression, I lost all my pics so missing all the pictures of mine when they were smaller

---------- Post added 04-10-2013 at 07:29 PM ----------

Try moistening the skins with soapy water and they dont crumble to pieces

Thanks for the advise, will definately try the soapy water trick.
I also lost a few re-housing pics of my B smithi and G rosea, managed to accidentaly format my camera's memory card. Now use my phone for taking pictures. Don't think they're too bad for an iPhone 4S photos.
Did 2 re-housings last night. First up was my 8cm Poecilotheria ornata. Thought it would be a handful but went quite easily.
First emptied the bark and webbing then laid the bottle down for him/her to get into the bath


When that didn't work I held the bottle to the edge of the new one and he politely climbed right over . No fuss.

 

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2nd re-housing for night was my 2.5cm Avicularia versicolor.
This went super smoothly. Climbed out of its enclosure and into the bath.

Took a stroll around and then I picked it up and put it into it's new home.