For all you T-gurus...

Ohhhh, I could never bring myself to pick up a wild T! ONCE at a herp show, I had a guy put one on my hand that he was sure was "tame" and calm.....so I can say I've had the experience of feeling one walk around on my hand...but I can't imagine ever actually picking one up! ~shudder~

Here's another one that was hanging around our front porch for about a week...I actually miss it and wish it'd come back!
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...iig-spider.jpg

Aphonopelma are usually quite calm, and easily handled. We have a pretty good sized population of A. iodius around my place. A member of the Utah Herp Assoc. loves inverts, and spends a fair amount of time out in the field looking for blondes. There are a few places that he has found many many occupied burrows within 5 or 10 of each other. The females in that population seem to feed mainly on rodents, as there are lots of remains outside the burrow entrance, look (you can see the burrow entrance right behind the remains). Here's a short vid of a little meeting between two blondes that he took too. Check out the rest of his album for tons more pics of Utah stuff.

Judy, if you want to find a female, you'll have to go look for burrows. Males are the only ones that will come to you https://ball-pythons.net/forums/imag...es/biggrin.gif .

Thanks for sharing those pics!!

-Evan

Cool video, Evan!


I do believe we have a number of T burrows around our property...but I've never gone actively looking for them. I just take note of the ones that come out in the open around the house. I never thought to look for rodent remains....this all makes me want to go for a little walk-about... LOL

If you find a burrow that is webbed in, it is likely occupied. Just take a pair of feeding tongs (12-18"), and see if you can gently tease her out. Have fun :D.

-Evan