Tarantulas and Spiders

Did you crush the crickets head? My chaco as a sling took a couple weeks to settle in an eat first roach. Now she only misses if getting ready to molt. So could be either settling in or getting ready to molt would be my guess

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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1

about 28 hours :P


And looking at your pics on your gallery you seem pretty charming to me:D I can't imagine you being awkward

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Awh someone is charming and I can't view the pics on my phone! Losing I guess :( haha

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You might want to wait until the versi makes a web. Should be within a few days. Crush the head some and throw it in the web. Leave it overnight.

So, when I open the tank and Octavius tries to walk out and stuff, does than stress him out?? And will it prevent him from feeling comfortable enough to make a web??

Just wondering because he just stands on the side of the tank up towards the top

I'm probably just being overly concerned about nothing...there's just a lot of pressure for him to live. My folks don't think I did enough research on Ts, so if it dies they won't be pleased

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Awh someone is charming and I can't view the pics on my phone! Losing I guess :( haha

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X2!!! Wth!

Meph i cant see her pics either. On a scale of 1 to Mike, how cute is she?

For my versi i waited til he made a web and killed a dubia and put it in his web. He found it and ate it. They like it moist but make sure you have holes to keep it well ventilated too. Don't worry too much about getting him to eat. Waiting for him to settle in and build a web to feel comfortable is much more important. I was away on vaca and haven't fed any of mine in over 2 weeks. They're all fine. Some people only feed their T's once a month. I'm not trying to advocate that or say whether or not its a good thing, i'm just saying it so you're more comfortable knowing T's can go for awhile without food lol.

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X2!!! Wth!

Meph i cant see her pics either. On a scale of 1 to Mike, how cute is she?

For my versi i waited til he made a web and killed a dubia and put it in his web. He found it and ate it. They like it moist but make sure you have holes to keep it well ventilated too. Don't worry too much about getting him to eat. Waiting for him to settle in and build a web to feel comfortable is much more important. I was away on vaca and haven't fed any of mine in over 2 weeks. They're all fine. Some people only feed their T's once a month. I'm not trying to advocate that or say whether or not its a good thing, i'm just saying it so you're more comfortable knowing T's can go for awhile without food lol.

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Mike, have you had issues with the dubia burrowing?

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Mike, have you had issues with the dubia burrowing?

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Nope, not really. I did like 8 transfers the other day and found a grand total of only 3 surviving dubias.

If they dont nail them right away then i'll just crush the roaches head and drop them back in. They're scavengers so they have no qualms about eating dead roaches.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Nope, not really. I did like 8 transfers the other day and found a grand total of only 3 surviving dubias.

If they dont nail them right away then i'll just crush the roaches head and drop them back in. They're scavengers so they have no qualms about eating dead roaches.

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Oh yea I know. I just used to hate dealing with dubias. That's about the only thing I hate is when they start to burrow or play dead. The scorpions a lot of time used to lose interest.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

X2!!! Wth!

Meph i cant see her pics either. On a scale of 1 to Mike, how cute is she?

For my versi i waited til he made a web and killed a dubia and put it in his web. He found it and ate it. They like it moist but make sure you have holes to keep it well ventilated too. Don't worry too much about getting him to eat. Waiting for him to settle in and build a web to feel comfortable is much more important. I was away on vaca and haven't fed any of mine in over 2 weeks. They're all fine. Some people only feed their T's once a month. I'm not trying to advocate that or say whether or not its a good thing, i'm just saying it so you're more comfortable knowing T's can go for awhile without food lol.

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On a scale of one to mike, I can't decide (since I've never seen you lol)

Who has a roach colony? I want to start one. I like them...

My plan is to start out with 10 females and 5 males. Also, I'll have 300 medium nymphs, so I'll be using the smaller of these as feeders and moving the larger ones to the breeding tub. I'll be buying more as needed for feeding/breeding purposes because I know it takes awhile for them to start producing. How does that sound? Or is that a terrible plan??? I don't know because I've never bred them before. Lol