Tarantulas and Spiders

[3skulls]

Omg my pulchra is the never molting spider. I want to look in and see a nice dark black like that.

Good pics!

[Mike41793]

Skulls, do the lividiums ALWAYS stay pet holes? My little guy runs down into his tunnel anytime i try and take off the cap of the vial

I dont mind but sometime he better come out when hes older so i can see his sexyness lol

[3skulls]

Her sexiness :p

Did you just get a lividum? I must have missed that.

Mine has a nice burrow with a tunnel web on top. If I go into the room and stay quite, I'll spot it hanging out of the web.


Now as it gets older, I'm not sure.
To be on the safe side, I would just plan on seeing her feet. :p

It's like my bigger irminia. So pretty but its so rare to see her. Just her feet at times or her butt.

Think of it as an awesome treat when you do catch them out.

[Mike41793]

Her sexiness :p

Did you just get a lividum? I must have missed that.

Mine has a nice burrow with a tunnel web on top. If I go into the room and stay quite, I'll spot it hanging out of the web.


Now as it gets older, I'm not sure.
To be on the safe side, I would just plan on seeing her feet. :p

It's like my bigger irminia. So pretty but its so rare to see her. Just her feet at times or her butt.

Think of it as an awesome treat when you do catch them out.

Yea hes still tiny like .5"

Dang! I'll have to setup my enclosures so i can see them the best even if they're tryna hide

[Mephibosheth1]

So how do you clean the tank when the spider is in the web??

I've kept some captive spiders in little tanks when I was a youngun, and they always made little web nests in the corners of the cage, etc.

Often times they just sat there and died in their web; other ones got stuck in their own web and died that way...does this happen with Tarantulas??

[3skulls]

Mike, I started a burrow in the front left. But it webs the burrow so its still hard to see.

The only real cage cleaning you need to do is removing old food bits and changing water. Unless you have a crazy outbreak of mold.

[Mike41793]

Oh yea that's how mine is now. Tunnels mostly webbed up. Oh well, i still like him as long as he eats and grows! :p

Meph- i havent had to clean any of mine yet. I read somewhere on arachnoboards that someone didn't have to change substrate in 10+ years for some of his spiders.

[Mephibosheth1]

They don't poop and mess it up??

(again, sorry for the dumb questions...I'd just rather you guys answer them rather than a random internet site because I know you're reliable)

[3skulls]

The do poo but its not a crazy amount.
Now some arboreal Ts will dirty up the sides, Avics have great aim :o
I'll just wipe it down.

If they go in the substrate, I'm guessing it just gets broke down over time. Bigger spiders, you can just spot clean them.
I do have a burrower with a screen top. She has shot it out the top about a foot away.

My first Rose Hair was on the same substrate for 15 years or so.

When they are done with their meal. They will ball it up and sometimes even place it in the same spot each time. A long pair of tweezers come in handy.

[Mike41793]

Yea my meridionalis is the biggest i have and i think she usually pooped in the same spot away from her burrow against the wall. I noticed it when i transferred her today. You also have to remember that the slings convert as much food as they can into growth. The faster they get bigger, the better their chances of survival (in the wild). A long pair of tweezers are great for feeding and any maintenance. Get a paint brush too for when you need to move them. The bristles are gentle but still firm enough to encourage them to go where you want them to. Well... Usually... As you can see from my pic earlier, sometimes they like to make things difficult haha