Tarantulas and Spiders

Nice!
Yep looks like she laid down a nice little mat to molt on.

Congrats!

Do roses Web a whole lot?

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Originally Posted by Kodieh

Do roses Web a whole lot?

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Not usually. She webbed a lot this time because she laid down a molting mat. It's like a hammock to support her softly while molting.

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It's out! How long before it's legs get rigid and it starts moving around normally? Just a bit concerned. Nerve wracking watching it all. Haha.

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

Ts I picked up from Damon this weekend.

Mature Male P. irminia
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/29/venume6e.jpg

P. regalis
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/29/e7epe3y8.jpg

G. pulchra
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/29/tyza3a6e.jpg

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That mm irminia is hot! If i was a tarantula, id go visit his burrow ;)

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It's out! How long before it's legs get rigid and it starts moving around normally? Just a bit concerned. Nerve wracking watching it all. Haha.

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For slings it happens a lot faster but it takes longer for adults to harden up. Don't offer food for a week or so. Make sure her fangs are black again

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

For slings it happens a lot faster but it takes longer for adults to harden up. Don't offer food for a week or so. Make sure her fangs are black again

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Just gonna watch it for now, give it a roach this time next week. Gorgeous copper color to it's head, even before the molt and especially now after.

So what part of the molt do I take a picture of to see if it's male or female? I'm thinking male, because it's so leggy.

Just let it be. At that size give it 10-12 days before feeding. Of if you see that the fangs are a really dark black, should be ok.

You will want to look inside the abdomen area. You'll see 4 book lungs. Look in the area between the first set of book lungs. The set closer toward the fangs.

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

That mm irminia is hot! If i was a tarantula, id go visit his burrow ;)

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I'm hoping he goes and sees my girl soon :)

If I ever get a free moment.

Just re-decorated my G.Rosea "Boots" Cage.

http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps8ad72bef.jpg

http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps203364d8.jpg

http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/a...psbd7786ff.jpg

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That looks awesome! I can't wait til a few of mine molt so i can rehouse.

I wish T's were more like bp's where you can tell pretty much exactly when they're going to molt and can mess with them right after they do!

Yeah, I really want to get home and handle my T but it sucks that I can't. Lol.

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Yeah that does look awesome!

Does anyone own centepede?

http://beetlesinthebush.files.wordpr...00x800_usm.jpg

I find them very interesting...:sly:

"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

I had a few local species. Never saw them and I'm just not that into them. They are pretty cool but didn't hold my interest.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/30/y3yvehuz.jpg

Just had a nice meal or gravid.

Centipedes are awesome but unfortunately I didn't catch any this year.

That wolfie looks gravid, but it's really late in the year for it. Probably just fat. Sacs are usually laid in the warmer months. I went camping in July and the ground just sparkled in my flashlight with the reflection of hundreds of eyes.

My big, beautiful wolfie died last week :(

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So, how big do dubia have to get to start breeding? I bought 150 mediums, but they seem a little on the small side. Just some general tips would be great, I went looking for information but the best I got was a 3-1 female male ratio was the best idea.

Somebody is almost here...
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/31/y3a2yry2.jpg

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So, how big do dubia have to get to start breeding? I bought 150 mediums, but they seem a little on the small side. Just some general tips would be great, I went looking for information but the best I got was a 3-1 female male ratio was the best idea.

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They have to molt out to adults. 2"
Keep the temps up and feed them quality food.
Depending on the size, you still have a few months to go.

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Somebody is almost here...
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Hurry hurry!! :)

I may break down and spend a bit to get some adults.

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So, how big do dubia have to get to start breeding? I bought 150 mediums, but they seem a little on the small side. Just some general tips would be great, I went looking for information but the best I got was a 3-1 female male ratio was the best idea.

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From nymph to adult takes 6ish months. So you probably have 2-3 months before you see babies.

Make sure they stay above 70° or they won't breed at all.

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I'm gonna heat pad them when I get home tonight.

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Got 6 t's at the moment. Need more!

Adult female G. rosea.
Adult female A. avicularia.
Young adult female A. avicularia (4")
Young adult female A. versicolor (4") Mean and sneaky!
Female B. vagans (4"). PURE EVIL!!!
B. boehmi (2.5"). Scratch, scratch, scratch!!!

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/31/a6arutu8.jpg

My versi sling died so I went and got an a.avic

Love it's toes

doolil's T is here!!
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=205139

What do you guys think about feeding schedule for t's? Do you guys set period? Or just random feed

"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

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What do you guys think about feeding schedule for t's? Do you guys set period? Or just random feed

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I have 44 tarantulas. I feed every Sunday. I try to keep track of who ate and who molted so that's just the easiest way to do it. I wasn't as organized back when I had less.

Tarantulas themselves don't care either way.

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What do you guys think about feeding schedule for t's? Do you guys set period? Or just random feed

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With 300-400, I feed when I can :p
1.5" or smaller is once a week
1.5" or bigger I go by the size of their abdomen. Nice and plump I'll skip a week.

Temps and prey items will play into this.

Ahh I see, thank you for the responses!

"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

My G. Rosea is looking a lot more firm now. It moved first off and now back on its corner log thing.

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What do you guys think about feeding schedule for t's? Do you guys set period? Or just random feed

"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

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I feed any 2" or under like twice a week, maybe 3 times some weeks for slings. For adults its once a week unless they've just molted. For the first few weeks after they molt they'll eat a lot to gain size.

Different species can get fed more or less. Adults, i mean. Ive been told by someone very knowledgable that for example: some brazilian species can eat a ton, compared to some asian species who only should be fed like twice a month. Coleslaw might be able to elaborate, shes the one who talked to the guy and told me. :gj:

Can't wait for Aragon to start webbing and to feed him.

My Rosea was pressed up against the side and had black fangs, so I went ahead and let a small roach in with it. I can't find the roach, so I think it ate lol.

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My Rosea was pressed up against the side and had black fangs, so I went ahead and let a small roach in with it. I can't find the roach, so I think it ate lol.

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The dubias will burrow.

That's y I like my orange heads. To stupid to burrow lol

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I forgot I took this, can the sex be determined from this?

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I would wait for her to molt and check inside but it looks like female to me. But other people would give you better opinion haha.

"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

I can take pictures of the molt, top or bottom?

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^Top, looking inside. Need a closeup of the abdomen area.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/04/5e2asyvy.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/04/te3anene.jpg
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I don't really see the flap. I'd probably guess male? Idl though. Does it have the tibial hooks?

That's a dude. The spermethecae would be obvious on a T tahat size.

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That sucks that someone would put up a male rosea for an auction. :/

It was only $20 dollars lol. And I got a hardy T species to learn how to care for them first.

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Looking at either H. incei gold or GBB as my next T. I want a great webber lol.

I have both of those :p

I think the GBB wins that battle but I haven't really worked with any bigger incei.

Best webber I have personally seen, is my

Chilobrachys fimbriatus

I forgot to post pics of the rehouses i did a few days ago. After talking with the experts i realized that housing them in bigger enclosures to grow into is fine, i was worried about stressing them out too much. I tried to get comparison pics to show what they were living in and what they moved into. I also tried to get the T's in the pic for most of them. :)

A. geniculata
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/05/ypyradep.jpg

G. pulchra (she molted recently so she was due for an upgrade. Yup, thats right rich, TWO molts so far in my care hahaha :p)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/05/4y9a2upa.jpg

C. meridionalis not happy about being prodded out of her old apartment.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/05/yrebesup.jpg

She ALWAYS makes things difficult!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/05/a5ydu5y4.jpg

In her new condo
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/05/yzygujab.jpg

H. lividium. Only time ive ever seen her. Cant wait til she looks like coleslaws!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/05/dynajeme.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/05/uqyqypy2.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/05/e6y7anuj.jpg

And lastly, P. irminia. Rich said his burrows a lot. I wanted to give her more dirt in case she wants to burrow. The piece of bark shes sitting on was from her old enclosure. Once i got her off it i took it out. Sketchy stuff, she got my heart racing lol.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/05/u6e3e7un.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/05/ru9upa9u.jpg

That looks like a male molt to me.

Mike thanks for the pics of your new set ups. I dig the decor lol