Question about how to organize T's

[Sleazoid]

Mine isn't anywhere near clean and organized like Joe's but here it is.

Please forgive the mess.

My adults and Juvie's.

Slings.

 

[Bill S]

Most of my tarantulas are in one room that is supposed to be the arachnid room. However, I've got a couple species of Lasiodora near the entryway to the living room (they make good displays) and two large terrariums in the living room housing a group of emperor scorpions in one and a communal Scolopendra centipede in the other - would be good displays if the animals were ever out when visitors were around. But in the arachnid room I tend to group similar types together. For instance, all the Phormictopus are on one shelf. All the Gramostolas are close together. All Brachypelmas are close together (except for some B. emilia slings, which are in a section with some other small or delicate animals). Aphonopelmas are all on one shelf (except for the one my wife keeps near her computer). However, for some reason, the species of Heterolothele and Holothele are scattered around somewhat randomly. "Pet holes" (trapdoors and Liphistius) are all on one or two shelves. Other tarantulas are near whatever I thought was most similar. I have separate shelves for the centipedes, oddly enough underneath a cage of pancake tortoises.

Animals in the arachnid room pretty much have to live with "room temperature", which is probably a little cooler in winter than I would consider ideal - but everyone still eats and seems to do well. The Scolopendras in the living room, and their neighbors the emperor scorpions live in terrariums with bottom heat. (Yes, there will be people here who get their panties in a twist over this - but I monitor the temperatures with a thermometer with the temperature sensor buried in the substrate, and the temperature stays in the high 70's to just under 82. If it gets that high, I turn the heat off. The way I have it set up, the temp is very stable and I rarely have to adjust anything. With warm weather coming, I will soon shut the heaters off for the summer.)

 

[syndicate]

I keep my spiders very organized.I also use a dry erase board and a note pad to take down breeding data and leave notes for myself.
My collection is split up on shelves dedicated to burrowing species and arboreal spiders with one shelve holding slings and one other just deli-cups.I also have shelves organized by sub-family to haha!
I try and label all my spiders with there scientific name and a number/letter code but I'm quite behind on labeling all of them lately.
This is what my room looks like right now!

Pretty happy with its current full state!!I keep the room about 70-80 degrees year round and have had no problems with this.In the winter I just turn the heat on in the room.
-Chris

 

[Jmugleston]

Any animal that we get in gets a code. For arachnids it is two letters for the genus, 2 for the species, and a number to keep it organized within a species. For example, my 10th OBT was labeled Pt_mu_10. Each cage is labeled with the code for that spider, the spider's sex, and a molt card. I have a main record book which details the date, source, size, and sex of all the spiders in our collection. This keeps me from getting too many from the same source, accidentally buying too many of the same species, and makes it easy to see what number I'm on when I add a new one of any particular species. For each species that I'm trying to breed I have a separate record book to track pairings, eggsacs, sling molt dates, total slings produced, etc. Finally, I have a dry erase board to keep track of what males are ready to mate, what females need to be paired, what cage transfers need to happen, and what species I need to acquire.

The room is heated with an oil filled radiator and a fan keeps the air circulated so I don't freeze the bottom shelves while frying the top shelves. The room averages around 80 or so degrees year round.

 

[JuGGaL0K0W]

I keep all my t's n my bedroom with a 2 subject notebook per species. Also i have all my tanks labelled with current occupant.

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[grayhound]

easy

Cool program, just checked it out.
I think this will replace my awkward spreadsheets and hand written journals:clap:

Yeah, This works much better for me that notebooks and dry erase boards. I still keep a dry erase in my T room for notes to myself and whatnot, but to keep track of feeding, molting, maintainence, etc., this program just can't be beat. I even keep track of my Dubia colony maintainence with it. Basically after any watering or feeding or molt observation or whatever.... (pretty much twice a day) I just open the program, and update everything, then click save. I takes no more than 10 minutes for me..... but I only have 20 T's right now...... For someone who has a lot more, It would obviously take up more time, but I can't imagine paper and pencil being any faster.

 

[gmrpnk21]

Joe and Chris... you have too many... I think you should sell me a couple

 

[syndicate]

Joe and Chris... you have too many... I think you should sell me a couple

Check the for sale/trade section and you can buy some from my room lol!
-Chris

 

[Octa]

Ok, now I have another question that bothers me like crazy.......
HOW DO YOU GET SO MAAAAAAAAANYY TTTTTTTSSSSSSS ??????
I feel like a kid with my 6 T's LOL.


@Syndicate: What are your prices for Avic juveniles (im sure you have them
considering your collection LOL)?

 

[Miss Bianca]

For organization, I have a large 4.5" binder with an individual divider for each seperate species.
Each divider has directly beneath it a print-out with basic care and typical behavior and physical characteristic information.
(I guess I subconsciously worry and want them to be cared for properly, should something ever happen to me and they get placed with someone that couldn't tell a rosea from a fasciata.)

I use only scientific names, and never abbreviate when updating.
Each specimen had their own sheet (or sheets stapled together), where I jot down anything that may or may not be significant now or in the future.
I don't do individual feedings, but I do date-specific molt history, specifics and changes in behavior, injury, re-housings and things of that sort.
I have a seperate binder for breeders and pairings, timing/scheduling, egg sacs.

As far as temps I do room temps for everyone and keep spiderlings where I know it may be warmer. All are elevated, and terrestrials are usually together, arboreals in another section.
(Makes sense to me, as I'm pretty organized with everything.)
I also have a space heater that keeps everything at about 75-80F during the cooler months.

Also, all of my tarantula enclosures are labeled with their scientific names and their code if I have multiples, or even if I don't.

 

[JuGGaL0K0W]

As for the accumulation of T's , time and money.

 

[Johnny1320]

Keep the t's like this for now

and the other occupants of the room

And the husky says...no thanks I'm fine out here where its not 80 deg

 

[gmrpnk21]

Beautiful husky! How do you feed and water the tarantulas in the aquariums when the top is so close to the shelf above it?

 

[Introvertebrate]

They're front opening Exo Terras and Zoo Meds. Well, most of them.

 

[Johnny1320]

Yup. All the planted stuff have various frogs in them. I just thought I would share the room the t's hang out in.

 

[Octa]

Yup. All the planted stuff have various frogs in them. I just thought I would share the room the t's hang out in.

What kind of plants do you put in with the frogs? I got a pacman but im not sure whether I should put live plants in his enclosure.

 

[Johnny1320]

What kind of plants do you put in with the frogs? I got a pacman but im not sure whether I should put live plants in his enclosure.

We actually dont have any with the pacmans because theyre pretty messy. If I was to...I would use pothos. Its low light and tough. I would also probably plant it in an actual pot, and then bury the pot.