Today in the Spider Room?

[spideyspinneret78]

Sorry, there are more than 8-legged creatures in my spider room ;-)

B. auratum sling eating / Th. blondi 0.1 doing her thing...
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B. hamorii 0.1 (hand behind glass, just for comparision) / same spider thirsty
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Young Heterodon simus red phase; before (so yesterday in the spider room) and after shedding...
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Thrixopelma pruriens, young 1.0 eating / Heterodon nasicus "Yeti" 0.1 (ready to breed next year!)
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...and my loved Limburg Albino Rosy Boa! (1.0)
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I love the rosy boa! So pretty.

 

[8 legged]

I love the rosy boa! So pretty.

...his girlfriend:


Chaetopelma olivaceum - Maybe not the prettiest, but at least a European! Her new and probably last enclosure.

 

[l4nsky]

Unsexed Avicularia avicularia M2 (ex Avicularia braunshauseni) enjoying a lateralis during the feeding rounds today. Unfortunately, I lost my confirmed male due to a sucking stomach issue this week. I was really hoping he would've molted out of it, but he kept getting weaker and weaker these past few months and finally lost the fight. Anyways, I'm hoping this one will end up being a male for my female.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

stretch !!!
Both my lasiodora difficilis one molted the other is approaching pre molt soon. Bigger one is 5” now or so grew almost and inch. Smaller is 4-4.5”

 

[PanzoN88]

This was a few day’s ago, I simply forgot to post it here.

I rehoused my three Heterothele slings. Two of them cooperated, the third not so much, yet still went smoothly. To make things easier I fed them ahead of time.

 

[MariaLewisia]

Some rehouses today. Among others my juvenile Psalmopoeus irminia female who just moulted the other week...



... and my very cute, very fat little Ornithoctoninae sp. Vietnam Silver sling.

 

[l4nsky]

Some pics from walking around doing the nightly observations...

0.1 Phormingochilus sp Sabah Dwarf. This girl is due to be rehoused soon and I'm hoping to get some good pictures now that her adult colors are starting to come in.


One of the larger unsexed Ornithoctoninae sp Vietnam Silver slings in the collection, conveniently placing it's burrow right up front .


MM Aphonopelma sp Dragoons, who'll hopefully be paired this week with this female A. sp Dragoons.

I do have a larger female I'd like to pair as well, but she's heavy premolt currently. Hopefully the MM makes it until then.


Phormingochilus sp Sabah Blue 1i slings in the incubator. This is a double clutch eggsack and, as expected, it had fertility issues in addition to being small. Looks like a few have a good start though.

 

[Mike Withrow]

Well this sucks.. My avic another one I bought this past Wednesday about three inches dls.
Was in pre molt it looked dull colored and the pads on its toes looked weird. I already had a small critter keeper for it to go in and had already put it in there before I noticed it's pads.

The enclosure has fake plants and a hide and yes a water dish. I was hoping it would have already started webbing up on the plants and get ready to molt.

I was wrong.. as I'm typing this it is on the front of the enclosure,I've got it turned up on its end. It's in the process. It was kind of hanging weird I don't know how to describe it almost like it was taking a nap and about ready to fall out of the bed if that makes sense. That's when I took my flashlight and looked in and seen what was happening.

I know it's going to fall nothing I can do now.
There is moss at the bottom of the enclosure so it will be a soft landing and nothing for it to fall on. This sucks.

I've seen Avic and Versi color slings molt out and fall from their hammock before but they also had just pushed the last of the molt off when it happened.
Ive never seen an Avic molt without webbing up. Pet store had it housed in a big enclosure on the floor huge hide no nothing for substrate and bunch of crickets running around.
I should have just said a little prayer for it and went back later to see if it made it but nope figured it would fair better in my care .
I am an idiot.

Pure stupidity on my part. It's popped it's carapace but a big issue I'm seeing it's rotated from the way it was hanging but all the legs are still in the same place so I'm hoping it will be able to push it's old molt off completely. This is what a big screw up looks like folks and trying to rationalize my experience with keeping spider's a good while now versus a pet store that has no clue whatsoever is about the dumbest excuse I've ever came up with in my life.

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

Well this sucks.. My avic another one I bought this past Wednesday about three inches dls.
Was in pre molt it looked dull colored and the pads on its toes looked weird. I already had a small critter keeper for it to go in and had already put it in there before I noticed it's pads.

The enclosure has fake plants and a hide and yes a water dish. I was hoping it would have already started webbing up on the plants and get ready to molt.

I was wrong.. as I'm typing this it is on the front of the enclosure,I've got it turned up on its end. It's in the process. It was kind of hanging weird I don't know how to describe it almost like it was taking a nap and about ready to fall out of the bed if that makes sense. That's when I took my flashlight and looked in and seen what was happening.

I know it's going to fall nothing I can do now.
There is moss at the bottom of the enclosure so it will be a soft landing and nothing for it to fall on. This sucks.

I've seen Avic and Versi color slings molt out and fall from their hammock before but they also had just pushed the last of the molt off when it happened.
Ive never seen an Avic molt without webbing up. Pet store had it housed in a big enclosure on the floor huge hide no nothing for substrate and bunch of crickets running around.
I should have just said a little prayer for it and went back later to see if it made it but nope figured it would fair better in my care .
I am an idiot.

Pure stupidity on my part. It's popped it's carapace but a big issue I'm seeing it's rotated from the way it was hanging but all the legs are still in the same place so I'm hoping it will be able to push it's old molt off completely. This is what a big screw up looks like folks and trying to rationalize my experience with keeping spider's a good while now versus a pet store that has no clue whatsoever is about the dumbest excuse I've ever came up with in my life.

It still had a better chance with you without all the crickets. I don’t call that stupid

 

[Pedipalpable]

I am very sad to say that the 0.0.1 Lasiocyano sazimai sling detailed in my earlier post has unfortunately died. I discovered it was dead when I went to check on it this morning. It was lying slumped on the substrate with a few of its legs curled inwards and the rest at odd angles.

I cannot say for sure what killed it, but I have a feeling it has to do with its mismolt 4 days ago. Perhaps some kind of internal issue.
That said, I cannot shake the feeling that I may have had something to do with it. Specifically, I realized that the substrate in the enclosure was far too wet. Swampy, even. I fear this may have caused its demise, although the enclosure (2oz deli cup) had plenty of ventilation holes all around and five in the lid.
In any case, I feel terrible about what is my second sling death in less than a month’s time. The Pamphobeteus sp. Machala sling being the other one, 20 days ago.

I am trying not to lose faith in myself as a keeper, and am doing what I can to learn from these tragic experiences. From now on, I will be much more vigilant with keeping the slings moist in the hopes of preventing any further molting issues.
But my losses weigh heavily on me, as these animals’ lives were my responsibility. I feel as though I failed them, despite having done my best. I suppose losses are a part of the hobby, though. One must learn to accept and learn from them, and not be discouraged by them.

Goodbye little one. I am sorry you never got to grow up with me. And that I never got to see you grow up.
Rest peacefully.


(No photos; the sling had begun to decay by the time I discovered it, and I accidentally split its abdomen open cleaning the corn starch off. I have buried it in a vial of dirt with its molt and plan on planting something there eventually.)

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

I am very sad to say that the 0.0.1 Lasiocyano sazimai sling detailed in my earlier post has unfortunately died. I discovered it was dead when I went to check on it this morning. It was lying slumped on the substrate with a few of its legs curled inwards and the rest at odd angles.

I cannot say for sure what killed it, but I have a feeling it has to do with its mismolt 4 days ago. Perhaps some kind of internal issue.
That said, I cannot shake the feeling that I may have had something to do with it. Specifically, I realized that the substrate in the enclosure was far too wet. Swampy, even. I fear this may have caused its demise, although the enclosure (2oz deli cup) had plenty of ventilation holes all around and five in the lid.
In any case, I feel terrible about what is my second sling death in less than a month’s time. The Pamphobeteus sp. Machala sling being the other one, 20 days ago.

I am trying not to lose faith in myself as a keeper, and am doing what I can to learn from these tragic experiences. From now on, I will be much more vigilant with keeping the slings moist in the hopes of preventing any further molting issues.
But my losses weigh heavily on me, as these animals’ lives were my responsibility. I feel as though I failed them, despite having done my best. I suppose losses are a part of the hobby, though. One must learn to accept and learn from them, and not be discouraged by them.

Goodbye little one. I am sorry you never got to grow up with me. And that I never got to see you grow up.
Rest peacefully.


(No photos; the sling had begun to decay by the time I discovered it, and I accidentally split its abdomen open cleaning the corn starch off. I have buried it in a vial of dirt with its molt and plan on planting something there eventually.)

I am so sorry to hear about this little one’s passing. It’s hard enough loosing one, but two can be devastating. There are a few here that have been in that same boat with multiple deaths, who have also questioned their abilities. While it’s natural to question your husbandry, your attention to your slings and you’re seeking to learn and adjust where needed to provide them with exactly what they need, show how much ability you actually do have. It’s those and shrug and just go buy another whose ability to care for a sling I question.

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

My Sinopoda koreana produced a sac.....there is a reasonable chance she was gravid when I got her so I might have a few hundred slings to deal with at some point.

 

[MariaLewisia]

Rehoused my AF Idiothele mira, Rut. I never get to see her outside her burrow and it was over a year since I had to check she was even alive, so it was a treat seeing her again. She's so gentle and sweet, too.



And! The Psalmopoeus reduncus EWLs from the sac I pulled last week have begun moulting into first instars!

 

[l4nsky]

Feeding day for some of the larger adults...

0.1 Aphonopelma gabeli stuffing her face with lateralis


1.0 Avicularia variegata also stuffing his face with lateralis.


0.1 Poecilotheria subfusca LL, in premolt and not interested in food, but willing to be a bit photogenic today.

 

[l4nsky]

Clever girl........ 0.1 Orphnaecus dichromatus, somewhere in there.


PSA: Always a good idea to figure out where the specimen is prior to opening any enclosure, or at the very least checking around the lid lol. Really hoping she doesn't take a liking to that ledge.

 

[spideyspinneret78]

Anastasia (G. rosea) refused food today for the first time in 3 years, after acting more sluggish and hiding more for the last few weeks. I believe that a molt could be imminent. I've been feeding her very little to manage her weight since she has an ulcer on her abdomen, which was present when I got her. I hope that everything goes ok and she molts out of it. Fingers crossed!

 

[MariaLewisia]

My M. balfouri female moulted recently and was ready have her first post-moult snack. I dropped a big and juicy dubia in front of her and she tried to take it but missed. Then the roach tried to hide underneath her but ended up running straight into her arms. But poor spider seemed lost to what had just transpired because to her the roach was now "gone". So she just sat there, holding the (equally still) roach in a little embrace.

I was confused. Spider was confused. Even roach was confused. Everyone was confused. I had to snap a pic.

 

[l4nsky]

Successfully paired Aphonopelma sp Dragoons and the male survived. Hopefully my second female molts soon and the male is still around. I'll also be sharktanking the Ornithoctonus sp Ranong Blue tomorrow night and hopefully pairing them the following night as long as I see some promising behaviour during their initial introductions.

I also have another 6 females of various species I'm hoping to pair before the end of the year. Looks like I'm in for a busy winter .

 

[l4nsky]

Feeding time for some future projects. This is my finicky eater tray that I spend a little bit more time with to make sure they eat (Avicularia slings from 5 different species and a group of Birupes simoroxigorum).

 

[fizox]

2 new arrivals in the spider room today so good day. Adult female N. Chromatus and adult female T. Vagans. 1st new worlds I’ve bought in a while…stoked on them.