Burgundy Goliath Birdeater and other are here!
So I originally went to Tarantula Canada to pick up a little 1" Theraphosa stirmi (Burgundy Goliath Birdeater). Heaven knows I got a little sidetracked while I was there, and picked up a second little one :P
Here's the baby T. stirmi, I love the little white feet! :P
http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/x...hosastirmi.jpg
...aaaaaaaaaaaaannd here's the other T I picked up today: Phormictopus cancerides, a.k.a. the Haitian Brown Birdeater. Also 1":
http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/x...g/IMAG0816.jpg
I'm so stoked to have them grow into big beautiful spiders :D Hehe I have no willpower.
Re: Burgundy Goliath Birdeater and other are here!
nice pick ups :gj: have you posted pics of your x.immanis?
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bigfatsmellycat
nice pick ups :gj: have you posted pics of your x.immanis?
thanks! :) and I have, but they're all from a while back. The most recent one is the post-molt picture thread of him that I posted a few months ago. I'm due to update all my pitures soon though :rolleyes: just never seem to get around to it :P
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Thanks everyone :D
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babyknees
Awww they look awesome. Congrats! How big do those bird eaters get?
The Theraphosa stirmi can get to a legspan of 9-11" and the Phormictopus cancerides is smaller, on average 7-8". :)
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Alex.B
when i was at stavs shop i almost bought a b.emilia he had kicking around so i know how u feel XD will power VS. animals....its tough
Haha yeah, it always seems that I have room for one more, and no matter how many animals I get, that one space is never filled :P
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wwmjkd
both are excellent. I'm quite looking forward to expanding my addiction to encompass such amazing tarantulas. and again, I blame you, boanerges, and brian for educating me.
hope they do well for you.
Thanks! Hehe, what can we say? It's just an awesome hobby! :P
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Simple Man
Wow! Cool little buggers :D Spider socks!
Regards,
B
Haha the socks are my absolute favorite thing about them! There's just something unbearably cute about animals with "socks" :P
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Boanerges
Awesome new additions!!!! I have never been big on the haitain browns personally for some reason but they should be a lot of fun as I have heard they are usually quite defensive? I absolutely LOVE that little stirmi though!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I had the extra space and such I would buy quite a few of them myself!!! I am still thinking of adding another female to my collection though if I can fit her in. 20 gallon tanks take up a lot of space though and cost a lot to get and set up properly for them (it took over 3 bags of the coco fiber just to fill the tank up to the depth the substrate needed to be - lol). And right now I have my 1 stirmi girl in one and my big Lasiodora parahybana (salmon pink bird eater) female in one. Not in the same one though :P
I'm told they're quite defensive too (kind of why I got one hehe...) but this little thing seems pretty chill considering. I haven't tried to rehouse them yet though, so I may make a liar out of myself :P And you can never have enough burgundy! ;) I'm probably going to end up keeping mine in rubbermaids and such for as long as I can, meanwhile I'll be saving up money to get a really awesome huge acrylic enclosure for when she's larger :) Hahaha I'd hope they weren't in the same one :P
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Nektu
Ooooooo! I want a Goliath Bird eater. One day......one day......
Congrats on the new additions! :gj:
Thanks! :D And may that one day be very soon for you! :)
