Tarantulas and Spiders

Same here Mike. Thanks to everyone who keeps this thread alive! :)

A. francki
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P. cambridgei
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C. marshalli
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A. versicolor
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Broke down and got crickets for my rose, he went immediately for it. That was cool to watch.

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Broke down and got crickets for my rose, he went immediately for it. That was cool to watch.

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Why broke down? What were you feeding?

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Why broke down? What were you feeding?

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I started breeding meal worms and dubia, so was trying to get him to eat those. He wouldn't. So I have noticed some abdomen size decrease, which prompted me to try crickets. That was the trick lol.

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I started breeding meal worms and dubia, so was trying to get him to eat those. He wouldn't. So I have noticed some abdomen size decrease, which prompted me to try crickets. That was the trick lol.

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Oooh. Yuk. Worms and roaches >. <

You mean yuk, crickets :p

The pics on here are awesome! I've always wanted to get a Tarantula, but the female of the house would never let me hear the end of it. Great pics!

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The pics on here are awesome! I've always wanted to get a Tarantula, but the female of the house would never let me hear the end of it. Great pics!

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Aw come on! The 10 year old convinced us! PM 3skulls, he'll hook you up. ;)

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The pics on here are awesome! I've always wanted to get a Tarantula, but the female of the house would never let me hear the end of it. Great pics!

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Why is that? I've found that if you approach the subject with a rational argument and plenty of facts, they cave pretty quickly.

Pros to owning a tarantula:
Takes up minimal space
comes in a variety of colors options
No smell or noise
Water and feed them once a week. Once they get a bit of size you can feed them as infrequently as once a month and that's perfectly Ok for a lot of species.

Cons:
Idk...? I can't think of a valid reason why EVERYONE doesn't own at least one T. They're just so cool and it's fun to educate people when you tell them you have one!

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I can remember watching home alone and the kid with the T. It was either that or Pokémon that made me want exotics.

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I think her biggest reason is pure ignorance. I've tried convincing her before, but you can't open the mind of someone that doesn't know how to open their own friggin mind :(

Fangs anyone? My female B. emilia molted tonight.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps6b2e950c.jpg

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Fangs anyone? My female B. emilia molted tonight.

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And this Mike, is why I can't change my mind!

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Fangs anyone? My female B. emilia molted tonight.

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That's a great picture. You should enter it in HOTM.

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And this Mike, is why I can't change my mind!

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Someday you'll ascend to manhood. :)

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Someday you'll ascend to manhood. :)

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Don't make me drive over there boy lol


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Don't make me drive over there boy lol


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All he'd have to do is get a spider out. ;) lololol...

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Originally Posted by DooLittle

All he'd have to do is get a spider out. ;) lololol...

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Valid point

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That's a great picture. You should enter it in HOTM.

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Thanks,I might do that. I want to see if I can get any decent pics of my hognose first. If I can get him to sit still long enough for a decent pic that is lol.

Old dress...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps6367face.jpg

New dress...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...pse4c054e9.jpg

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Anyone know what this might be? They're outside and everywhere.


Also, anyone kept wolf spiders and had them do well?

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Anyone know what this might be? They're outside and everywhere.


Also, anyone kept wolf spiders and had them do well?

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Some sort of icky bug?

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Some sort of icky bug?

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They are pretty icky. Though it was on par with handling adult male dubia. They're bity.

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Looks like some sort of nasty Oklahoma roach

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Wood roaches maybe?

Wolfs do pretty good.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps80288d07.jpg

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What's that first one?

Our spideys got to go to school last week with the snakes!

Awesome!

The first one is a Fishing spider in my collection.
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Awesome!

The first one is a Fishing spider in my collection.
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The markings/pattern is cool.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/16/7a9u2ejy.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/16/emubyga7.jpg

Just a quick question, what size air holes would you put for a 1/3" T? I was thinking 1/16. And then what about a 1"?

Also, does anyone use Amac boxes?

Nice Avic!


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Just a quick question, what size air holes would you put for a 1/3" T? I was thinking 1/16. And then what about a 1"?

Also, does anyone use Amac boxes?

Nice Avic!


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This is what my T's have for air. Got them as little slings, now they are quarter to 50 cent size with leg span.

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Pm 3skulls. He can set you right up with the complete enclosure.

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I have joined the ranks now. Lol. Baby black widows. L. Mactans.

^Holy cow. That's a nice small collection you have there haha.

Can't wait until I get my tarantulas! One more month

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^Holy cow. That's a nice small collection you have there haha.

Can't wait until I get my tarantulas! One more month

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What T's are you getting??? :D

It's a secret until I get them Mike ;)




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That's actually less than half of them.

Here's the total load.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/01/e3y9eduv.jpg

140 cups. About 150 slings.

I'm about to be new here on this thread! In a couple weeks I'm going to pick up my first T, an Acanthoscurria brocklehursti, or Brazillian Black and White. I'm super excited, it's only about 1/4" right now and I can't wait to see how it grows over the next few years. :)

lots of pics !!!

I started reading this thread weeks ago.

I have looked at every picture, if not read every post.

I started this post FREAKED OUT by spiders. Now I kind of want one.

Very, very kind of, but still.

Ok. Somehow I now have WAY WAY more spiders than I do snakes. How did this happen? LOL. Some new pictures of them.

My E. sp. Yellow. She's really cute.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps56152987.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps7062065d.jpg

My A. paysoni. She's a real sweetheart.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psdb181eb8.jpg

My G. pulchripes sling. This was taken about a month ago. It just molted again so I will have to get a new pic.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psd17d5e21.jpg

My A. chalcodes sling working on digging itself a new tunnel.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...pse6972340.jpg

My C. fasciatum after it's most recent molt.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps4e0e5e44.jpg

My G. rosea. She was my first but isn't always in the best of moods lol.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps62c7a4fc.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps95e1618c.jpg

My E. parvulus female. She's in premolt right now and locked herself away in her hide.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps26d588af.jpg

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My G. pulchra with her dinner.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps7fa38b33.jpg

My P. scrofa with her dinner.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps952fdb8d.jpg

My B. albopilosum. It really loves to eat.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psb397d7d2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psb55cf831.jpg

My B. emilia. She is so pretty.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...pse53be91c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psae82f4d9.jpg

My B. vagans Ruby. She is so hard to get pictures of but I managed to get a few.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps0feb3321.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps97bd2568.jpg

I don't have any new ones of my A. versicolor at the moment since she's also in premolt. I have another 7 spiders coming in this week and next week. I think I need an intervention LOL. Thanks for looking :)

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oh absolutely! I'm ridiculously excited. Can't wait till I can find out if it's a male or female.

Nice T's Crystal! May I ask what kind of camera do you use?

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Nice T's Crystal! May I ask what kind of camera do you use?

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Thanks! I use a Canon T1i DSLR with either the 18-55mm lens or a Sigma macro lens. :)

My recently acquired OBT. This is the only picture I could manage before it ducked back down in its hole.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psd83871d2.jpg

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My recently acquired OBT. This is the only picture I could manage before it ducked back down in its hole.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psd83871d2.jpg

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Great species to keep. I have two. I love them :)

So I'm kind of scared of spiders but I love them at the same time lol, so if I were to ever get a tarantula what's a cool beginner one to get that isn't going to move at the speed of light and make me cry?


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Great species to keep. I have two. I love them :)

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I have two now as well. I got some T's in the mail today and got another OBT as a freebie lol. :D

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So I'm kind of scared of spiders but I love them at the same time lol, so if I were to ever get a tarantula what's a cool beginner one to get that isn't going to move at the speed of light and make me cry?


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G rosea or any brachypelma species

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