Problem with small enclosures

[Roy1982]

Did he? I didn't even see the link. God, common names are confusing as hell!

To the OP, say it with me: Lasiodora - parahybana. Lasiodora - parahybana.

Can't say it. But I'll use Scientific names + (common name, if available) from now on.

 

[Vanessa]

Is that spider dead in that video? I have no sound at work.

 

[Tenevanica]

Slings are cheaper, and you can buy a group of them to try to buy a female. This is a fast growing species though, so the wait for them to grow shouldn't be long.

Slings:
https://jamiestarantulas.com/lasiod.../?search=lasiodora%20parahybana&description=1
https://fearnottarantulas.com/produ...mon-pink-birdeater-2-5-3-unsexed-spiderlings/

Some good info:
https://fearnottarantulas.com/lasiodora-difficilis-brazilian-fire-red-birdeater/

 

[Roy1982]

Live up to 40+ years..?

Aphonopelma Chalcodes

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/top-ten-theraphosids-longest-lived.181759/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphonopelma_chalcodes

 

[Tenevanica]

Live up to 40+ years.

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/top-ten-theraphosids-longest-lived.181759/

Females of certain species can live 40+ years. Female spiders in the genera Aphonopelma, Brachypelma, and Grammostola can on occasion live that long. Not all species are created equal.

If you wanted to get one of those species, I'd applaud it. They are great choices for the newbie!

 

[Vanessa]

Live up to 40+ years.

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/top-ten-theraphosids-longest-lived.181759/

Very slow growers. You aren't patient enough to deal with spiderlings right now.
If you can get an adult, I would go for it, but they grow extremely slowly.

If you want someone who grows faster then I would stick to the Lasiodora genus as was suggested before. They grow much faster. Jamie's has the parahybana and the difficilis. There is more info out there on the parahybana, but both will be kept very similarly. I have a 1/4" L. difficilis.

 

[Roy1982]

Is that spider dead in that video? I have no sound at work.

He is.. I'm sorry. I didn't see that. I'll change the video.

 

[Vanessa]

He is.. I'm sorry. I didn't see that. I'll change the video.

It's just that they seemed extremely docile in that video. If it were alive - he wouldn't be handling it like that... or handling it at all.

 

[Roy1982]

Slings are cheaper, and you can buy a group of them to try to buy a female. This is a fast growing species though, so the wait for them to grow shouldn't be long.

Slings:
https://jamiestarantulas.com/lasiodora-parahybana-salmon-pink-birdeater-3-4-1/?search=lasiodora%20parahybana&description=1
https://fearnottarantulas.com/produ...mon-pink-birdeater-2-5-3-unsexed-spiderlings/

Some good info:
https://fearnottarantulas.com/lasiodora-difficilis-brazilian-fire-red-birdeater/

Understood. I will buy a baby, and shoot for a female as well by buying unsexed Tarantulas.


1 Month Ago.. Apr 28, 2016

 

[Venom1080]

01. Don't look at care sheets. Got it.
02. Don't chase numbers. Don't buy a Arduino and regulate the temp and humidity with arduino automated systems. Got it.
03. Don't get a Hydrometer, thermometer. I will. Just because I wanna know what the humidity is and temp inside the box. But that doesn't mean I'm going to chase after numbers. I just wanna make sure the numbers are reasonable.
04. Temperatures ranging between 70-80 are perfect. Got it.
05. Enclosure 2x -3x the leg span of the T is good. Not too big of a an enclosure, because they like to feel secure. Got it.
06. 95°F is alright, but unnecessary. That's too hot, if it gets there, I'll try to bring it down.
07. Bigger cage, enclosure is alright, but it's a waste of money. They like to feel secure, and don't need anything larger than 2x - 3x their leg span.
08. Shallow water dish. half log or similar hiding place. No heat mats or heat lamps, unless it's a Scorpion.
09. I'll feed him only about 2 times a week, don't want to spoil him. Crickets, meal worms, etc.
10. Screens are hard sometimes for the Tarantula to get off, so No screens. Got it.
11. Goliath Birdeater. That's what I might go with. (LINK : https://goo.gl/7yNjMQ) Might be, but there's other bird eaters too, so it doesn't have to be that one.
According to Jamie, it's a female, and 2", so.. maybe not.. Beautiful T though. It's a female, so.. Idk.. might, or might not.

How about this one.. https://goo.gl/IyzA4o Juvie..? He's 1.5" - 2.0", according to Jamie.

Same Tarantula that was in Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)... Lol.

12. I also might be going with a Scorpion too. Emperor Scorpion. Heat lamp or Mat, Sand, they like to burrow. I watched a couple care videos. It's not that hard, just like the Tarantula. But they do need heat mats, etc. From what I heard. A Temp Controller & heat mat. Need to add moisture to the substrate daily, because obviously the heat mat is going to dry out the sand & substrate combo. etc. etc. etc.
13. ...

if its comfortable for you, its fine for the spider. i keep one temp gauge in my room just to see how warm it is at certain times. it broke a couple months ago and ive been fine without it. goliath birdeater, or genus theraphosa, is not a very good beginner spider. the one in the pic is a Nhandu chromatus. a ok beginner spider for the careful first time owner. one of the best looking Ts out there as well. i keep a H. spinifer (giant asian forest scorpion), they are kept identical to the emperor. no heat pads. just eco earth for burrowing, a hide, and full water bowl. dont bother with sand for a emperor, thats for desert species, not rain forest ones. a space heater is a great replacement for a heat pad with a scorpion.

 

[Roy1982]

if its comfortable for you, its fine for the spider. i keep one temp gauge in my room just to see how warm it is at certain times. it broke a couple months ago and ive been fine without it. goliath birdeater, or genus theraphosa, is not a very good beginner spider. the one in the pic is a Nhandu chromatus. a ok beginner spider for the careful first time owner. one of the best looking Ts out there as well. i keep a H. spinifer (giant asian forest scorpion), they are kept identical to the emperor. no heat pads. just eco earth for burrowing, a hide, and full water bowl. dont bother with sand for a emperor, thats for desert species, not rain forest ones. a space heater is a great replacement for a heat pad with a scorpion.

If you're comfortable, then so is the T. That's what I heard from information I've read online.

I was thinking about getting the Giant Forest Scorpion from Underground Reptiles.

No heat pads, just eco earth for burrowing, a hiding place, and full shallow water bowl. Don't bother witht he sand, that's for scorpions like the desert hairy, etc. Got it.

I will purchase digital humidity and temp gauges for the enclosure. I also have and use a Accurite Humidity and temp in front of my PC.

Swearing isn't allowed, Got it & Acknowledged.

It's just that they seemed extremely docile in that video. If it were alive - he wouldn't be handling it like that... or handling it at all.

I'm going to take an educated guess, and say yes, it was dead, or near dead. I honestly didn't see the rest of the video, the video was changed in the post to the following video.

 

[Vanessa]

Slings are cheaper, and you can buy a group of them to try to buy a female. This is a fast growing species though, so the wait for them to grow shouldn't be long.

Some good info:
https://fearnottarantulas.com/lasiodora-difficilis-brazilian-fire-red-birdeater/

They refer to the L. parahybana as a 'gentle giant' and that 'They are more tolerant and social than most species.'
That isn't what I have heard about them. They make them sound like a G. pulchripes. Maybe they cut and pasted that description from the G. pulchripes page?
I never got the impression that they were 'gentle giants'. Am I wrong?

 

[Chris LXXIX]

I never got the impression that they were 'gentle giants'. Am I wrong?

Had a couple in the past, in general they were pretty calm, always hungry like Obelix here

 

[Vanessa]

What about my L. difficilis? All the reading I have done has called them bold and defensive. Not many people talk about them as adults.
Is their temperament similar to the L. parahybana?

 

[Chris LXXIX]

What about my L. difficilis? All the reading I have done has called them bold and defensive. Not many people talk about them as adults.
Is their temperament similar to the L. parahybana?

I have never had one, as far as i know the care and temperament (that vary from specimen to specimen as you know) is the same more or less but could be wrong.
Those were less diffused here compared to L.parahybana, a classic sometimes hated :-(
that lived her golden era here in Italy after the Ban of 2003 where all of a sudden T's disappeared, and people would had killed for one of those

 

[Poec54]

What about my L. difficilis? All the reading I have done has called them bold and defensive. Not many people talk about them as adults.
Is their temperament similar to the L. parahybana?

MY adult LD female isn't defensive at all.

 

[Vanessa]

Okay. I am always going to be on my guard with them, but maybe I will get lucky and they might turn out to be a bit more of a 'gentle giant' than 'bold and defensive'.

 

[Venom1080]

If you're comfortable, then so is the T. That's what I heard from information I've read online.

I was thinking about getting the Giant Forest Scorpion from Underground Reptiles.

No heat pads, just eco earth for burrowing, a hiding place, and full shallow water bowl. Don't bother witht he sand, that's for scorpions like the desert hairy, etc. Got it.

I will purchase digital humidity and temp gauges for the enclosure. I also have and use a Accurite Humidity and temp in front of my PC.

Swearing isn't allowed, Got it & Acknowledged.

i wouldnt recommend buying any arachnid from reptile dealers. reptile dealers are slightly better than pet stores when it comes to inverts. try to fins a arachnid dealer. honestly, dont bother with the gauges, 100% not needed and most are crap anyway.

 

[Roy1982]

i wouldnt recommend buying any arachnid from reptile dealers. reptile dealers are slightly better than pet stores when it comes to inverts. try to fins a arachnid dealer. honestly, dont bother with the gauges, 100% not needed and most are crap anyway.

So don't get it from Underground Reptiles.. But if I wanted I could get the Forest Scorpion from them.

So probably either Fear Not Tarantulas, or Jamies. Any other positive reputable dealers anyone would recommend?

Jamie has been dealing with things like Tarantula's since she was young, part of her life story is on her website.

I've never heard of Fear Not Tarantulas until today, so I'm not too familiar with them.. yet.

Also, any other positive reputable places for Scorpions?

Uploaded June 9th 2016, only a few hours ago. Fear Not Tarantula's.

 

[Blackout14]

Read reviews on YouTube underground reptiles has a lot of bad ones and they seem not to do anything after they arrive dead. Pet center seems to be a good one as well as Jamie's and their are a lot of vendors on here as well