So, you want to keep a pet tarantula?
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Originally posted by Lopéz
Feed it enough and it will do the same.
Some people only feed their spiders once a week, I make sure mine are fed daily at least. This way they mature faster and I can breed them sooner
I feed mine everyday too. I always put something in their tanks and see if they will take it. My Horned Baboon (Ceratoyrus bechanicus) is a monster eater and I love him. He eats everyday without fail and his speed is incredible. I put a cricket in there and within seconds he has spotted it and is dragging it away to his little web to chow down.
Like Lopez says, they grow faster.The bigger they grow, the bigger the tank I need meaning the old smaller tank is vacated for a new one
Originally posted by St0n3y
If they do postal orders then - Please
I have finally sourced one here in Stoke but does £30 for a 2.5" juvenile female sound high?
St0n3y, They don't deal over mail but if you wanted me to get it and send it to you that's not a problem.
Originally posted by St0n3y
If they do postal orders then - Please
I have finally sourced one here in Stoke but does £30 for a 2.5" juvenile female sound high?
www.thesnakeshop.com
Just been in to buy some cricks & he had one Salmon Pink left from his last delivery - £20 + about £4 for Special Delivery.
It was in really good condition but unsexed; looked lovely - I nearly bought it myself
Body was about 1.25" long - it crouched up a bit when we picked it's box up and took the lid off but I reckon the normal pose legspan was 2.25" easily. Had a bit of a bald patch on it's rear so a bit of a hairkicker maybe.His other new stock were
- A.Seemani's
- Orange Baboons (Usumbara?) - about 1.5" & £15-20 each
- A.Metallica's - £25-30 & about 2"-3.5" - very hairy! but they had quite dark colouration - only one was the metallic blue shade - s/he was gorgeous! (nearly bought it but resisted)
He also had two Trinidad Chevron slings for £8 each - but he made me a tempting offer of one for a fiver which I barely resisted!
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I think my brother has been 'bitten by the bug' he now also wants a Tarantula. He isn't sure what he wants so I'm going to take him into that pet shop as they have a huge range and their prices aren't too bad.
Also I have a new spider, not a T, but I found some house spider crawling across the floor as I was about to get to sleep last night. Its quite small, so Im hopeing its male and Im going to throw it into the web of that beast that I posted photographs of a while back and see if they mate.
Also I have a new spider, not a T, but I found some house spider crawling across the floor as I was about to get to sleep last night. Its quite small, so Im hopeing its male and Im going to throw it into the web of that beast that I posted photographs of a while back and see if they mate.
Cheers for the offer - very kind of you.. Well I'm going to look at the Salmon pink at a local pet shop, over the weekend. I know its a bit on the high priced side but if its a good specimen it would be worth it. If not then I may take you up on that offer
Just need to get a new tank and heat mat to house it tonight hopefully.
In about 2 months time I'm going to look at getting a second T.
I really fancy a Usambara Baboon.
Do you think this is a good idea or is the usambara too aggressive?
Another quick question. These humidity gauges. Are they reliable?
I really fancy a Usambara Baboon.
Do you think this is a good idea or is the usambara too aggressive?
Another quick question. These humidity gauges. Are they reliable?
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Sorry for the late reply.
Usambaras are fine, unless you intend to poke them about at all - that's when they will catch you out. Far too many people underestimate just how quick these things are, and they can climb very well too, which makes them even more awkward to move between tanks etc.
I would not personally recommend an Usambara to someone who has only kept one tarantula. Having said that, my second spider was an Usambara! It's down to you at the end of the day, but I'm not going to tell you they are a good idea.
As for humidity guages, they're generally crap.
Usambaras are fine, unless you intend to poke them about at all - that's when they will catch you out. Far too many people underestimate just how quick these things are, and they can climb very well too, which makes them even more awkward to move between tanks etc.
I would not personally recommend an Usambara to someone who has only kept one tarantula. Having said that, my second spider was an Usambara! It's down to you at the end of the day, but I'm not going to tell you they are a good idea.
As for humidity guages, they're generally crap.
As it was a sunny day, I decided to dig out Napalm, my Haplopelma sp. "longipedum" and take her outside for some naturalistic pictures.
As the light is good, I decided to shoot a video of her attack posture. This is to show people what we mean by an aggressive or defensive tarantula.
Note how annoyed she gets at the slightest hint of a disturbance.
Right Click Save As, 2.79Mb
After this she stayed in that position for some time, striking aimlessly every time she felt a gust of wind
As the light is good, I decided to shoot a video of her attack posture. This is to show people what we mean by an aggressive or defensive tarantula.
Note how annoyed she gets at the slightest hint of a disturbance.
Right Click Save As, 2.79Mb
After this she stayed in that position for some time, striking aimlessly every time she felt a gust of wind
No safety barrier, she was sat just outside the back step.
I scooped her out of the tank into a pint glass, and let her out onto the floor. Luckily Haplopelma don't generally run away as adults, they stand their ground. If she'd done a runner I'd have had to chase her!
I took some pics down in the actual garden too - here they are, 56k beware!
It still amazes me that something so small can have such inner rage and hatred for anything that moves.
I scooped her out of the tank into a pint glass, and let her out onto the floor. Luckily Haplopelma don't generally run away as adults, they stand their ground. If she'd done a runner I'd have had to chase her!
I took some pics down in the actual garden too - here they are, 56k beware!
It still amazes me that something so small can have such inner rage and hatred for anything that moves.
I heard kids in Mexico and stuff do actually do that, they find Ts, tie a piece of string to one leg and then take it for walks.
I just took my brother along to the pet shop. I told him that a curly hair or red rump would probably be best but he decided he wanted a Greenbottle blue due to their colour. He isn't bothered about handling them anyways, just wants to watch them.
Proved to be difficult actually getting it, as the guy who specialises in the spiders was on his day off (guy I brought mine off last week). There were 3 ggbs left in this 4 piece aquarium. One of them turned out to be dead (which was quite shocking tho interesting to see how they look) the other one had really heavily webbed itself in. It proved a real challange getting it out of the container as it wasn't keen on leaving. Its slightly smaller than mine, captive bred and roughly 4 years old.
I brought a new piece of cork bark and a proper waterbowl for my own, but can't put them in yet as she is still stood on the plant she uprooted which is a pain in the arse because moving it with the silk uproots everything and she comes charging at the forceps. I'll have to wait until she moves to the other side of the tank later on.
I just took my brother along to the pet shop. I told him that a curly hair or red rump would probably be best but he decided he wanted a Greenbottle blue due to their colour. He isn't bothered about handling them anyways, just wants to watch them.
Proved to be difficult actually getting it, as the guy who specialises in the spiders was on his day off (guy I brought mine off last week). There were 3 ggbs left in this 4 piece aquarium. One of them turned out to be dead (which was quite shocking tho interesting to see how they look) the other one had really heavily webbed itself in. It proved a real challange getting it out of the container as it wasn't keen on leaving. Its slightly smaller than mine, captive bred and roughly 4 years old.
I brought a new piece of cork bark and a proper waterbowl for my own, but can't put them in yet as she is still stood on the plant she uprooted which is a pain in the arse because moving it with the silk uproots everything and she comes charging at the forceps. I'll have to wait until she moves to the other side of the tank later on.
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