8 legged rescue!

I think because they are native here people treat them with less respect. We see them out and about all the time, so it's like a 'normal' thing, like any of the other bugs and mosquitos.

Which is sad, these guys are so docile and cool!

Good job saving his/her fuzzy little butt! :gj:

I have a little Texas tan sling, got as a freebie, neat little bugger...eats like a horse!

Cute little dude!!

Sexing by looking at the abdomen is SO difficult for me. I used to just post pics of the ab to a T forum and they would tell me :D. Although this way of sexing is not 100% accurate.

Once your T gets a tad bigger, place the molt in a delicup with damp paper towels and into the fridge overnight. The molt will be much more flimsy and easier to find the inside of the abdomen. You'll be looking for a tiny flap between the book lungs that females have, males don't. Hope that helps!

I actually have some questions about the guy! We finally got the T into another container--a small half gallon (maybe .75 gallon) kritter keeper, but filled it up a lot with substrate so the ceiling is lower. So far the guy or gal hasn't dug anywhere but seems pretty content to hide in the little egg carton hide he came with (just going to refer to the spider as a he until I figure out the real sex)

I'm not sure how to tell if a spider is stressed or not. He definitely isn't acting aggressive, in fact when I was transferring the spider to the new enclosure, he crawled up onto my hand despite me trying to use the cup to move him. That was kind of cool, first time I've let a spider on me. Just let him crawl off into the new place. 99% of the time, the spider is hidden and just sitting still. Can't help but be nervous, but I have heard that some spiders just hide a lot. Occasionally at night he will walk around, but usually only a few minutes before going back to the hide (or squishing between the hide and the glass)

I feel like I should give the spider a lot more cover, but this being a surprise animal I had nothing prepared. I got a bunch of giftcards for christmas, so I can pick up some stuff.

Now when I took the spider out of the cup about 40 more roaches spilled out as well. So that freaked me out and I'm sure was freaking the poor spider out. It makes me wonder if it had ever eaten anything at the pet store or if they were just tossing more and more roaches in and walking away. Finally got all the roaches out of the new enclosure. Now they are back in the cup the spider came in with a few veggies. I might try to feed one to him later, but I'm not sure when? I want the spider to settle in, so I don't want to spook him. But I don't know how long it's been since the spider last ate.

Also water. I've heard you want to wait til they are bigger to give them water. So does that mean I should spray a wall of the enclosure daily for water droplets? I've been adding some water to the wall, but haven't straight up sprayed in there as it tends to make everything ridiculously humid, and I know these guys don't need a ridiculous amount of humidity.

Here's an updated image from my new camera lens of the little guy after I moved him to the new enclosure. He looks sooooo big here, but he's so little!

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...24427202_n.jpg

Congrats on the new addition.

You can use a small bottle cap, like from a water bottle for his/her water dish, or just mist one wall of the keeper like you mentioned, some water on the substrate may be enough also. Try feeding her a cricket instead of a roach in a couple of days, i'm sure all those roaches were stressing her out...they can go for weeks and months without eating, so she may not be ready to eat, she may also be getting ready to molt? My T's are all different as far as using hides or being out in the open, plus they don't usually like bright light, so a darker spot for the kritter keeper may also help the little bugger to settle in...

Thanks for the advice! Will try the cricket! :)