Im done drilling the 500 for the t verdezi, not going to lie it's just the tiniest bit defeating to have to turn around and do a few hundred more
but I'm getting quick, about an hour per hundred pee cups lol
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but I'm getting quick, about an hour per hundred pee cups lol
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I keep about 600 5.5oz deli enclosures in my facility at all times and frankly, I'm probably going to need to make more next year. The silver lining about sling cups though IMHO is as long as you use them just for slings produced "in house" so to say, then the biosecurity concerns are negligible at best. They're not going to bring anything harmful in with them because they've never been anywhere else, hence there really isn't a need to clean them between uses (should you choose to ship the majority of your eggsacks to a vendor and get to keep the enclosures). I even end up reusing the substrate and moss a few times as well, just breaking down the sling enclosures, wiping them out, rehydrating the substrate in a 5g bucket, and then remaking the whole enclosure for the next round.Im done drilling the 500 for the t verdezi, not going to lie it's just the tiniest bit defeating to have to turn around and do a few hundred more
My concern with the pee cups is that they are labeled as sterile unless seal is broken. Immediately upon opening there was a smell that dissipated in seconds. Nice to know I only have to wash once. I did want something durable that I could manage up until they were outgrown. I'm comfortable with a little more moisture bearing sub at small sizes and am psycho about ventilation...thanks to you... But also a requirement because a typical work day plus commute is 27 hours... unfortunately it's dry enough here my 1 inch cube enclosures need watering EOD ... Furthermore my shipping options are nil until it cools down in Phoenix...just in time to require heat packs everywhere else
They stack beautifully too. For anyone I give them to in person, I know they will have a setup that gets them through their most vulnerable stages of life. I love these suggestions and am very grateful; I hate needlessly duplicating my efforts, and I can't ignore my multiplier is now about 625 containers (fingers crossed). I bought several gallon buckets from a sandwich restaurant that sells their empties from pickles, I know they are food safe, brilliant suggestion. Thank you. I sure hope my timing pulling the sac today was not to their detriment. That was crazy fast, right??
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Spotted my Grammostola pulchra sling after nearly 5 months underground. Butt is finally getting velvety black.
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What a treat!! I need to rehouse my one who also just got some of their black as well after molt last week or so!Spotted my Grammostola pulchra sling after nearly 5 months underground. Butt is finally getting velvety black.
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Eggsack four of the year about to be separated out. Seems each one needs progressively more enclosures made then the previous. Good problems to have I guess.
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Someone threw a fit today. How many pieces of his molt can you count? (Was fully intact this morning)
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My Diplura sp rurrenabaque sling was found dead this morning 
No idea what went wrong. It ate well, molted well and webbed well.
It might have gotten too dry in it's vile?
Not sure. But this one hurts as I was so very excited to finally have a curtain web. Sigh.
No idea what went wrong. It ate well, molted well and webbed well.
It might have gotten too dry in it's vile?
Not sure. But this one hurts as I was so very excited to finally have a curtain web. Sigh.
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Ai, so sorry for your loss. Such a beautiful man.It is with a heavy heart that I share this, my first tarantula has passed. Until Valhalla, sweet boy.This guy changed my life.
Alpha centauri, Caribena Versicolor
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Rehoused a premolt juvie last night or maybe more early this morning in reality. This one was by far the most ornery, attacking the paintbrush multiple times and even biting the bristles and pulling it towards her. I finally decided we’d both had enough and just attached the openings of the old and new enclosures and left this in a larger bin overnight. I find this method least discomforting and reactive for all. Care to guess which one was the little devil? Neither of my adult irminias, not my genic, H pulchripes, P sp Dominican purple nor P sp rufus…it was my Avic bicegoi. The ones I was prepared to be demons were far more manageable than the one I thought would be the easiest. She is my most laid back and patient…until you touch her with a paintbrush obviously.
I don't always bring two paintbrushes to a rehouse, but when I do it's never an avic. How funny!
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Lost my favorite spider, my B. hamorii Doris yesterday. It's been a really hard year for me. I've lost 5 spiders since last June, 2 to causes I know and 3 to seemingly random health issues that we don't understand. My others continue to be fine and act normal but it's been really hard to stay positive about myself as a keeper when I've had such a bad time. I've reevaluated husbandry but there hasn't been anything I've seen in any video or forum post to suggest there's something in my care I'm missing with the species I keep.
There's a good chance they exceeded their potential life span while under your care than in the wild. Not many make it to adulthood. Sorry for your losses.
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I rehoused a lot of the little ones in the past few days...
0.1 Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus, about 3" DLS:
3.0 Psalmopoeus emeraldus, all around 2.25" DLS (yep - I got 3 out of 3 males
):
0.1 Tapinauchenius polybotes, 2.5" DLS:
0.0.4 Davus sp. Oaxaca, ~1" DLS:
0.1 Ceratogyrus marshalli, 2" DLS (not much of a horn yet, but molt confirmed female):
0.2 Ceratogyrus brachycephalus, 1.75" DLS:
0.0.1 Homoeomma orellanai, 0.625" DLS:
0.0.1 Brachypelma klaasi, 1.75" DLS (getting a little color, finally):
0.1 Lasiocyano sazimai, 2" DLS (the camera doesn't show just how blue this little one is already):
I think that is all of them. Maybe not. More to follow soon, though - everyone is growing this summer. For the last 3 weeks or so, my T room has consistently been 80-82° and 70% humidity with no supplemental heat or humidity. The summer monsoons are officially here.
0.1 Psalmopoeus ecclesiasticus, about 3" DLS:
3.0 Psalmopoeus emeraldus, all around 2.25" DLS (yep - I got 3 out of 3 males
):
0.1 Tapinauchenius polybotes, 2.5" DLS:
0.0.4 Davus sp. Oaxaca, ~1" DLS:
0.1 Ceratogyrus marshalli, 2" DLS (not much of a horn yet, but molt confirmed female):
0.2 Ceratogyrus brachycephalus, 1.75" DLS:
0.0.1 Homoeomma orellanai, 0.625" DLS:
0.0.1 Brachypelma klaasi, 1.75" DLS (getting a little color, finally):
0.1 Lasiocyano sazimai, 2" DLS (the camera doesn't show just how blue this little one is already):
I think that is all of them. Maybe not. More to follow soon, though - everyone is growing this summer. For the last 3 weeks or so, my T room has consistently been 80-82° and 70% humidity with no supplemental heat or humidity. The summer monsoons are officially here.
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I’m so sorry to hear this. I understand loosing so many at once makes you question your husbandry. Reviewing and paying attention proves your dedication to proper husbandry. Hang in there! You have support.
She’s ready to leave the kids’ table. “I’m outta here suck-ahs!”
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My P vittata molted and got a rehouse (this is the old enclosure)
P magna still looking gorgeous
Rehoused a velvet
Still having a hard time over the loss of my curtain web sling. They're not easy to find locally and to replace it via shipping out of state would be a $100+ commitment. I just wish I knew what happened
P magna still looking gorgeous
Rehoused a velvet
Still having a hard time over the loss of my curtain web sling. They're not easy to find locally and to replace it via shipping out of state would be a $100+ commitment. I just wish I knew what happened
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Id be so screwed. Id end up keeping every single one. When they hit 2i and those little toes start showing it's just way to cute to not fall in love with.
Doing my rounds this morning. My Omothymus.v is probably not going to make it. I've had this suspicion for a while now. The last molt it had everything went fine. Sucking stomach was there. Still have the molt. But the growth just hasn't been there like before. It ate last week but this morning.
It was sitting beside the water dish and when I touched the container, zero reaction like normal and that's not typical.
This sucks but like I said I've sorta had an idea something wasn't right for a while now.
Plan is to order a couple more after I get the first shipment of other slings in and the weather cools up a bit. I've still got 9 or so mature female spiders to round up and get rehoused. This S.cal is getting done first. Normally I'd be comfortable with the mesh top on the exo's "yes I know the risks" with her and totally expect her to all over the enclosure before she settles in I'm going to avoid problems and put in an acrylic top.
If a spider was capable of having a bad hair day it's got to be an S.cal. the way she looks when it's on the side of the enclosure and that hair up against it cracks me up
.I'm tempted to get a tiny brush from like a toy doll or something so she can do some grooming with it. If anyone has experience doing tiny braids. Id pay well to have the outside of legs 1 with braids up the entire length so hit me up.
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Rehoused two spiders today.
My Hogna sling refused a pre-killed roach. There's always a garbage dum... I mean, a Steatoda in the house.
My Hogna sling refused a pre-killed roach. There's always a garbage dum... I mean, a Steatoda in the house.