Today in the Spider Room?

[MintyWood826]

Not very interesting, but I saw this little guy or gal on its hide. Exploring new territory, lol.

 

[Greasylake]

My Macroctenus kingsleyi laid me a sack. Anybody uh, anybody know how many slings these guys make?

 

[Andrew Clayton]

My LP has just took its 1st meal in 45 days, feeling good because it was looking a bit skinny after it's last moult its female and because of how small the abdomen was it looked male being that leggy lol should be fattening up now

 

[Marika]

My G. pulchra came to say hi after being sealed in her hide for over 4 months.

 

[Minty]

Haven't seen any of mine since Wednesday as I've been away on a trip. Quite looking forward to getting home and seeing them. haha

 

[asunshinefix]

Today I am rehousing some 3/4" slings, and one is an absolute teleport. This is going to be fun!

 

[EtienneN]

Well this folks, takes the cake. I have a cold so I've been mouth-breathing the past couple of days, and during feeding time about twenty minutes ago, a cricket literally jumped into my mouth. It tasted like rancid dirt. I thankfully didn't swallow it and have already brushed my teeth. I've had tarantulas for ten years and this has never once happened to me. I think I might have nightmares, guys.

 

[draconisj4]

Today is rehouse day for 4 major hair kickers ( GBB, N. tripepi, LP and my grumpy male B. vagans) and 3 speedsters ( C. fimbriatus, H. sp Colombia and O. schioedtei). I'm so not looking forward to this, maybe I'll invest in a hazmat suit and some good running shoes

 

[dangerforceidle]

Today is rehouse day for 4 major hair kickers ( GBB, N. tripepi, LP and my grumpy male B. vagans) and 3 speedsters ( C. fimbriatus, H. sp Colombia and O. schioedtei). I'm so not looking forward to this, maybe I'll invest in a hazmat suit and some good running shoes

Make sure you limber up before you start!

 

[SavageCritter]

Well this folks, takes the cake. I have a cold so I've been mouth-breathing the past couple of days, and during feeding time about twenty minutes ago, a cricket literally jumped into my mouth. It tasted like rancid dirt. I thankfully didn't swallow it and have already brushed my teeth. I've had tarantulas for ten years and this has never once happened to me. I think I might have nightmares, guys.

Oh my god, I hate crickets so much, this would give me nightmares for weeks Still, an amazing story you can gross people out with forever~

Today in my Future Spider Room (aka "office") I'm cleaning things and deciding where the feeders and slings will go. It's the only room I don't let the cats in, making it the ideal location.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Day 5 or 6 of my A. chalcodes making the painstaking decision of "Do I want to actually drink water or do I just want to sit here with my toes in front of the dish?"

 

[SavageCritter]

The spider room is not officially a spider room yet, but I did welcome my first invertebrates in a long time!

• Blaberidae sp. “Kenya” (Little Kenyan Roach)
• Panchlora nivea (Green Banana Roach)
• Eublaberus sp. “Ivory” (Ivory-Head Roach)
• Panchlora sp. “Giant” (Giant Green Banana Roach)
• Dwarf White Isopods
• Giant Orange Isopods
• Dairy Cow Isopods
• Armidillidium Klugii (sp. Montenegro) (Clown Roly-Polies)
• Pink Tropical Springtails

image0 by ArchivistBlue, on Flickr

Is it just me, or are there like a bazillion new kinds of isopod on the market compared to 5 years ago? I love it!

 

[Thekla]

I caught my Y. diversipes sling out of its web tunnel for the first time after the initial rehouse 5 weeks ago. And on top of that it caught its first live roach today. It moulted 9 days ago, and already had a piece of mealworm the other day, but catching live prey is so much better, right?

And man, they're really gorgeous little slings!


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(with flash)

And if that wasn't enough it also had a drink with me.

And that reminded me of my little C. versicolor's first drink, back then when I raised her in the same DIY enclosure:

 

[asunshinefix]

Successfully rehoused 8 Ts, mostly skittish slings, with no drama. I was kind of worried about my P. sp. Machala as it is well-schooled in the art of teleportation, but everything went fine. And everybody who I fed ate except my weirdo G. pulchra.

Anyone else keep E. pulcherrimaklaasi? It seems way faster than any Euathlus has any right to be.

 

[MintyWood826]

For the first time, my N. chromatus sling didn't dart into its hide when I opened the lid. Then when I dropped a mealworm in, it took it and walked backwards into its hide in a half threat posture looking position. Getting braver.

 

[sourpatchkid]

Introduced the P. metallica to the female. "Tap tap tap" She just remained in a resting position, gave a warning strike, then went on remaining unimpressed. She might be in pre-molt, I'll try again in a few weeks.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

This morning my spiders both decided to be on the move, peculiar for my little pet rocks. The chalcodes scrambled to get away from the bright overhead light in my room and the rosea decided that today was a perfect day for an escape attempt.

 

[Clareesi]

M. Balfouri losing at hide and seek since 2019

 

[Marika]

A. bicoloratum and G. rosea have been refusing food for a couple of months now. A. eutylenum might still eat, but she's already very fat. H. chilensis is hiding. G. pulchra ate a mealworm and is now hiding again. Sigh.

 

[lostbrane]

Haplopelma sp. bach ma sling has taken it’s first prey in my care. Aw yis. Now, if only the O. schioedtei would do the same.