Tarantulas and Spiders

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

Good shot!
1 or a few or 10 or 100 or a few 100.
Somewhere in that range right? : D

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Thanks :D S/he obviously has that winning OBT personality. I adore it.

And yes... Story of every invert keepers' life!

Im going to go hunt down another wolf so I can experience what Rich's got....:D Is it weird that I go squeeee over baby wolf spiders and hatching BPs, but when It comes to lil human babies I just go meh? And I don't want kids of my own either....:P

Nope that's normal, animal babies are awesome. Human children are sticky why asking machines that remind me of drunken midgets

I'll take baby wolf spiders over humans any day :p

My P. irminia molted today! it's a girl! :D

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Originally Posted by Snakeman

My P. irminia molted today! it's a girl! :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...86c8aebcfb.jpg

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Awesome!!! I love it when they turn out to be females!!!

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P.metallica ;)

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Originally Posted by Bobbafett

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P.metallica ;)

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AGGGHHHHH!!!!!!! NO FAAAIIIRRR!!!! You got one first????!!! waaaaa..:crying: Congrats lady. Im sooo jealous right now.:P

They had sexed females. I wanted one so bad but I wasn't paying $550!!

seriously....seething with jealousy...:P

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Holy :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ola!!! $550??? How much was the one you got???

LOL. Oh dear, it was expensive. >_> dunno if I wanna say ahahahahaha.

I didn't want a sling. The 1/2" we're $100. I paid $200 for a 3"?

Wow. Prices seem to be going up since i last checked! Im still shooting for a group of 3 for $300. Im still jealous tho. :p

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Originally Posted by Bobbafett

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P.metallica ;)

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Nice!!
Just understand what you are working with and how fast they are. Let everyone in your house know that they have a medically significant bite!!

Be safe

Very cool Bobba! One day, I'm watching a good deal on slings pass me up! But it's for the best dont got the money for gas to go get one anyhow lol, sadly gas money would cost more than the t.. With out pointing out the no brainer I'm not near ready for one ha

Im totally ready for one! But my wallet isnt lol...:p

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Took me 20 years and 150+ Ts to feel I might be ready for a Poecilotheria ;)

Whoah! I guess when ur ready, you know it. I hope u werent like that with ur first gf..:p

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Haha. I can't remember that long ago :p

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

Nice!!
Just understand what you are working with and how fast they are. Let everyone in your house know that they have a medically significant bite!!

Be safe

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Yep! Everyone in the house knows about it and to not touch it. Although I really doubt anyone would try haha.

Were coming back from Repticon...i got a P. irminia!!! And this T tee :D
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I didnt see any mugs tho...:( However, there were two P.metallicas for sale..a big female for $450, and a sling for $125. Unfortunately, niether one fit into my $25 spending limit :p

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

I didnt see any mugs tho...:( However, there were two P.metallicas for sale..a big female for $450, and a sling for $125. Unfortunately, niether one fit into my $25 spending limit :p

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One day!
I lucked out because I didn't want a little sling, so while he's still little, he's big enough that I'm not extremely frightened .

Yeah..there were actually a lot of arachnid vendors there. Nice selection. One guy had the most adorable baby irminias, but they were so tiny they were still white...probably 1is. I really wanted one,cuz they were just so darn cute, but was afraid to take a chance on something so tiny.
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Originally Posted by Bobbafett

Yep! Everyone in the house knows about it and to not touch it. Although I really doubt anyone would try haha.

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I'm not worried about them going in and touching it.
I'm more thinking of if it got out.

Very bad muscle cramps, lasting up to 3 weeks
Vision loss
High fevers
Increased heart rate
Uncontrolled sweating
Vomiting
Joints locking up, unable to walk, unable to use hands arms etc.
Very intense pain

Just a few of the things that can happen to a healthy person from a Poecilotheria bite.
I would not want to put a Grandparent through any of that. Let them understand that they will need to get to a hospital ASAP if they get bit.

I'm really not trying to start anything but I feel I need to bring it up.

Please be safe!!

Golden has refused food last two weeks, hoping she eats soon:(

Has she came out yet?
I'm pretty sure all of mine have molted now.

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

Were coming back from Repticon...i got a P. irminia!!!

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irminia are awesome!!
I think you will love this species!

Yeah im pretty excited about this one! The same guy had some really nice GBBs, but they were $50. Also some g.pulchripes, which i also considered. But i could only choose one. And even at that my hubby gave me a little grief. :rolleyes:

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Gbb's are shooooo cooolllll

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

Has she came out yet?
I'm pretty sure all of mine have molted now.

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No I havent seen that she's come out since taking the roach a couple weeks ago.

She's got lots of space so hoping she's doing her own thing.

Heres my new irminia....Im calling it "Zipper" lol....was halfway across my desk before I could get it into its new enclosure! Its very pretty, and a good size for the price :D
http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3c61c681.jpg

I also got the business card for a guy that can ship me 3 metallica slings for around $300+shipping when Im ready ;)

Aww she is cute.
Haha they are very fast :p

Rehousing them is really fun.

Both of mine love their bark tubes going into the substrate. IMO they are labeled arboreal only because they are really good climbers. They both live underground and are almost more of a pet hole than an arboreal. I thought it would change with size but it hasn't yet.

Makes seeing them out a treat.

82 / 82 of the A. hentzi made it to 2nd instar. A couple of them had their molt stuck but I used a tiny paintbrush to remove it.
They also had their first meal. Pinhead crickets cut into 1/3s
They all seem healthy and active.

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

82 / 82 of the A. hentzi made it to 2nd instar. A couple of them had their molt stuck but I used a tiny paintbrush to remove it.
They also had their first meal. Pinhead crickets cut into 1/3s
They all seem healthy and active.

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Yay!

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Awesome Rich!!! Im so glad for you!! And 82/82...so whatre you gonna do when all 82 make it to 3rd instar? Lol...

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I hope to pass them along to good homes :)
Maybe do a few trades.

My smithi is getting so big! Shes doubled in size since her last molt, and Im betting her next molt will really show her oranges poppin out! I cant wait. And my new irminia is sooo funny...its like shes playin peek-a-boo with me...when I slowly peek into the room, shes out. But as soon as I get close to her cubicle, *POOF* shes gone! Bet shes hungry....I totally forgot to bring crickets home :( And shes made a nice burrow under the rock, made outta dirt and her webbing. Made a mess of her cubicle tho, flung dirt all over the place. Im soo glad I went with this little one year old rather than a tiny sling...evn tho they were sooo cute. Even at that tiny you could still see the tiger stripes on their teeny little rumps.

I just joined the arachnoboards....I felt as though I needed to learn more. And see kewl pics of Ts. Still awaiting activation....

Awesome! Mike, Carlson and myself are over there. :)

You'll get to see their feet a lot :p

I'll look for a couple of videos I have of the irminia cleaning herself and moving dirt.

Some P. irminia vids :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOAdwXFGtRY&sns=em


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5BJbFdA3m8&sns=em

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBdStmTeJTI&sns=em

Last night after coming home from one of my concerts, my P. ornata molted. This was surprising since it just molted on April 1st. Unfortunately the molt was mangled up at the abdomen so I wasn't able to look at it to prove my suspicions of it being male or if by luck it's a female. At least the colors are fully showing and it's a growing juvie now :D:banana:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...jr/6ornata.jpg

I'll have to add to my Poeci collection after I work with these pederseni for a bit. That ornata looks awesome.

Those videos are adorable! They seem to have a "catlike" charm about them...esp the grooming video. And the one where you are taking her molt,its like shes saying "hey..wait...I wanted to keep that!" I wasn't quite happy with the name I chose for mine. Im calling it "Tigra" instead :D

So the Internet is up and running!!!
I also got a new rig for taking Macro shots with the real camera.

Took some test shots tonight and thought I would share.

A. versicolor

http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1369786968

I guess I also have non-pet spiders around the house :p
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OBT
http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/...psc968e9ea.jpg

Flameleg
http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/...psc0bed46f.jpg

Macro pics are awesome, some of my favorite pics are them.

that versicolor looks horrible you should pack it up with the chaco's you're sending me. You dont want something like that bringing down your collection. lol

Haha. Oops. That's not even the versi. That's the A. metallica :o

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

Haha. Oops. That's not even the versi. That's the A. metallica :o

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I was about to say that's not a versi lol.

Speaking of P. irminia, here's mine that molted on Saturday. She was being difficult on getting a full body pic so I can see how much bigger she got and she flashed me a threat pose instead. Fangs are still red so no eating for her for a few more days.

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