Today in the Spider Room?

[draconisj4]

I feel like my Ts gave me an early Christmas present, I just checked all the water dishes and out of 42 no one pooped or left a bolus in their dish and only 2 filled their dishes with substrate. First time ever

 

[antinous]

The difference one molt makes...
Before


After

 

[Blonc]

It's been a molty week for me My B.emilia popped up about 1 mm longer than before it walled itself off and seems to have started on that v-shaped coloration. By B.albopilosum dug itself out and was a good 1.5cm longer and quite a bit wider than before. That's the second month it's decided a molt was necessary (I thought Brachypelmas were slow growers?) and the same goes for its neighbour, my C.cyaneopubescens That little one doubled in size and no longer has a gimpy leg. Can't wait until the weekend to see how they feed and I think my albo will get to move into my new home-made acrylic tank. That'll be interesting.

 

[lostbrane]

I believe I just got a threat pose out of my P. metallica sling by trying to take a photo...

 

[boina]

One of my largest Ts, Jeanie, my A. genic molted last week and the molt is still only 7 1/4". I thought she would be bigger because the molt before that was already 7". She matured December 2015 and has been molting every December since then but hasn't put on much size lately. I'm a bit disapointed because I thought she'd get to 8" at least, but it doesn't look like it. Even my Sericopelma generalum has reached her size by now... Oh well, size doesn't matter as they say, and she's still a very beautiful and active tarantula.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Tidied up Kate's house today and gave her some fresh water and boy was she not having it! She usually is in her hide when I do that but I couldn't put off cleaning out her water dish any longer so she was out in the open and she made it very clear she hated it. She's currently sitting on top of her hide with her knees pulled up and I suspect she will be that way for a few hours.

 

[antinous]

Sexed my sp. cascada as male
But I’m pretty sure my sp. manabi and sp. magna are female!

 

[Torech Ungol]

I got the most lackadaisical threat pose ever out of my H. longipes. As I was perfectly gracefully and not at all clumsily giving her water, I accidentally squirted her in the face. She raised one leg, paused, then went ahead and raised three more. From squirt to pose was probably about 4 or 5 seconds. Then, since she had water in her face, she couldn't even keep her fangs open. She kept having to clean her face. I made sure to tell her she was terrifying, and left the room when I was finished so she wouldn't hear my laughter.

 

[antinous]

lackadaisical.

Today I learned a new word

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Hopefully made a happy spider out of my grumpy spider by giving her a very plump cricket.

 

[Torech Ungol]

Today I learned a new word

The whimsy of the word is rather apropos for the hilarity of the situation as a whole.

 

[MintyWood826]

My A. avicularia got off the side of her enclosure for a little.

 

[antinous]

Rehoused one of the sp. ‘blue’, thought the ‘threat’ posture it gave was quite cute:

 

[draconisj4]

There are tarantulas all over my kitchen counter today. Getting ready to replace the desk they were on with more shelves, many of them need rehousing and I had no more room. It's going to be a long day for an old lady, I just love moving furniture

 

[korlash091]

My G. rosea just ate after fasting for 5 months.

 

[antinous]

Rehoused my two Phormictopus cancerides ‘Dominican Purple’ for the sake of enclosure uniformity (also they have a bit more room and I don’t have to rehouse them until a few molts)

 

[Irisiridescent]

I found out why my (suspected) G. iheringi hasn't had an appetite when I checked in on her and saw a beautiful perfect molt laying behind her. It must have been today or yesterday. My first big t molt!

 

[Thekla]

I rehoused my N. incei gold today. After her recent moult she definitely needed a bigger home, but I have to admit I wasn't looking forward to that. Man, those guys are fast... and skittish... and did I mention fast? Blink and they're gone, so don't blink! And to make this endeavour even more difficult I knew I had to dig her out because as soon as I was touching her enclosure she scurried to the very bottom, where she had established her burrow.



Yeah, so I expected the worst. I prepared myself for every possible scenario I could think of. I had catch cups, brushes, poking sticks, worked in a tub put in an even bigger tub and sprayed them both down with water. Then I closed off one of her entrances, put a tube in front of the other one and carefully lifted the whole substrate layer - coming from the side - with my long tongs... and she walked quite calmly right into the tube. :wideyed:



Putting her into her new enclosure was even easier. Just a bit of poking to make her go the opposite direction and she was in. She did a quick dash to see what's outside
and then went into her cork bark hide, where she is now... upside down and sulking, I guess.



The next mission was to retrieve her moult, which - of course - was now completely buried. But I did it, and was even still able to sex her!



I would say that was a very good and successful day in the spider room!

 

[Blonc]

Just noticed that the front of my B.albopilosum's enclosure was starting to pop off. It's my first home-made acrylic enclosure and I'd made it up to be a front opening one to begin with so the "side" that's popping off was originally meant to be the top, I guess I must have skimped on the glue there I've secured the sides for the moment but that'll be a rehousing far sooner than I'd have liked. I've since then put in an order for a tube of ACRIFIX® 1R 0192 which ought to be strong enough for my next project.

 

[Thekla]

Just noticed that the front of my B.albopilosum's enclosure was starting to pop off. It's my first home-made acrylic enclosure and I'd made it up to be a front opening one to begin with so the "side" that 's popping off was originally meant to be the top, I guess I must have skimped on the glue there I've secured the sides for the moment but that'll be a rehousing far sooner than I'd have liked. I've since then put in an order for a tube of ACRIFIX® 1R 0192 which ought to be strong enough for my next project.

Just make sure you use that stuff outside or in a very well ventilated area. I use it myself, but those fumes can't be healthy.