Showin' off muh Babies...

[kitty_b]

felt like joining the bandwagon and sharing my lower-middle-class collection... i wish i had some of the species you people do!

My set-up, minus the new Red Knee in quarantine.

"Kaia": B. smithi, 4+ year female

"Blackie": G. pulchra, 3 year female

"Dementia": G. rosea, adult female

C. fasciatum #1, 1.5 year unsexed

C. fasciatum #2, 1.5 year unsexed

H. lividum, 1.5 year unsexed

"Monster": T. blondi, 0.5 year unsexed

A. geniculata, 0.5 year unsexed

"The Cheat": B. smithi, 1.5 year unsexed

"Jackpot": B. smithi, 2+ year female (?)

"Raddiskull": H. maculata, 1.5 year unsexed

Not pictured:
"Rorschach":H. maculata, 1.5 year unsexed
"Eliza": L. parahybana, <0.5 year unsexed
"Nacho": G. aureostriatum, <0.5 year unsexed
B. albopilosum, <0.5 year unsexed
"Rosita": G. rosea, <0.5 year unsexed

My male Usambara and male Greenbottle blue both died in the last couple years. RIP boys, sorry you died virgins...

 

[Fierce Deity]

WOW! Your G. rosea is absolutely stunning! That red color phase is amazing. IMO, it's your best looking T! Nice smithi too.

 

[kitty_b]

WOW! Your G. rosea is absolutely stunning! That red color phase is amazing. IMO, it's your best looking T! Nice smithi too.

she doesn't always look that red... the flash from the camera helped a little.
ironically, she's probably my least favorite.

my favorite is probably my "Blackie" because she's just so damn sweet!

 

[Ronj]

felt like joining the bandwagon and sharing my lower-middle-class collection... i wish i had some of the species you people do!

Lower middle class? I want to move where you live! Very nice collection and I love that Rosea! Great pictures!

 

[Fierce Deity]

Yeah, you do have a nice G. pulchra. How about another arboreal to add to your nice little collection?

 

[kitty_b]

well, i don't have nearly as many species as some of you people... and there aren't many pet stores around here that carry tarantulas... so nearly everyone is from an exotics show, a rescue, or ordered online.

Yeah, you do have a nice G. pulchra. How about another arboreal to add to your nice little collection?

i wouldn't mind some less-aggressive, more visable arboreals. my ornamental baboons are NEVER out (i got lucky getting a picture of "raddiskull"), and they are also extremely fast. i suppose i like my terrestrials because they're a bit slower and easier to view.

 

[becca81]

Nice collection.

I'm curious, it appears from your collection picture and individual pictures that your H. lividum has a setup that is near identical to your terrestrial species. How much substrate does it have to burrow in?

 

[kitty_b]

Nice collection.

I'm curious, it appears from your collection picture and individual pictures that your H. lividum has a setup that is near identical to your terrestrial species. How much substrate does it have to burrow in?

that baby is currently in a set-up just like my other terrestrials (green critter keeper in the upper left corner). when i first got it, it would create wall tunnels. it stopped doing that about 6 months ago, and took the the floor. however, it has never attempted to create a real burrow. the most it did was dig out a corner and sit in it, even with extra substrate. i've only got a few inches in there right now, because it wasn't showing any interest in burrowing. it seems to prefer just sitting in its mini flower pot and sometimes pulling some jungle mix up to the opening.

i admit that i don't give my tarantuls much substrate... i've been on a pinched budget, and haven't invested in a lot of substrate when i have to keep upgrading 12 tarantulas into bigger and bigger enclosures as they grow... this summer i plan on saving up and investing in more for their environments. however, i definitely watch to see if they're enjoying what they have. i can assure you that if one of them starts to show more of a desire for burrowing, i'll give them more to 'play' with.

on that note, i wish my baboons would get out from under their substrate and live in a wall tunnel like a NORMAL arboreal!

 

[becca81]

i'll give them more to 'play' with.
!

It's not about having more to "play" with, but about providing an obligate burrowing species enough substrate to burrow into.

Financially, providing this is very inexpensive. All they require in a container that allows for 6-8" of substrate and the substrate itself (peat moss works well). $2.50 for a plastic jar capable of this and about $1.00 worth of peat moss. Pre-start a burrow and tell it goodbye.

An example: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/beccamillott/Enclosures/Burrowing/P1020745save.jpg

If you aren't interested in providing the proper substrate, you might want to consider sticking with terrestrial and arboreal species that will typically do well with a bit of substrate and some type of hide/retreat.

Good luck

 

[jwasted]

Nice collection! They all look well and happy

 

[kitty_b]

It's not about having more to "play" with, but about providing an obligate burrowing species enough substrate to burrow into.

Financially, providing this is very inexpensive. All they require in a container that allows for 6-8" of substrate and the substrate itself (peat moss works well). $2.50 for a plastic jar capable of this and about $1.00 worth of peat moss. Pre-start a burrow and tell it goodbye.

An example: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/beccamillott/Enclosures/Burrowing/P1020745save.jpg

If you aren't interested in providing the proper substrate, you might want to consider sticking with terrestrial and arboreal species that will typically do well with a bit of substrate and some type of hide/retreat.

Good luck

it's not that i'm not interested in taking proper care of my tarantulas. i was just setting things up in accordance to how they were behaving. obviously when i move it into it's final home, i'm going to have a more permanent set-up for it. but i'll go ahead and add a couple more inches to it's enclosure when i get home this weekend and see what it does with it. right now it actually seems more interested in sitting on top of its flower pot, or hiding up in the corner of the cage's lid.

 

[padkison]

I can't wait until my little G. pulchra grows up and loooks like that!