Today in the Spider Room?

[RoachCoach]

The post office made a mistake and assigned the package incorrectly...

Ah yes. Quaintly known as USPS delivery.

 

[8 legged]

Family business! Today our team has 150 Theraphosinae sp. piura separated. Almost 3.5 hours of fun!

 

[8 legged]

Picked up a shelf via eBay classifieds for 10 euros, rearranged the collection a bit - admired my Hogna Schmitzis after the molt and set an N. Incei MM "classic" to a N. Incei female "gold"! I hope they love each other!

 

[YungRasputin]

my Hadrurus arizonensis climbed up inside this canyon rock formation that i had in its enclosure which i didn’t know was hollow, so i decided to temporarily remove it so i could seal it so the scorp wouldn’t get trapped and trying to find the right angle to see, right height so we wouldn’t risk a fall, and not have it fall on my face was a hoot - some good brush strokes and everything was fine tho

there was also a whole period where I initially couldn’t find them and didn’t know they were up in the rock formation too lol

 

[8 legged]

This beauty (T. rasti 0.1) moved into her final enclosure today! She was cooperative, it was easier than expected!

 

[WolleWolf]

Gave my Genic (6")two superworms. She is always hungry

 

[Ceymann]

I just fed/ watered all my slings last night so not a big deal maintenance wise, but during my visit to the pet store to get the needed crickets. I couldn't resist and splurged a bit.
If you Europeans could NOT chime in on how you guys have P. victori available to you for much cheaper that would be appreciated.
Yes there is a faded "1" in front of that 29.99
I think that makes this #34 for me?

 

[Tarantulafeets]

Made a document and wrote down all the species I own and when they molted, as well as when they were rehoused, and now it is much better than me taking a crappy pic of them with my phone of when they molted. Also labled some enclosures, because I'm at 18 species now and some multiples, and its getting hard to memorize them.

 

[Emi248]

Today in my spider room someones planning the escape of the century.

 

[8 legged]

Chilobrachys kaeng krachan N1 - now they are hunting their prey!

We put almost 100 animals in separate cans,
90 have already been picked up today.
Likewise, 120 Th. sp. piura are on the way to Berlin and then by ship to the States!

 

[l4nsky]

Rehoused four of my T's on Friday.


6" Poecilotheria subfusca 'Lowland'



3" 0.0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp Mindanao Central



3" 0.0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp Mindanao Central




4" 0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp Ho Chi Minh DCF

 

[Finikan]

Saw my h. Mac for the first time since a month and a half ago (when it arrived and during rehouse) . Always makes me happy to see it out and looking for food.

Rehoused a growing baby t. Albo and a lasiodora parahybana into slightly larger containers. Boyfriend helped and about flipped when LP darted around.

 

[RevS]

Big mistakes were made.

So. My friends asked me to show them my largest T. I'm not (that) stupid - I wouldn't bring a live tarantula to one of our meetings so I picked the last molt of my oldest Phormictopus specimen.

It's been waiting in a cup for almost 2 months now so I needed to pin it first. I've sexed this spider before and with two consecutive molts I've found no spermatheca so I was 100% sure it's a male.
Still - force of habit - I checked the inside of the molt while pinning it and...

Well. Turns out I was wrong twice in a row. "Durotan" is now a confirmed female Phormictopus sp. "green (gold carapace)".

Now... How do I tell this to the breeder to whom I promised to trade "him" when he matures?

 

[WolleWolf]

Phormictopus spec green gold carapace is maybe the most beautyful Phormic on par with purple ex. cautus. Great T!

 

[Ungoliant]

Well. Turns out I was wrong twice in a row. "Durotan" is now a confirmed female Phormictopus sp. "green (gold carapace)".

Now... How do I tell this to the breeder to whom I promised to trade "him" when he matures?

Rename her Draka.

 

[LucN]

Should have made this post yesterday, I just didn't think of it. Found out that my B. boehmei is finally in heavy premolt. From 2010 to 2018, she molted every 2 years, now she's upped her schedule to 3 years ! My big girl is getting old. At least she's always out and about and very, very pretty.

 

[tamra]

Two newb firsts yesterday:

1. my first rehouse
2. my first time setting up a T enclosure

I don't know how you felt when you first rehoused a T, but I was nervous -- equally scared about bolting, hairing or biting, as about hurting the little darling (it's weird to own a pet you find fascinating and adorable but kind of terrifying). It actually went pretty well. I opted not to cup her (I figured it's less stressful for her if she walks into her new tank) so I did the side by side tank thing. When I gently touched her behind with tongs she spun and gave them a resounding thwap, so she's definitely ready to throw down if necessary. So I used a couple of large deli cup lids to restrict her space and gently encourage her. It worked quite well. After a couple of misdirects she more or less calmly walked up over the wall and down into the other tank with little fuss and I don't think she was stressed because there was no running and she didn't try to hide in the new tank. But forget what you may have read about curly hairs not hairing much: she flicked with abandon all the way up the wall. Kind of cute really, if the hairs weren't potentially irritating. Thankfully I moved her on a folding hard plastic card table so I was able to fully wash it down afterward. Note to self: always remember to rehouse near washable surfaces and consider a vinyl apron.

Setting up a new enclosure was so much fun I think it'll be addictive. I just moved her up from the small faunarium she came in to a large faunarium (pic below) while I plan a much better enclosure. I opted to rehouse right away because her hide was so small she could only get her head inside and I figured that might be stressful for her. The substrate may appear a bit shallow (my pet store talked me into the rather pricey tarantula mix from Jurassic) but I made it much deeper on the back side up around the hide, and buried the hide quite deep so it's like a secluded cave. I put a combo thermometer/hygrometer on the wall so I can get a feel for how to keep the humidity right. She was always on the wall in the old enclosure but she's been on the ground a lot in the new one, webbing the leaves together or lounging on top of her hide under the plants, and I just caught her excavating her hide, pulling out the larger bits of bark and leaves and piling them up on the hill. It's fascinating to watch. I think she seems more comfortable already.

Oh, and one more first: I watched her hunt a cricket that she didn't notice when I first dropped it in. It took about a half hour as she patiently waited for it to be near, and she crept toward it with excruciating slowness until pouncing. It was fascinating to watch.

 

[Scorpiobsession]

Well. Turns out I was wrong twice in a row. "Durotan" is now a confirmed female Phormictopus sp. "green (gold carapace)".

Now... How do I tell this to the breeder to whom I promised to trade "him" when he matures?

That's a problem I would like to have. I guess you're going to have to get more of them. 3 males for you, and 1 male for the breeder.

 

[RevS]

That's a problem I would like to have. I guess you're going to have to get more of them. 3 males for you, and 1 male for the breeder.

I'd love to but I am limited by space AND the species tripled in price since I got my specimen 2 years ago.

 

[USNGunner]

Fed the new P. Victorii and P. Irminia for the first time each today. Both are total hunter/killers. I love my T's.