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<blockquote data-quote="Stan Schultz" data-source="post: 145005" data-attributes="member: 28438"><p>Is this leg span (DLS), body length, or something else? Because there is generally a 2:1 difference in size depending on what you're measuring, this can be important, especially at this size.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Heteroscodra maculata</em> (Togo starburst tarantula) is not really a full-blown arboreal tarantula. Many of those kept in captivity seldom or never leave the substrate. Don't be too surprised if your little angel doesn't fit the mold exactly.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Precisely why are you trying to move it to a new home? Is it physically getting too big for its old container? Is its old home getting dirty and needing a cleaning? Or are you merely anticipating a sudden transition to an arboreal lifestyle and trying to "beat it to the punch?" Do you see where I'm going with this?</p><p></p><p>Dealing with tarantulas with "medically significant" bites is usually no big deal. After all, just how many <em>maculata</em> are kept as pets around the world? And how many people get bit? But still, you don't want to take chances with your little darling both for your sake, the tarantula's sake, and the reputation of the hobby unless you have a defensible reason for doing so.</p><p></p><p>If its current container is small enough (or its new container large enough) just put the small one in the large one and leave it there. When the tarantula is ready to move it'll do so in the still of the night when it's good and ready. And that arrangement, of course, will give you all sorts of things to talk about when you have visitors.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p></p><p>____________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p>Seventh Basic Rule of Keeping Tarantulas:</p><p></p><p>"It ain't dead until it smells dead!"</p><p>-- Anonymous</p><p></p><p>(The first six are still in development.)</p><p>____________________________________________________________________</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stan Schultz, post: 145005, member: 28438"] Is this leg span (DLS), body length, or something else? Because there is generally a 2:1 difference in size depending on what you're measuring, this can be important, especially at this size. [I]Heteroscodra maculata[/I] (Togo starburst tarantula) is not really a full-blown arboreal tarantula. Many of those kept in captivity seldom or never leave the substrate. Don't be too surprised if your little angel doesn't fit the mold exactly. Precisely why are you trying to move it to a new home? Is it physically getting too big for its old container? Is its old home getting dirty and needing a cleaning? Or are you merely anticipating a sudden transition to an arboreal lifestyle and trying to "beat it to the punch?" Do you see where I'm going with this? Dealing with tarantulas with "medically significant" bites is usually no big deal. After all, just how many [I]maculata[/I] are kept as pets around the world? And how many people get bit? But still, you don't want to take chances with your little darling both for your sake, the tarantula's sake, and the reputation of the hobby unless you have a defensible reason for doing so. If its current container is small enough (or its new container large enough) just put the small one in the large one and leave it there. When the tarantula is ready to move it'll do so in the still of the night when it's good and ready. And that arrangement, of course, will give you all sorts of things to talk about when you have visitors. Cheers, ____________________________________________________________________ Seventh Basic Rule of Keeping Tarantulas: "It ain't dead until it smells dead!" -- Anonymous (The first six are still in development.) ____________________________________________________________________ [/QUOTE]
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