Tarantulas and Spiders

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

Went in the bug room early and some things were out.


H. lividum
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H.lividum looks very nice:D by chance where did u get that glass cage Rich?

"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

They are acrylic. I order cases of them from The Container Store and fix them up.
Add vents and hinges.

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Took a video for you guys yesterday. This happy spider is living and reproducing (You can't see in the vid, but she has lots of baby spiders on her back) in my windowsill. Yesterday two big bluebottle flies flew in my window, and landed in her trap. Though this video made me realize how dirty my window is....if I cleaned it, I couldn't have awesome spiders like this live in harmony with me! I checked her this morning, and she's eaten both of those enormous flies. The ciiiiircle of liiiife....

http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ah...4640d.mp4.html

My favorite part- When she bites down on the fly's leg, and pulls...lol. Reminds me of a dog. My second favorite part is when the other fly just randomly drops out of the sky. That got a laugh out of me when it happened.

It's not coming up for me :/. Maybe because I'm on my phone.

Now I want more spider species instead of just Tarantulas


Curse you BP.net....you continue to find more things I never knew I needed

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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1

Now I want more spider species instead of just Tarantulas


Curse you BP.net....you continue to find more things I never knew I needed

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I keep jumping spiders and wolf spiders plus tarantula and yes, you do! They're all fun in their own ways. Especially wolf spiders. Lots of attitude.

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I think I might catch the next black widow I find lol

Does this work for you, 3skulls? : http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ah...4640d.mp4.html

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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1

I think I might catch the next black widow I find lol

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Always wanted to keep one. Unfortunately, I don't think that would go over well, lol.

Still not working but my phone sucks.

Wolfs are a cool spider to keep and Jumpers are really fun!

I kept a wolf spider once...fed it little spiders :P:D

He ate the cricket!!!!!!!!!!!
He ate the cricket!!!!!!!!!!!
He ate the cricket!!!!!!!!!!!
He ate the cricket!!!!!!!!!!!
He ate the cricket!!!!!!!!!!!
He ate the cricket!!!!!!!!!!!
He ate the cricket!!!!!!!!!!!

Did he eat the cricket?

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So, are there any husbandry concerns associated with Tarantulas post-meal like with herps??

No handling for 48 hours, etc??


And how often should I feed him?? 3 crickets once a week??

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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1

So, are there any husbandry concerns associated with Tarantulas post-meal like with herps??

No handling for 48 hours, etc??


And how often should I feed him?? 3 crickets once a week??

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Idk. I don't really handle any of mine. They're more "fun to look at but not touch" pets.

I would do one cricket once a week.

I know that...im just wondering if I shouldn't do stuff in the tank (misting, etc) for the next few days, or if hes OK


And should I remove the dead cricket from the tank??

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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1

I know that...im just wondering if I shouldn't do stuff in the tank (misting, etc) for the next few days, or if hes OK

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Oh. Nah you should be fine!

Remove the food leftovers when you can. Helps cut back on anything unwanted from finding a food source.

Thank you guys SOOOooooo much for helping me out; I wouldn't have survived without you:bow:

I feel that now I know he will eat that he has a good chance of making it (as long as I don't screw something up), so thank you for helping me get through this first stage.

Next up: me freaking out about him molting!! :gj:

how often do the molt?? (my friend was actually asking me this, and I didn't know what to tell him)

I think you'll get the same answer as the "how often should my -insert reptile- shed" threads. Depends on how often they eat, individual growth rate, phases of the moon, etc.

How big is it?
Depending on food intake, temps and growth rates.
I'm trying to think how often mine molt. I'm going to guess 3 times in about 4 months ? I can't remember when I picked them up. Should be in my records but I don't really keep track of molts.

ok cool

I'll just be sure to log in on iHerp

Just found this cool link on T anatomy....I thought it was cool as a noob


http://www.thespiderdiaries.co.uk/t3d/

Won't work on my phone.

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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1

Thank you guys SOOOooooo much for helping me out; I wouldn't have survived without you:bow:

I feel that now I know he will eat that he has a good chance of making it (as long as I don't screw something up), so thank you for helping me get through this first stage.

Next up: me freaking out about him molting!! :gj:

how often do the molt?? (my friend was actually asking me this, and I didn't know what to tell him)

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As a general rule, it correlates with how often you feed. Could be every six weeks, could be one a year. There's always exceptions though. I have an Avic avic that's molted only three times in a year. I have an Aphonopelma hentzi that molts twice a year. I have Psalmos that molt monthly.

Premolt can last just days up to months, and they won't eat. Usually. I've had some eat the day before molting.

My versi molted about once every two to three months. That was with being fed 2 to 3 times a month.

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Also give a week after molting before you feed. Their fangs need time to harden.

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

How big is it?
Depending on food intake, temps and growth rates.
I'm trying to think how often mine molt. I'm going to guess 3 times in about 4 months ? I can't remember when I picked them up. Should be in my records but I don't really keep track of molts.

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It's about 0.75"-1".....about the size of a quarter

Fishing spider
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How would I tell if the enclosure is too dry??

I've been spraying a little bit of water in there every afternoon, and have the bottlecap (though I don't have it filled all the way)

Just wondering.....his movements have been a little jerky recently, and he still hasn't webbed

Thats too wet. Just give him a mist like once a week, thats it.

Don't spray unless the substrate is dry. Humid doesn't equal constantly moist.

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Sliced baby carrots coated in rich's roach food. Because i have nothing better to do than prepare gourmet meals for them haha!
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Still working down in the basement. Might be able to get the roaches and T's moved down there tonite. Snakes will probably be next weekend. I got a bigger tub for the roaches too. Not having to cut the cardboard flats will be nice. :)

Whats left of the carrots after only 2hrs... I'm tellin you, i think rich puts crack in that powdered roach food. They go NUTS for it! If you have dubias shoot him a PM and buy a small baggy to try it. You wont regret the feeding response and your roaches will thank you for it. I love seeing plump happy roaches and my T's love them too! :D
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Soooo i moved the T's down to the basement. This is my whole collection, Look how much more room i got!
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Ok no really, look how much more room
I got!!! Time to get some more T's!!! :D :D :D
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Doolittle when are you coming over to visit?? I'll set up a cot for you in the T/Roach/Snake "room"!!! : rofl:

Time to move the roaches to a bigger tub. Any suggestions on another breed of roach i could get to put in the dubias old tub???

Haha Mike! They freaking go nuts for the chow, I'm going through a ton of it now.

Lots of room there for tons of more goodies!

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Haha Mike! They freaking go nuts for the chow, I'm going through a ton of it now.

Lots of room there for tons of more goodies!

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2hrs and it was gone! Thats why i only give it to them like every 3 feedings. Its like they just scarf it down, they don't even savor it! Lol!

Yep, definitely lots of room to expand! :D

Yeahhhh. Right after you set up a cot in the barn. Or better yet, stall. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by DooLittle

Yeahhhh. Right after you set up a cot in the barn. Or better yet, stall. :rolleyes:

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You have a barn?!?! :O

Some pics.

Roaches in their new home. (Without any of the amenities put in lol).
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A few big booty roach ladies:
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If anyone is looking to step up into OW's i really recommend something Ceratogyrus. Not as fast as obts and theyre awesome burrowers. They're pretty good webbers too. They remind me of little dwarves. I'm not sure on venom potency but unless you're transferring them they'd much rather run into their tunnels.
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This is all you ever see of an H. lividium lol. Im shining the light in and u can just see the butt. Basically a pet hole lol.
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Emerald skeleton. Finally starting to web up a bit.
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Big irminia girl from Dr. Damon!
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B. boehmei growing well and looking nice. Him, my pulchra, and gbb will all start getting some SWEET adult colors after their next molts!
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And finally the obt enclosure. I transferred it recently. I took a bunch of wood chunks and dropped them in and put that cork bark in diagonally and said "lets see what you got!" He was pissed and hid down in the wood for like a week but finally came out and got to work. I had to drop his roaches down into him haha. I think its badass that hes thriving in this setup now though!!
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I wish mine would get busy webbing...maye it's getting ready to molt??

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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1

I wish mine would get busy webbing...maye it's getting ready to molt??

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Sometimes in the beginning you cant see the webs well. Try shining a flashlight and see if u see anything. Add a few more sticks in there for anchor points and that might encourage him to web. More anchor points might make him feel more secure

Just any old sticks??

Wow between being at work and screwing around on facebook I've missed quite a bit around here! Nice to see some new faces in this thread.

Mike things are looking good over your way! Guess I kept the wrong irminia girl! Yours is friggin huge compared to the ones I kept for myself! I think I can get a few more if you want another one. You need to get one of these large juvie emerald skeletons before they are all gone :P

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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1

Just any old sticks??

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Yep. Just get some twigs and wash them off a bit. You can bake them too if u want but if theyre really think they'd burn. And you only need thin ones.

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Wow between being at work and screwing around on facebook I've missed quite a bit around here! Nice to see some new faces in this thread.

Mike things are looking good over your way! Guess I kept the wrong irminia girl! Yours is friggin huge compared to the ones I kept for myself! I think I can get a few more if you want another one. You need to get one of these large juvie emerald skeletons before they are all gone :P

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I despise the ephebopus genus. Once my emerald skeleton is big enough i'll probably setup a sweet enclosure for it. Thats the only one i want

Nice pics mike!

Looks like your irminia need a new home :p
I have a ton of transfers coming up.

One of my OBTs not being so happy.
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And an irminia that went in an adventure. Caught her under my desk.
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Do the smaller baby T's run really fast???

You have big hands Mike.....lol. I think Tigra (irminia) is fixin to molt soon...he booty is fairly large, but shes refused crickets for the last two weeks. Shes got about a 3.5" legspan now.

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All spiders are pretty fast, they need to be to catch prey.
The "fast ones" are just really, really fast!

Some are also real fast for short burst while others can just keep going.

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

All spiders are pretty fast, they need to be to catch prey.
The "fast ones" are just really, really fast!

Some are also real fast for short burst while others can just keep going.

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So, what about the 2 I'm getting from you? What if they accidentally get away from me? I don't want them to run away. LOL

They are on the slower end of the scale. Short burst.
Best thing to do until you get used to them. Do unpacking, transfers and feedings in a large empty tub. (Like a snake tub) That way if they get away you can see them and catch them. Have a 16oz clear cup ready. Main thing is just stay calm. :)