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Just got these super rare beauties, biggest buy ever haha. Can't wait for them to grow ill keep you guys updated! They truly are some of the most impressive new world species
Hi! Nothing to worry about. She could either be in premolt (which means she'll just be camping out in there for a very very long time) or just sheltering for winter (hibernation almost).
Picking one up soon, (b. simoroxigorum) whats yalls experience with Asian fossorials? What substrate mixtures and husbandry procedures do you find have worked best? Any cool pictures ? Love the moisture dependent old worlds (: I love hearing from multiple people's experiences
hi! it depends on the age of it. slings only need to be fed every 3 or so days (or a small pre-killed prey item) twice a week. juveniles 2 medium crickets a week or just one if they are fat. adults maybe 4 large crickets every two weeks. cut back a bit if they have huge abdomens. hope this...
I believe I found scavenger mites in one of my half inch slings enclosure. There were only two in the water dish but from what I've heard over the months they generally aren't harmful unless there's blooms of them? Am I ok to leave them or will they infect all of my other slings (I keep them all...
Hi! Soneone just ordered me a tarantula marked as "paired female"; was wondering if that meant she bore in the past or could possibly drop an egg sacred within my care. She's an a. hentzi so if so I'd be curious to know if that means several months later I could end up with babies? Either way...
My A. purpurea has never been a webber in the slightest since i got it, I simply figured that it would start webbing once it finally needed to molt. (lol i was wrong) Anyway I found its shed skin clinging to the side of its leaning corkbark. Has anyone else ever heard of this? It appears ok I'm...
I've been in the hobby a bit over two months now and already have 10 slings! Got this rare baby at a good price and its eating well! Tends to stay out in the open and I'm digging its christmas tree pattern. This is one of the species I wouldn't mind landing a male :')
this is my 6th tarantula actually, i shied away from getting this genus however due to the growth rate being the literal slowest to simply grab grab a 1/2 inch sling haha