Tarantulas and Spiders

OBTs have a bad rep like Pitbulls :p I had each cup open as I was feeding them and I'm still alive without any bites. They will run and hide like most Ts. Even the one in the pic is low to the ground as if its trying to hide.
Most bites are going to be from someone poking at it, trying to hold it or it getting freaked out durning shipping or transferring.
Give them respect and you'll be fine 98% of the time.


Mike I don't know if I would look at it as more evolved or more as they just evolved different. Some of my sac mates to your bigger OBT have molted :)

In hoping to get 2 female OBTs in next week ;)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by kat_black181

50?! I don't know about all that... LOL

---

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mike41793

I went from 1 to almost 15 in just about 6months haha :p

---

I went from 1 to 89+ in under a year but my ocd makes me. Keep 3 of everything. Lol thats just my personal collection. I have over 300 in the tubs going to the expos

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 3skulls

OBTs have a bad rep like Pitbulls :p I had each cup open as I was feeding them and I'm still alive without any bites. They will run and hide like most Ts. Even the one in the pic is low to the ground as if its trying to hide.
Most bites are going to be from someone poking at it, trying to hold it or it getting freaked out durning shipping or transferring.
Give them respect and you'll be fine 98% of the time.


Mike I don't know if I would look at it as more evolved or more as they just evolved different. Some of my sac mates to your bigger OBT have molted :)

In hoping to get 2 female OBTs in next week ;)

---

Yea my bigger obt molted like last week. Smaller one this week. My boehmei finally molted too. I can't wait til the hmac eventually does. I want her to turn whiter! No idea when shes due tho

I agree with the pitbull comparison. I've literally sat there trying to prod my bigger obt out into the too of the cup so i could get a decent pic of her and all she does is run around in the cup and keep hiding. Couldn't even get a threat posture from her lol.

Glad to hear about the OBT rep, also. My husband-- who told me before I even decided which T I wanted first "this is gonna be all you. I don't want anything to do with them", has decided he wants one and I'm sure I'll be here alone to unpack it.

I told ya those lats swarmed!! Aren't they cute?? :P The males will have wings. Here's you a pair.. well, trio.
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps757019de.jpg

Mike are the H. mac and OBT the only OWs you have?

Hey Kitty, thanks for the pic. I have found that they are harder to feed off then the dubia because they are quick. I go to grab one and 3 are running up my arm :p
So here are my hopes. I'm hoping I can remove the ootheca and hatch out the babies in a small tub. To make it a bit quicker when feeding the babies.
My toads are going to love the B. lats. :)
They wont be replacing my dubia, just won't get big enough for some of the larger Ts. Overall, I'm really excited to be working with a new species.

Its actually a whipscorpion. And i actually almost brought it home until i found out we were getting a pewterfly....:D. Its a very cool animal tho. Harmless, but im hestitant about getting something ive read is "fragile"...

sent from my incubator

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Kitty Softpaws

Mike are the H. mac and OBT the only OWs you have?

---

Nah i have a ceratogyrus darlingi and meridionalis and a P. pederseni too. The pokie and darlingis are still small.

I think the rest of mine are all NW's... I think i have like 1/3 OW, 2/3 NW. About. I wanna get a lot more baboons though, they're my favorites.

After richs description of b lats, i'll be sticking to dubias haha ;)

Where do you work that you get these cool types of animals in??

Crystal works at a pet store!