So, you want to keep a pet tarantula?

Lostkat · 28 Mar 2004 at 07:57

If anyone's off to the Kettering show today, we'll be loitering around for most of the day trying not to spend too much money. I've already been offered a 7" P. regalis female for £20 :eek:

How could I refuse??

The show starts at 10.30am and goes on until around 4.30pm (I think). It's at Kettering Leisure Village, which is Thurston Drive, Kettering. It's easy to find. Just off the A14. Multimap is your friend

Hopefully see those who are going, there

Clark Nova · 28 Mar 2004 at 09:15

DHR and Akhiu

DHR and Akhiu, can you send me your addresses again please. I lost them along with your emails when my computer decided it wanted to die. I think the weather is getting a bit warmer now so I can get these T's sent out to you

[email protected]

SPo0n · 28 Mar 2004 at 10:15

Originally posted by Lostkat
If anyone's off to the Kettering show today, we'll be loitering around for most of the day trying not to spend too much money. I've already been offered a 7" P. regalis female for £20 How could I refuse??

The show starts at 10.30am and goes on until around 4.30pm (I think). It's at Kettering Leisure Village, which is Thurston Drive, Kettering. It's easy to find. Just off the A14. Multimap is your friend

Hopefully see those who are going, there

Hey I live in Kettering. please keep those nasty spiders away from my house!

I'd come along to KLV and have a look around but i'm off to santa pod in a bit

DHR · 28 Mar 2004 at 13:56

Re: DHR and Akhiu

Originally posted by si_sleaf
DHR and Akhiu, can you send me your addresses again please. I lost them along with your emails when my computer decided it wanted to die. I think the weather is getting a bit warmer now so I can get these T's sent out to you

[email protected]

Alright mate, just dropped you a mail regarding this.

Gutted i can't get off to Kettering show, not very well

Edit : Ston3y That C.cyaneopubescens was well worth the wait eh?!

g0th2000 · 31 Mar 2004 at 01:54

A month underground and a spider says hi

Digs..

And then gives me the finger!

Thinking about getting my first arboreal, south coast exotics have A.purpurea slings in for £8, very tempting but they are a bit small :eek:

-- Jon

azrael357 · 31 Mar 2004 at 15:05

New Moult

Well it's been a while since I've posted so here goes.

My B Boehmei has moulted again a few days ago and it's looking gorgeous.

My L Parahybana is doing rather well too.

I can't believe how quick this one grows but I tell you one thing, this is a really really angry spider and attacks anything that moves with gusto. It was hanging from my forceps by it's fangs last night the little terror.

Love it to bits though but I still don't know what gender either of my T's are.

g0th2000 · 2 Apr 2004 at 11:17

Nice

I can't wait till my boehmei sling is so pretty, here it is just moulted:

-- Jon

Clark Nova · 3 Apr 2004 at 17:20

Well, I got a reply from DHR but I didn't get one from Akhiu. I need him to get in touch, could one of the Dons send him a mail or a PM and ask him to contact me with his address details again please.

[email protected]

Thanks.

I will have to get them sent on Thursday now. DHR, did you want two B vagans?

g0th2000 · 3 Apr 2004 at 18:12

Another hungry vagans video .

All I can say is :eek:

-- Jon

hsp70 · 4 Apr 2004 at 01:46

Originally posted by si_sleaf
Well, I got a reply from DHR but I didn't get one from Akhiu. I need him to get in touch, could one of the Dons send him a mail or a PM and ask him to contact me with his address details again please.

[email protected]

Thanks.

I will have to get them sent on Thursday now. DHR, did you want two B vagans?

hi si_sleaf sorry, my connection packed up for a while so didn't get your msg. Sent you an email now. sorry for the inconvinience ^^;;

azrael357 · 5 Apr 2004 at 02:02

Gutted!

It's been a bad day. My girlfriend left the door open to the room that has my T's in and while I was out one of the cats got in and knocked the cage off the table that had my L Parahybana in.

The lid had popped in the fall and the T was killed by the cat. Couldn't find the carcass but there was tell tale smears in the cage with bits of blood in it. I do think the cat ate the T.

I'm so gutted and I feel sick that this has happened. The Boehmei is fine though thank heavens for that but I'm thinking of giving up T's before I get the other one killed.

truck3r · 5 Apr 2004 at 02:28

Originally posted by HEADRAT
I *REALLY* hate spider, I can see that they are kinda cool but I'm just not keen

Good info though

HEADRAT

just think of Spider-man, and youll be cool. and comatised when bitten

azrael357 · 7 Apr 2004 at 00:43

Joy!

Well after two days of thinking my salmon pink had been killed and eaten by the cat it's turned up on top of my PC.
When I saw it my heart skipped a beat but then I was thrilled to bits to see it safe and sound.
It was missing most of it's hairs of it's abdomen and it was a bit docile but after a drink and a warming up it's back to it's old nasty self.

Yay!

Lopéz · 7 Apr 2004 at 02:13

Re: Joy!

Originally posted by azrael357
Well after two days of thinking my salmon pink had been killed and eaten by the cat it's turned up on top of my PC.
When I saw it my heart skipped a beat but then I was thrilled to bits to see it safe and sound.
It was missing most of it's hairs of it's abdomen and it was a bit docile but after a drink and a warming up it's back to it's old nasty self.

Yay!

Glad to hear it!

St0n3y · 7 Apr 2004 at 09:20

Re: Joy!

Originally posted by azrael357
Well after two days of thinking my salmon pink had been killed and eaten by the cat it's turned up on top of my PC.
When I saw it my heart skipped a beat but then I was thrilled to bits to see it safe and sound.
It was missing most of it's hairs of it's abdomen and it was a bit docile but after a drink and a warming up it's back to it's old nasty self.

Yay!

Better it turned up now instead for say; in a few years time as an adult then you heart would have skipped more than one beat

Lostkat · 7 Apr 2004 at 21:43

Two days? Bah, that's nothing. I had an escaped Poecilotheria rufilata roaming my room for over a month :eek:

Thought he'd either died or wandered out of my room, but last week I woke up to a brown blob on the ceiling. I immediately darted for a cricket tub and caught the little blighter

He's now safely under lock and key once more and there will be NO escaping this time!! Here he is;

Also thought I'd post a pic of my P. cambridgei’s trying to mate. They've been in together for around an hour now, and they've attempted mating about 6 times. However, every time the male hooks the female and gets her on her back, he completely misses the place where he's supposed to insert his palps and starts rubbing the underside of her abdomen instead. He's a totally useless lover :rolleyes:

Luckily for him though, she's been fairly patient....... so far

Him on left, her on right

DHR · 8 Apr 2004 at 08:56

Originally posted by Lostkat
However, every time the male hooks the female and gets her on her back, he completely misses the place where he's supposed to insert his palps and starts rubbing the underside of her abdomen instead.

MEN!

Nexus · 8 Apr 2004 at 11:29

Lopez, what is the latest on your breeding projects? From what I remember you said you thought you had managed to get an Orange Bitey Thing pregnant?

Master Skooter · 14 Apr 2004 at 11:37

Hi guys....and gal

You probably know all about it, but i just got an email from Bugs Direct who are having a closing down sale.

Here's the jist of it:

BUGS DIRECT UK

We will be closed from Thursday 15th April -
re opening Mid July

ONCE AGAIN IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR... I AM OFF TO THAILAND TO HUNT INSECTS DEEP IN
THE RAIN FORESTS... AS WELL AS COLLECTING IN THAILAND, I WILL ALSO BE SPENDING
TIME IN AUSTRALIA AND BORNEO TO LOOK FOR DIFFERENT SPECIES.
EVERYTHING MUST SELL THIS WEEK!
EVERYTHING REDUCED, AND FREE DELIVERY! SEND YOUR ORDERS NOW...
WE REOPEN MIDDLE OF JULY... I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON. -
JOSEPH ROGERS

DEADLINE FOR ORDERS IS 12 NOON THURSDAY 15TH APRIL

MAILING LIST SPECIAL OFFERS
PLEASE QUOTE EA4 WHEN ORDERING

Frog Beetle Cocoons £3.00 each

Thailand White Spotted Fruit Beetles
Large Grubs 4cm £3.50 each

Assorted Desert Beetles
Large 2-4cm £4.00 each

Pink Leg Chocolate Millipedes
Med/Large 8-12cm £6.00 each

Tanzanian Yellow Legged Millipedes
Large 15-17cm £7.00 each

African Giant Black Millipedes
Large 18-22cm £8.00 each

Chile Rose Tarantulas
Large 6-8cm £10.00 each

South American Striped Knees
Large 6-8cm £10.00 each

Costa Rican Tiger Rump
Large 4-5cm £20.00 each

Thai Earth Tiger Tarantulas
Large 6-8cm £15.00 each

Usumbara Red Baboon
Medium 4-5cm £6.00 each

Paraguay Striped Legs
Large 5-7cm £15.00 each

Paraguay Tarantulas
Large 5-7cm £15.00 each

Thailand Jungle Scorpions
Smal/Med 3-4cm 5+ @ £3.75

Arizona Desert Hairy Scorpions
Large 6-8cm £15.00 each

Giant Sun Spiders
Med/Large 4-8cm £10.00 each

Madagascan Green Centipedes
Medium 5-7cm £15.00 each

PLEASE SEND YOUR ORDER QUICKLY;

DEADLINE IS THURSDAY 15TH APRIL - 12 NOON!

FREE DELIVERY!

Still no T for me (GF), but i might get that Scorp i've been promising myself, now that we're all moved into our new pad.

Though this sale might be of interest to some of you.

Skoot

Lopéz · 14 Apr 2004 at 11:49

Originally posted by Nexus
Lopez, what is the latest on your breeding projects? From what I remember you said you thought you had managed to get an Orange Bitey Thing pregnant?

Hi Nexus

Currently got mated:

Chilobrachys fimbratus
Grammostola rosea
Haplopelma minax
Psalmopoeus cambridgei

So it's a case of waiting for them to either lay an eggsac or just moult and start all over...

I have a male OBT ready but I'm picking it up at the BTS show because the guy is a bit apprehensive about packing it up

Had an eggsac from my wild caught H.schmidti but it was infertile :mad:

Master Skooter:

Just got that email - and thought "sod it" - I've ordered a large Solifugid (that's a Camel Spider to most people)

I know they don't live for very long - as these are adults they probably only have a month or so to live, but I want the opportunity to photograph one