Time For Id...

[Jonathan.Hui]

I bought this cutie today from a exotic pet shop... Can anyone tell me is this a Goliath pink toe... The shop keeper said its a Goliath pink toe but I am not sure... :wall:

 

[Endagr8]

Avicularia braunshauseni.

 

[Jonathan.Hui]

also... can anyone ID the gender of this cutie please... :worship:

 

[happy cabbage]

You need to take a under picture of its abdomen for it to be sexed.

 

[Moltar]

Well... yes, A. braunhauseni is the proper name for a Goliath Pink Toe but that's not to say that is necessarily what you have there. So many Avics look the same... A. braunhauseni's are rather large for avics so if that's what you have it wouldn't be full sized yet. It could be a mature A. avicularia or an A. metallica or a hybrid of some sort.

Nice looking T though, post a closeup of the area between the forward book lungs for a guess on the gender.

 

[Jonathan.Hui]

Hows this... ?? :?

 

[UrbanJungles]

Looks like a female Avicularia "Sp. metallica".

 

[Jonathan.Hui]

Looks like a female Avicularia "Sp. metallica".

so its a 100% female...?? btw, the shop keeper said its a Goliath Pinktoe and offering me for around $50.US(Ts are expensive in H.K.) ... :wall:

 

[the nature boy]

so its a 100% female...?? btw, the shop keeper said its a Goliath Pinktoe and offering me for around $50.US(Ts are expensive in H.K.) ... :wall:

Looks VERY female to me.

 

[Jonathan.Hui]

Looks VERY female to me.

Does is worth for $50.US ...?? and can u ID whether its a metallica or Goliath pinktoe... ?? :worship:

 

[the nature boy]

Based upon what I hear things cost in Hong Kong I don't think $50 is out of line for any female T that size. I'll let others more experienced with avics speculate on what it is.

 

[Jonathan.Hui]

Based upon what I hear things cost in Hong Kong I don't think $50 is out of line for any female T that size. I'll let others more experienced with avics speculate on what it is.

Thx! btw, how much does a avic cost in US ??

 

[the nature boy]

Thx! btw, how much does a avic cost in US ??

Check out the buy/sell on this website.

 

[Jonathan.Hui]

... MY AVIC LOOKS VERY WEAK TODAY... She tried to climb but she fail and fall down in her own tank for several times and she isn't eating... please HELP !!! :8o

 

[Ariel]

she could be about to molt. but I dunno about the falling...

 

[Jonathan.Hui]

she could be about to molt. but I dunno about the falling...

... the falling means she can't climb
I don't know what happened... She looks very weak...

 

[Ariel]

... the falling means she can't climb
I don't know what happened... She looks very weak...

it could just be another sign of premolt, i don't really know

 

[jayefbe]

You got it yesterday, I wouldn't stress it out. Most T's will eat as soon as you get them, but if they don't it's no reason to stress out. How is it looking weak? And being unable to climb smooth surfaces can be a sign of pre-molt, so that may be the case.

 

[Moltar]

Difficulty gripping smooth surfaces is a possible indication of premolt. Also, I think from her drab coloration that she looks premolt as well. When she molts that can help with species ID too. A. metallicas are fairly unmistakeable just after a molt. They look like this:

See all the white tips on the longer setae (hairs)? That's what A. metallicas look like. If your T molts out with normal red setae i'd guess, because of the size, that it's a real braunhauseni. I don't know about HK but in the states they aren't all that common.