Tarantulas and Spiders

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Originally Posted by H.o.F.R

I treat my T's like fish. clean the cage, feed them, and admire them through the glass

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Yea they're like 8 legged piranhas!

vagans at about 1.5"
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/e7y8emu9.jpg

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

vagans at about 1.5"
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/e7y8emu9.jpg

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That's just FRIGGIN ADOREABLE!

Crystal.
I just caught my A. metallica at the bottom !! :D
Very bad pick but she was moving back up.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/mu7ybasy.jpg

A shot of her set up.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/magyraju.jpg

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Yea they're like 8 legged piranhas!

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The OBT's sure are.

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my obt has nothing on my skeleton! I think obt's are the pitbull of the spider world. They just got a bad rap. lol

Haha yeah my OBTs are sweethearts :p

Some more pics.

G. pulchripes. Ok that's 2 pics of me handling Ts. But my Chaco is special, she almost always comes out to say hi when I'm feeding, watering etc.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/5agysymy.jpg

B. smithi ( one I wouldn't handle, she is a spaz )
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/da4u7ade.jpg

My Mantid :)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/a8y7y4uj.jpg

G. rosea
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/pyjusy9a.jpg

P. cambridgei - webbed himself in about a week ago. This is looking down from the top. He has molted but hasn't came out yet. Can't freaking wait to see her!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/be4ajata.jpg

A. versicolor female. I'm guessing getting ready to molt.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/za8y8ynu.jpg

Her inside her webbing. :)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/yja3yvyd.jpg

That's all for now.

ceratogyrus seem to be piranha like too, mine goes nuts for food haha!

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

ceratogyrus seem to be piranha like too, mine goes nuts for food haha!

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So far my marshalli hasn't as much, he's more concerned with threatening me when I go to feed him. I'll be transferring him from his vial soon so maybe then.

My H. mac is a piranha, he LOVES food.

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If you want something that loves to eat, get a LP. At 4" they can already take down adult male dubia.
I'll need to breed cats once they reach adult size :p

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

If you want something that loves to eat, get a LP. At 4" they can already take down adult male dubia.
I'll need to breed cats once they reach adult size :p

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They aren't Chinese spiders.

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

If you want something that loves to eat, get a LP. At 4" they can already take down adult male dubia.
I'll need to breed cats once they reach adult size :p

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haha no need to breed cats craigslist is littered with free kittens all the time. save $ not buying cat food and litter :P

I would love some feeding vids

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I redecorated a few more T enclosures

P. regalis
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps54c63c33.jpg

feather leg baboon
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...psd4d65b14.jpg

A. laeta
http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps48b92bff.jpg

What's an LP? Are they the ones that get HUGE lol? Are they considered to be a fast growing species? Tbh, i expected faster growth from my T's. I'm not complaining, they just grow slower than i expected.

Damon, where do you get all that crap from haha? I think i need to go digging through my old GI Joes and get some body parts for my T enclosures haha.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

What's an LP? Are they the ones that get HUGE lol? Are they considered to be a fast growing species? Tbh, i expected faster growth from my T's. I'm not complaining, they just grow slower than i expected.

Damon, where do you get all that crap from haha? I think i need to go digging through my old GI Joes and get some body parts for my T enclosures haha.

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We have a place called Pat Catan's its simular to a hobby lobby. the wife loves finding me stuff to put in the T enclosures. I'm about to go through my kids barbie dolls since they dont play with them anymore. :P

LPs are Lasiodora parahybana
Brazilian Salmon Pink Birdeaters.

Some grow way faster than others.
G. pulchripes
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/edunyqu4.jpg

G. rosea about the same age. Give or take a couple of months.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/31/emumezy6.jpg

Then you have something like my G. pulchra that has never molted in my care. 6-7-8 months?

The LPs do grow quick and get huge!
I'm guessing here because I can't really remember when I got them. They went from 1/4" to about 5" in 18 months or so.
But I take it easy with feeding them. If they are plump I'll skip a week or 2, no rush for them to be giants.

It takes years for some of them to become mature

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/01/he8y5e3y.jpg

I need to grab this for the T van.

Do it!

Hey, my teeeeeny B. smithi and nhandu chromatus both molted! One day they'll start looking like tarantulas instead of specks, I have faith.

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Being at work sucks! I've got 3i A. urticans and H. macs coming in today and I don't get to play with them :( the wife and my friend get to transfer them.

Haha sure, leave town when the H. macs are coming. :p

Is this what you were talking about with the males wings, rich? I looked through all of them and only this guy had chewed up wings:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/03/6aja2ysu.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/03/a5y9aty2.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/03/yvu8yjuq.jpg

Also has anyone ever tried to selectively breed dubias or do you think these colors are random? (Maybe a stupid question lol...)
See how the smaller one here is gold compared to the normal colored ones?
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/03/ugyvyzad.jpg

Then i found a larger one that was goldish too. The two goldish ones are next to each other here:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/03/y3ezaded.jpg

Idk what they are exactly or if its normal but i didn't feed them off. Gunna see what they turn into lol.

Also i saw this pic of a mature C. darlingi female on facebook. Didn't know they stayed this small.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/03/jy2udeba.jpg

Yep. That's what I'm talking about with the wings. It might also happen with males competing for a female. I'm not 100% sure.

I like to try and selective breed for larger females. Feed off the tiny females, once they really get going you'll see what I'm talking about. The lighter colors might just be ones who have molted in the last couple of days, darker ones going into a molt. There are some that look a little different but I'm not sure how their genetics really work with that.

Is that a male or female? My understanding was they get about 6"-7" (DLS)

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

I like to try and selective breed for larger females. Feed off the tiny females, once they really get going you'll see what I'm talking about. The lighter colors might just be ones who have molted in the last couple of days, darker ones going into a molt. There are some that look a little different but I'm not sure how their genetics really work with that.

Is that a male or female? My understanding was they get about 6"-7" (DLS)

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Haha once i get a T who can take adults i will! The biggest ones i can feed now are like 0.75" to the vagans and meridionalis.

It said female and that she was receptive. Even if that guy has big hands that spider only looks like 5" max to me... Idk

Good deal from KTBG going on!
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=252283

EDIT: but yea, i'm interested to see if they keep their gold colors. I think i'm gunna clean out the roach bin soon. I'll count how many gold ones i see. I wish i had room to start another colony (if the gold ones stay gold). If i move the snakes to the basement i will! ;)

EDIT x2: another question! What do their eggs look like and how big are the smallest roaches when they hatch? I've been wondering if my colony is producing a lot yet or not but i'm not totally sure what to look for lol.

You can sell your line bred golden dubias for more money, they'll be like 6 legged gold!

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Originally Posted by Coleslaw007

You can sell your line bred golden dubias for more money, they'll be like 6 legged gold!

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I totally would! I wonder if my gold ones came from combining your mexican dubias with rich's backwoods redneck dubias??? Crossbred for awesomeness, butt size, and gold colors!

Haha I'm no redneck *spits*

Their eggs are tubed shape. Sometimes you will see them sticking out the back of the females before they suck them back up. New borns are about 1/4"

Oh 1/4"? Thats bigger than i thought. Ok yea they're definitely producing then.

I "cleaned" out their tub today. The cardboard was getting kinda nasty so I replaced it. These are all the big females i have. I get what you mean by small females. A couple in here and a couple more still in the tub were smaller. How many adult females did i originally buy from you rich? It was 5.5 adults right and a bunch of smaller ones, right? There's almost a dozen girls in here so that means my colony is definitely expanding! :)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/03/ruvy2eza.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/03/4a4u4usu.jpg
(There's one on the right that looks like a male but its just a weird shot from the side and she was squirming lol)

Ok and these were the gold-ish ones i picked out. I have them in their own cup now. I added in that one male bc he seemed lighter compared to the other males. I hope they mature into females and i can get babies. If the babies are light that'd be pretty cool. If not they'll just go back into the big tub again. This may be completely dumb but maybe not, idk haha.
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Originally Posted by Mike41793

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That just gives me the jeebs...

Yeah that's a newborn in that one pic.
I can't remember how many adults I sent. 5-6 pairs maybe..? Then those few adults last time.

Mine are do for a sorting and cleaning soon. I think I need to thin out my males, some nights they are in there going nuts. Time to expand to the 2nd dubia rack :)

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

Yeah that's a newborn in that one pic.
I can't remember how many adults I sent. 5-6 pairs maybe..? Then those few adults last time.

Mine are do for a sorting and cleaning soon. I think I need to thin out my males, some nights they are in there going nuts. Time to expand to the 2nd dubia rack :)

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If i get the room i'd like to set up a second tub with ONLY a few pairs of adults and see how rapidly they produce, just for fun.

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Originally Posted by DooLittle

That just gives me the jeebs...

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I actually really enjoy keeping them. Probably just as much as the T's haha. They're totally harmless, even those big females can't bite. If i have room to expand i'm gunna.

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

Haha sure, leave town when the H. macs are coming. :p

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Haha of course isn't that the best way to do it! :P

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

Is that a male or female? My understanding was they get about 6"-7" (DLS)

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Gotta remember most people consider females breedable/mature at about 80% of there potential size.

If this isn't the green light to go nuts buying Ts I don't know what is. This is a direct quote copied and pasted from her text.

" Well I got good news n bad news. Good news is all tarantula r feed. Bad news I want more. I'm addicted to feeding them. Its so relaxing"

Haha nice!
I'm working in the T room now. Getting ready for new arrivals :)

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

Haha nice!
I'm working in the T room now. Getting ready for new arrivals :)

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Oh yea what are you getting? Lol

Haha
I'm not even sure I can remember it all right now.

Got all the hentzi fed and out of the way. Who needs like 40 or 50 of these? :D

Lots of transfers tomorrow.

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Haha
I'm not even sure I can remember it all right now.

Got all the hentzi fed and out of the way. Who needs like 40 or 50 of these? :D

Lots of transfers tomorrow.

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Haha I don't either but no worries. I've got a shelf of just stuff I'm holding for you. Its all got your name on it. Ill have to see how those hentzi are before I get more. But there's a show a week from Sunday if I move a bunch ill be ordering more! :)

:o
It's pretty bad when your bug room spills over to another state.


It's going to be another busy day.
Might be setting up a new tank for the turtles also. Just have to go find a tank.

Last night I picked up this Ninja blender / food chopper thing. Made making the roach chow so much easier. Highly recommend.

Saw my P. cambridgei out. It's been 2-3 weeks after she webbed herself in. Looks huge but her but is skinny, she needs a nice meal or two.

I'll try and get some pics today as I'm moving everyone around. :)

had the wife get me some pics of the new babies :dance:

3i H. mac in a 2oz portion cup. looks like about 1/2" to me but hard to tell until I get home to see them in person.

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0042323a.jpg

3i A urticans soooo friggin adorable!

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps10eba6df.jpg

She also sent this pic. G. rosea rcf molt

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...psa37b3d95.jpg

you all know i'm still a newb so anyone able to tell me the sex from that crappy cell pic? I was thinking male but I was told on AB it was female.

Look at those little H. mac devils looking all innocent.

From that pic, me being on my phone, and the pic being on Photobucket which I can't enlarge on my phone.
I would guess female. Looks like a flap to me.

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You over on AB now?

Damon, i would say thats a female. I can zoom in on my phone, n it looks like its got the vaj flap ;)...but then again im no expert. And i love your A.urticans!! Soo cute
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Originally Posted by 3skulls

Look at those little H. mac devils looking all innocent.

From that pic, me being on my phone, and the pic being on Photobucket which I can't enlarge on my phone.
I would guess female. Looks like a flap to me.

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You over on AB now?

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thanks! I'm not "on" AB at this very moment but yea i created an account over there so I could pm people in the classifieds. im "BFE Pets" over there. I might talk to the admins here and see about getting my user name changed to reflect my biz name.

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

Damon, i would say thats a female. I can zoom in on my phone, n it looks like its got the vaj flap ;)...but then again im no expert. And i love your A.urticans!! Soo cute
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thank you!

A few quick pics!

Male versi
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/04/ypa7asaz.jpg

C. darlingi
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/04/a2e9ajy6.jpg

LP enjoying her new home.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/04/y6yqybun.jpg

The Ninja blenders are the BEST! I'll never buy another one.

He's too tiny so pics weren't coming out, but my poor little nandhu chromatus scared me. He molted, but the molt was still stuck to his butt a day or two later. I got him in a straw and gently tugged and messed with the molt hanging off until it came free. The whole abdominal and thorax part had been stuck on him, but it came off and there's healthy sling underneath. I was so scared I was going to hurt him but he couldn't move very well with the molt stuck hanging off. His soil stays slightly damp so I'm not sure what happened. Glad he seems okay now.

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I have had a few with molts stuck to their butts before. I use a small paint brush and kinda pin the molt down while they move.
Glad she is ok!

I love my wife! she just sent me these pics. she decorated a couple T enclosures for me. :D

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5b17f959.jpg

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8d3e35c5.jpg
haha I didnt have to unpack H. macs or mess around in the feather leg baboon cups she did it for me :bow:

I gotta find my chaco's water cap. Seems to have burried it or something along those lines

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Damon, you guys might be dorks :p

carlson, how is she doing? I think filling in their bowls is a favorite pastime.

Went and picked up a new tank for the turtles. This was my girls bday gift. They went from a 20g to a 90g. Still need to get some rock to finish it up but they seem really happy.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/05/y7ehuzym.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/05/uvy5eqeq.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/05/rage3ery.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/05/ypy9uda7.jpg

She's good going into molt again I think. Parts of burrow against the acrylic so can see her chilling. Eatting good. Half dollar sized maybe little smaller. Can almost see the colors

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