Tarantulas and Spiders

What a weekend! Did the Columbus Ohio show Saturday and did pretty good. Did Richmond Indiana today and spent most of my profits from Saturday today on spiders. They wife spent the rest on scorpions lol. We just got home so still a lot of work to do getting everybody put away but ill get pics posted for you all tomorrow!

Rich: I ended up with that versicolor female I asked you about..... And its gone already. I got offered a trade I couldn't turn down for it. It was missing a leg which I didn't notice until after it was in my possession. I ended trading a baby boa that I produced for the damaged female versi. Then got offered a 1" versi, a 2" female skeleton, and 2.) 1/2 inch giant white knee slings for that 2.5" versi female.

Haha that didn't take long.
Lets see the skeleton! And Giant White knees are pretty cool.

I fed almost everyone tonight, took forever. That male irminia went nuts for a dubia.

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Haha that didn't take long.
Lets see the skeleton! And Giant White knees are pretty cool.

I fed almost everyone tonight, took forever. That male irminia went nuts for a dubia.

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Lmao! If you thought irminia are fast try a skeleton! It made it from the reptile room to the kitchen before I could get a cup over it! That's about 45 feet with me chasing it with a cup. It may be a few before I can get a pic of it.

Haha nice !

It's crazy how fast spiders can be.

I'm surprised he had the stamina for that. That's a long distance

heres the pics I could get

5 inch female Brachypelma albopilosum
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...psc5cd4dfb.jpg

1" A. versicolor
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps848c1165.jpg

I got 2 of these 1.5 inch Avicularia laeta
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...psa632bc9a.jpg

I ended up with a total of 3 of these .75 inch Stromatopelma calceatum
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...psc0e2205c.jpg

I also grabbed 3 of these .5 inch Acanthoscurria geniculata
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...psc10f8cfe.jpg

and the speed demon! Ephebopus murinus
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3f139c95.jpg

I really think those guys are a fair match in speed for the obt. which I couldnt get a pic of but some how I ended up with a 1.5 inch obt also.

Haha no kidding.

This little guy hung out with me for a while today. I'm guessing maybe a mature male that's getting weak. He is really skinny.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/22/tyhazupa.jpg

and heres the scorpions the wife picked up.

Egyptian green
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...psd5fd8705.jpg

African flat rock
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps00d5af52.jpg

Thick Tail
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps378b1a06.jpg

Desert hairy
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1b403d50.jpg

dusky bark
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0d655f55.jpg

and of course not scorpion collection is complete with the ever so classic Emperor
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8aca29e5.jpg

Watch out for the S. calceatum. I won't even keep these yet.

I have been wanting some Skeletons for a while now. Very cool!

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Watch out for the S. calceatum. I won't even keep these yet.

I have been wanting some Skeletons for a while now. Very cool!

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Yeah they are quick even at this size and I read some bite reports on them. I may pass them on to someone with more experience. Just depends on how comfortable I am vs how quick they size up.

They grow pretty quick.
They are a step up from Poeci on my ladder, right under H. mac

But that's my own personal ladder :p

I guess it's also different when you have a large number compared to only a few transfers a year.
Just be safe :)

Damon, that skeleton is very kewl lookin!!

sent from my incubator

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They grow pretty quick.
They are a step up from Poeci on my ladder, right under H. mac

But that's my own personal ladder :p

I guess it's also different when you have a large number compared to only a few transfers a year.
Just be safe :)

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Lol I was torn between getting the feather legs and the H mac. I had kinda placed them as equals on the threat chart but the H macs were almost 2 inches so I went with the feather legs because they were smaller and wouldn't need trasfered as soon.

Ugh. They are both on my list.
H. macs are cheap too!!

I need to get these babies growing so I can up my numbers :) or find a good source of pinheads.

I've heard that S. calceatum is worse than an H. mac.

Yeah I might have that backwards. It's been a long time from when I made my step up plan. :o

A spider that can teleport, send you to the ER and can leap is nothing to let lower your guard around.

I had an adult Avic for a while (matured male on me :/) Grew my irminia up then went with a cambridgei. After this group of Poeci get some good size, ill try my skills with an H. mac.

By then my LPs will be huge my H. lividum will have some size. A bunch of OBTs, darlingi, irminia and Avics will have been raised.

And at this point I'm just typing out my ass :p
I'm bored at work and want to be back home working on the animals.
With all the new room, I have visions of so many Ts :)

I watch a lot of Jon3800's vids on youtube (he's awesome, look him up) and he said in a video that the featherlegs are the ONLY T's in his collection that scare him. H. mac's are much more prone to hiding than bitinh from what i've read.

Yeah he has some good videos, him and RobC.

I'm waiting on a tracking number for some H. incei. :)

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Ugh. They are both on my list.
H. macs are cheap too!!

I need to get these babies growing so I can up my numbers :) or find a good source of pinheads.

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on the rare occasions i've run out of worms or crickets in between shows i've been pretty happy ordering from reptilefood.com prices arent to bad and it doesnt matter if you order 1000 worms or 10000 crickets shipping is normally the same give or take a dollar. Paying shipping on feeders sucks but you do what you gotta do. I've also heard that lobster roaches have pin head size babies. i'm considering starting a colony if I can convince the wife of it.

If you want great mealworms prices, look up rainbow mealworms. Best online shipped price. Got 5k for like 20 something shipped.

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If you want great mealworms prices, look up rainbow mealworms. Best online shipped price. Got 5k for like 20 something shipped.

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I checked them out and prices are great. just sucks that they are sold out of crickets.

:banana: the FedEx fairy is coming again tomorrow! :banana: and again probably Thursday! This has been a great week home for me! Just fed everyone and My irminias love super worms! All but one of my new little guys tore up the pin heads I gave them. Biggest bonus of the day the feather legs didn't try to escape when I fed them. Lol

LMAO!!! I was just told I needed a support group for my T addiction. i'm sitting at 85 counting slings and i've got 23 slings coming tomorrow and another 15-20 coming thursday. I just dont understand what the problem is i've got plenty of containers, substrate, and food for them. anyone else think i've got a problem?

Big problems.
I have no idea of my numbers any more. I know if I sit down and feed the whole room, it takes about 4 hours :o

H. incei are in!
This on had a blast running around my arm, pretty quick.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/23/8uhatu7y.jpg

Are you gunna try a communal setup with them? Seems like it could be a cool project/experiment and i've heard it being done with them before.

I was thinking about it but for it to really work, you need a large tank, low numbers.
Maybe if I get a sac from these and have high numbers. Just not sure if its worth it.

FedEx fairy arrived!

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5d7f7242.jpg

nicely packaged box

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps491ccf5a.jpg

not so nicely packaged slings and scorpions

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...psb6c75327.jpg

sooooo tiny! sooooo adorable! :( think I need fruit flies

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...psa6f6a135.jpg

got more scorpions too but only 1 new species for us.
Death Stalker Leiurus quinquestriatus

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...psb3e72f6e.jpg

Man that packing sucks. :(

Use those pinheads you are feeding the vagans and cut them in half.
My PPs are around the same size. It's a pain but Fruit Flies suck so bad.

Speaking of packing, I'm going to throw some snakes and spiders all in a box with some soil and get them shipped out tomorrow :p

I'll try and get some new pics up tonight :)

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LMAO!!! I was just told I needed a support group for my T addiction. i'm sitting at 85 counting slings and i've got 23 slings coming tomorrow and another 15-20 coming thursday. I just dont understand what the problem is i've got plenty of containers, substrate, and food for them. anyone else think i've got a problem?

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I got 99 problems but the T's ain't one.

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Man that packing sucks. :(

Use those pinheads you are feeding the vagans and cut them in half.
My PPs are around the same size. It's a pain but Fruit Flies suck so bad.

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I had just mentioned trying that and the wife handed me a set of tweezers and said go for it. lol

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Speaking of packing, I'm going to throw some snakes and spiders all in a box with some soil and get them shipped out tomorrow :p

I'll try and get some new pics up tonight :)

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lmao i'd be willing to bet a paycheck you wouldnt ship anything that way! I'm pretty sure you care about them as much as I do!

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I got 99 problems but the T's ain't one.

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lol NICE quote!

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Speaking of packing, I'm going to throw some snakes and spiders all in a box with some soil and get them shipped out tomorrow :p

I'll try and get some new pics up tonight :)

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Ohhhhh, i'll take some!

hey when you guys collect bark and terrarium decor from outside how do you cure/clean it before putting in with the T's. I've always baked it in the oven at 250 for like 30 min. Was just wondering if there was a better or different way that you all use.

I just talked to the people I got the delivery from today. That is not there standard T shipping method. They actually called me to make sure everything was ok because there regular invert packaging person wasnt in yesterday and someone else had gotten my package ready. So I may give them one more shot if they have another deal going on in the future.

None of mine are big enough to setup cool enclosures yet lol. :p

Who'd you order them from?

I bake at like 400 for 10 minutes. Or boil it, then bake it. Or bleach it. Or bleach it, boil it, rinse it really good, then bake it.

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When some bark comes along, you must bake it. bake it good.

Ya'll need to check yourself into rehab. I think I'm getting really close to staging an intervention.


;)

LET'S HAVE AN INTERVENTION AND CALL IT "THE BOSTON T PARTY"

Winningggggg

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None of mine are big enough to setup cool enclosures yet lol. :p

Who'd you order them from?

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I cant give away all of my secrets or I wont be able to make a profit off of you guys. :P

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I cant give away all of my secrets or I wont be able to make a profit off of you guys. :P

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I was only asking because of the packing job lol. You know i don't buy in bulk anyways... For now... :p

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Ohhhhh, i'll take some!

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Mike gets ground up LP molts for packing material.


:p

Yeah I weather it some until I bake it.

Depending on the amount, an avg. around 250-300* for an hour or 2

Your ts ride didn't look too enjoyable haha at least they all made it safe!

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My b.vagans that I suspect is a she. Looking like she's getting ready to moot againhttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/24/ebupe2az.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/24/yjeqa4ys.jpg
On the other hand my pair of p.regalis looks to be both males :(

Your vagans is looking good. Post some pics after the molt. Can't wait for mine to get some size.

My vagans *should* be seaxable after her next molt, whenever that may be. She's like 2.5-3" right now. I think the same goes for the meridionalis. Him and the obt should be molting soon since both are refusing food.

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My vagans *should* be seaxable after her next molt, whenever that may be. She's like 2.5-3" right now. I think the same goes for the meridionalis. Him and the obt should be molting soon since both are refusing food.

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I'm still hoping your vagans is a boy! My friend has 6 adult female vagans and really needs a boy. i've been looking at microsopes on ebay. seriously investing in a nice one so I can sex my T's as small as 3/4"-1".

my skeleton was busy redecorating last night!

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...psf355d0d1.jpg

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps68e3aaf4.jpg

I fed my Hapalopus sp. Colombia/large this morning. What a PITA lol. chasing pinheads around the tub with a straw catching only the smallest of the microscopic. about half of them tackled the crickets but the other half had no interest. hopfully they all eat eventually.

It is a PITA
I had 80 hentzi at that size. Takes forever to feed them.
I picked out some of the bigger ones for you. Plus they should be molting any day now.