My Pet Birdeating Spider

danza said:
My Indian Ornamental says hi:
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Very nice!


godinman said:
Awesome spider:D How often do you have to feed the thing?
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She is a monster, she eats every other day, sometimes every three days. You can't really over feed her, if she's full she would just kill the prey and wrap it.

Nick1881 said:
I used to have a Goliath bird eater (Theraphosa blondi).

Good video.
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Nice species, but hard to maintain (Humidity, molting problems), get bigger than Salmon Pinks and are generally more aggressive. I went the easy route, or so I thought!

clade said:
as far as im aware they dont eat birds...

Spiders give me the willies but still have to respect them for there design/evolution. Smart things aswell.
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Salmon Pinks are semi arboreal, so they climb quite a lot, I'm sure in there South American jungle homes they come across nests and eat chicks

EdGey said:
Was just thinking, it would be more like hunting if the cricket wasn't already half dead when it was put in there.
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I edited out the beginning when the cricket was wondering around, it settled down and started eating some moss, I did remove one of it's back legs though because it was a female cricket full of eggs. Usually the first thing they do when I put them in the tank is start laying eggs, and I have had problems with baby crickets hatching. Removing a leg seems to stop them from laying.

Azza said:
I don't see the point in having spiders as pets, it's not as if they do much. If you had a collection of different species or something I could understand, but just one sole spider who just sits there all day waiting for you to feed it just seems pointless.
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You could say the same about keeping fish. In my opinion she is very interesting. She likes digging (She is like a little bulldozer) She also uses her fangs to try and chew through the lid of her tank! Molting is very interesting

emetic said:
where do you get your crickets and locusts from ?
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Most pet stores near me sell them, sometimes it's hard finding ones large enough to feed her though. Thinking of starting my own roach colony for food.

Ewaf said:
Why anyone would want that as a pet is beyond me. Fair enough if it liked being handled, but the fact that it's unfriendly and aggressive?? Screw that! It would be straight under my boot!
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Again, fish?

Cleeecooo said:
Where do you buy them? Amazon? :)
And where do you get the food for them - can you just unleash them into the garden?
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I got her from a forum on the net, she was sent to me wrapped in a tub when she was 4". The postman never knew what he was holding lol

Modular said:
amazing, its weird how the smaller spiders scare me, but big ones dont, its like a pet cat, harmless,
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Your welcome to come round and put your hand in the tank to stroke her.

The Funktopus said:
My brother's Mexican Red Leg, Bob, and his Chilean Rose, Herman were both quite friendly actually. We used to handle them, and would do so by placing a hand, palm up in their tank. They'd then sense the warmth and climb on. Once on though, they didn't do much. Slept and cleaned their fangs mainly. :D
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The Mexican and Chilean rose are great beginner spiders, they are known for their relaxed nature. But each spider is an individual so you can't ever be sure they wont bite!

robgmun said:
That looks like one badass mother****er right there, Makes the OP's look like a cuddly bear
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There's only one way to find out... FIIIIIGHT!
 
Shame on you lot for forgetting this pic.

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I used to keep Salmon Pinks (and T. blondi, and P. irminia, and C. cyaneopubescens, and P. murinus, and... :D). Awesome spiders, and yours is a beaut. I only kept mine as an adjunct to the snakes (I had 50+), and remember well the day I woke up to find my B. albopilosa (Honduran curly hair) missing. :eek: It's OK though, my mum found him on the stairs a week later... :D

I used to give my Salmon Pink a weaner mouse once a month or so, or a small bird. Mostly it ate insects but nothing beats a small mammal for the 'wow' factor when you have guests. Film it for OcUK!
 
OP: You're sick in the head.


1: You have a MASSIVE spider your house
2: Not only have you got one, but it's aggressive as hell (!?)
3: You haven't killed it.
 
Rainmaker said:
I used to keep Salmon Pinks (and T. blondi, and P. irminia, and C. cyaneopubescens, and P. murinus, and... :D). Awesome spiders, and yours is a beaut. I only kept mine as an adjunct to the snakes (I had 50+), and remember well the day I woke up to find my B. albopilosa (Honduran curly hair) missing. :eek: It's OK though, my mum found him on the stairs a week later... :D

I used to give my Salmon Pink a weaner mouse once a month or so, or a small bird. Mostly it ate insects but nothing beats a small mammal for the 'wow' factor when you have guests. Film it for OcUK!
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I won't feed it mice or birds. In my opinion it's unnecessarily cruel (Not to mention illegal in the UK). People have kept them on crickets/locusts/roaches with no problems proving they don't need it. Some research even suggests it could be bad for them
 
Tefal said:
why is it ok to feeed snakes mice but not spider?
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Well snakes can't eat crickets or locusts, tarantulas can survive perfectly fine on invertebrates alone. Not saying you shouldn't feed them mice and birds but I just see it as an unnecessary risk, illegal in uk and cruel. I like mice, rats and birds.

I could feed her a snake, she is perfectly capable of taking down a small corn or ball python
 
IIDeathCubeKII said:
Well snakes can't eat crickets or locusts, tarantulas can survive perfectly fine on invertebrates alone. Not saying you shouldn't feed them mice and birds but I just see it as an unnecessary risk, illegal in uk and cruel. I like mice, rats and birds.

I could feed her a snake, she is perfectly capable of taking down a small corn or ball python
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FYI it isn't illegal in the UK provided you don't charge admission (which then enacts the old baiting laws), or else cause unnecessary suffering. Even then that only applies to live prey - nobody said anything about feeding it live! :p

The same place you buy your inverts will have a nice range of frozen mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, rabbits, guinea pigs and birds... ;) As you said, it's not something to make too much of a habit of, but the odd one does no harm and is no different to how they'd eat in the wild (i.e. opportunistically rather than just eating crickets from a different country all their life). :)
 
That's a seriously nice spider and set up you have there, well done! Fancy sharing the details of your set up?
 
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