Today in the Spider Room?

[Lobstersign]

My Pterinopelma sazimai molted today.

 

[spideyspinneret78]

Lucille (N. coloratovillosus) took a massive dump in her water dish then threw a full on tantrum when I took the water dish out to clean it up.

 

[yetkin]

My 6,5cm(2,5") H.maculata got a new hause it was really weird bc she was super calm she didnt even make any fast moves she was just really stubborn (its black and white bc my cam is brokken)

 

[spideyspinneret78]

My 6,5cm(2,5") H.maculata got a new hause it was really weird bc she was super calm she didnt even make any fast moves she was just really stubborn (its black and white bc my cam is brokken)

This is how my H. maculata is too. A real sweetheart, surprisingly. Just goes to show how individual specimens can have different temperaments!

 

[yetkin]

This is how my H. maculata is too. A real sweetheart, surprisingly. Just goes to show how individual specimens can have different temperaments!

Yeah specially mine was a real demon before she is still mosty in a bad mood and bolty ım glad she was in a good mood today

 

[8 legged]

After a week of mail, my A. minatrix slings finally arrived today. They are a little slowed down but will definitely get back on track. Both are drinking at the moment. The post office made a mistake and assigned the package incorrectly...

 

[ConstantSorrow]

My E. campestratus has reappeared after several weeks, not very much bigger but with a new set of clothes!

 

[RevS]

Home renovations are taking forever (5th week began today).
There's a lot of stuff placed in front of the shelves with my T enclosures so maintenance/feeding is now a real pain.

I went and watered all of my Ts today as i didn't do the whole routine since before the entire mess began (do not worry - whole routine = watering everything, I did water them 1-2 at a time).
Noticed one of my Phormictopus Sp. "Bayahibe" slings molted. I didn't even know it was in a premolt...
I feel really bad for not being able to do proper maintenance for such a long time but it seems all of my Ts are doing fine (3 molts, everyone seems healthy).

On anoter good note. Last week I dug out my hisser colony to give them some food and discovered a bunch of small roaches inside... I've been trying to breed those for half a year now - finally succeeded.

Hopefully I'll be able to freely access the shelves in another week or two.

 

[jenniferinny]

My 'Neoholothele incei' molted at some point in the week. BUT, now it doesn't look like that's the species it actually is. I bought this one from a pet shop, so, there's probably a solid possibility it got mixed up with something else.

It has a bunch of tunnel webbing along the ground and is now dark all over with pink toes. Behavior right now is terrestrial webber. Right now it looks like an Avic spiderling to me, but, the web tunnels being on the ground obviously is incorrect for that.

Though, I dunno, maybe these go through a phase where they look like that?

 

[MrGhostMantis]

My 'Neoholothele incei' molted at some point in the week. BUT, now it doesn't look like that's the species it actually is. I bought this one from a pet shop, so, there's probably a solid possibility it got mixed up with something else.

It has a bunch of tunnel webbing along the ground and is now dark all over with pink toes. Behavior right now is terrestrial webber. Right now it looks like an Avic spiderling to me, but, the web tunnels being on the ground obviously is incorrect for that.

Though, I dunno, maybe these go through a phase where they look like that? View attachment 388035

Looks like an N. incei.

 

[jenniferinny]

Looks like an N. incei.

That's good to know, when it ended up with those little pink stripes around the feet, I sort of wondered. I guess though I just haven't seen photos of them at this stage. I imagine it's probably still a couple molts away from getting a greenish hue then.

 

[8 legged]

That's good to know, when it ended up with those little pink stripes around the feet, I sort of wondered. I guess though I just haven't seen photos of them at this stage. I imagine it's probably still a couple molts away from getting a greenish hue then.

Without those stripes it would not be a young incei

 

[8 legged]

The small Th. sp. piura will soon all be ready for their first hunt (over 300 look healthy)!


This P. emeraldus lady has molted. Unfortunately, a higher quality photo was not possible, but I think you can imagine the great colors!


This old girl is back from hibernation with a fresh enclosure and will - hopefully - be mated after the next moult!

 

[jenniferinny]

This old girl is back from hibernation with a fresh enclosure and will - hopefully - be mated after the next moult!
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Love how you did the layers of substrate in there, what kind of sand did you go with? Is it one specific to reptiles or a landscaping product? What is the bottom layer? It looks familiar, but, I can't summon a name for it.. lol

 

[8 legged]

Love how you did the layers of substrate in there, what kind of sand did you go with? Is it one specific to reptiles or a landscaping product? What is the bottom layer? It looks familiar, but, I can't summon a name for it.. lol

First vermiculite, then turtle substrate and a top layer of clay. This species does not need Vermiculite, but mold hardly has a chance ...
With the arboreals I make a mesh in between, with ground dwellers I now simply mix it in.

 

[jenniferinny]

Did a bunch of rehouses tonight, I know the deli cups would have been fine for a long time, but, I like to be able to easily see them without removing the lid and I still have a small enough number of T's where I can be fussy like that.. lol
Anyhow, was prepared for drama with the Psalmo's even though they were little. Had a bin inside a tote inside a box because their teleportation skills are legendary. Nope, they were perfectly behaved and just walked with the slightest paintbrush prodding into their new enclosures. Just super easy.

Rehoused a 1" C darlingni from a deli cup into a clear AMAC. Holy cow. That guy nearly made it out. In the blink of an eye he was out of his enclosure, into the new enclosure, over the side of the new enclosure, over the side of the bin, over the side of the tote and halfway up the side of the box where he paused for just a moment long enough for me to catch him with a catch cup. The paintbrush hadn't even touched him yet. Spouse and I were both thrilled we'd gone with the little one instead of the juvenile. I hope he's okay, I never saw him fall, he ran up and down the sides so fast though it was hard to tell if he was jumping or running. I was debating between two enclosures for him and glad I picked the somewhat larger one. Have to say, he'll be going from that enclosure into adult housing when he hits a couple inches. I'll just put that whole enclosure into the new one and fish it out with forceps later. That one definitely surprised me, we had one before and he was a bit defensive, but, didn't give us any trouble on rehouses.

Edited to add, now that the lights have been off in that room for more than an hour, I just snuck in and he's standing on top his hide eating the pre-killed cricket I left him. So, all good. I feel like that was a good lesson in not trusting your prior experiences. Our last C darlingi never did that so we weren't that worried about it. Have to say, that made me a bag method convert.

 

[Timc]

Convinced my girlfriend into the spider room for feeding night. Was closing my T. vagans enclosure when I felt something on my hand; a cricket escaped from the bag. Opened my N. chromatus enclosure, plucked the cricket from my wrist and tossed it in. No big deal, right? I turn to see my girlfriend’s horrified face and she says “You can be playing with these giant spiders and not freak out when you feel something on your hand?!” To which i responded “Well I’m not playing…”

 

[spideyspinneret78]

The small Th. sp. piura will soon all be ready for their first hunt (over 300 look healthy)!
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This P. emeraldus lady has molted. Unfortunately, a higher quality photo was not possible, but I think you can imagine the great colors!
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This old girl is back from hibernation with a fresh enclosure and will - hopefully - be mated after the next moult!
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The P. emeraldus is such a pretty spider. I've only seen photos of them sporadically online, but I've never seen them for sale. The purple tinge of color on her is so beautiful.

 

[Steve1698]

Picked up a sexed female P.irminia last month and it laid a sac a week later. Pulled it today to find it was a phantom. She casually followed the sac out and hung out on the side of the enclosure for some pictures, after which I gave her a slight nudge and she calmly walked on back in! As far as I'm concerned she has proven herself a good mother! As a reward I stocked her up on a couple super worms!

 

[Seemannnni]

Rehoused my sling Avic. Juruensis. Was quite a breeze, comfy little upgrade into something a tad clearer and nicer.