Tarantulas and Spiders

I'm going to start a Blatta lateralis colony. :)

dont worry Mike i've already got a starter colony with your name on it. one for Rich too just hope it works out! i'm stoked about them. it seriously cut my sling feeding time in half. if they work out i'll for sure be selling them down the road!

Rich I just shot a pm to someone on AB about a turkish roach colony! if they answer back i'd be happy to split it with you guys. Best deal i've seen on them they want $37 shipped for a 1000 and I got the wife to agree that the roaches would be better for us than buying crickets! and they lay eggs and the nymphs are about the same size as a 1/8 cricket. and the adults are about the same size as a 1" cricket!

as far as feeding a 3/4" they should be able to take dubia nymphs or 1/8 crickets no trouble. I havent had the bean beetles long enough to know what the adults look like but that link says they get about 3mm

Any major differences between dubias and turkish roaches?

Yea if those bean beetles are easy then i'd rather feed just one of them instead of having to cutup dubias lol.

Damon i TOLD you roaches were way easier than crickets! Lol

Dude damon the other irminia molted. Did she even look pre molt to you? I'll get better pics tmrw but teaser pic:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/27/u4evepa7.jpg

My obt molted too. Her cup is really webbed up but i shined the flashlight in and was like "wow shes looking REALLY orange..." I'm happy. Her first molt with me since i got her from richypoo. I'll try and get a pic of her tmrw too.

Meph, i'll get the dubia pics tmrw for you too, i didn't forget. I was in a real rush to get those T's out today (and failed lol) but i'll take pics showing the straw packing too. My back crapped out after being hunched over concentrating on packing all those T's.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Dude damon the other irminia molted. Did she even look pre molt to you? I'll get better pics tmrw but teaser pic:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/27/u4evepa7.jpg

My obt molted too. Her cup is really webbed up but i shined the flashlight in and was like "wow shes looking REALLY orange..." I'm happy. Her first molt with me since i got her from richypoo. I'll try and get a pic of her tmrw too.

Meph, i'll get the dubia pics tmrw for you too, i didn't forget. I was in a real rush to get those T's out today (and failed lol) but i'll take pics showing the straw packing too. My back crapped out after being hunched over concentrating on packing all those T's.

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no and she never quit eating either unless she didnt eat for you. man i love how they look after a molt!

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Any major differences between dubias and turkish roaches?

Yea if those bean beetles are easy then i'd rather feed just one of them instead of having to cutup dubias lol.

Damon i TOLD you roaches were way easier than crickets! Lol

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just size and color far as I know but havent looked into it real hard yet. The wife is the one that didnt want the roaches! I had a colony of giant hissers! she didnt like them so I got rid of them.

Speaking of mailing roaches do you tell fedex that what your mailing?? Or no lol. I gotta get a new box for you rich then see what I can round into containers theres a good amout think anoter female dropped babies.

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So, do you clean/clear out the web at any time during the Spider's life, or does it stick around like the bedding??

And are there any pieces of equipment I should get for my T?? Long tweezers obviously...

Carlson, don't ask, don't tell :p

Mike, the main things are size, speed, and the lats drop egg cases, dubia suck them back up. Lats, the males can fly. Dubia the males flutter when falling.
Looks like you need a substrate for the lats (I'm guessing for the egg cases)

I'm still reading up on them. I'm only wanting the lats for the smaller babies.

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So, do you clean/clear out the web at any time during the Spider's life, or does it stick around like the bedding??

And are there any pieces of equipment I should get for my T?? Long tweezers obviously...

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I'll pull molts of left over food out of the webs but I never rip down the web (unless transferring)
A few tools I use:
Long tweezers
Small tweezers
LED flashlight
LED head lamp when I need 2 hands
I have metal skewers I have shaped into different hooks
Different size paintbrushes
A few spray bottles
A feeding syringe I use to water

Oh and Mike, a few of my OBTs have molted too! I need to transfer them all soon :o
Man I really love OBTs.