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my son (right) and the poor girl he impregnated (left)
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my son (right) and the poor girl he impregnated (left)

my beautiful children. they’ve gotten so big god i’m gonna cry holy shit i love them so much

u/SlimShady20066 — 5 days ago
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heyo. i’ve returned. i think delilah is doing that airing out the ootheca thing yall have been talking about? granted i’m not too sure. i apologize for the poor quality, this was filmed through the glass (dwayne was nearby and he’s a runner) and there’s vaseline and some fish flake smudges.

ignore the little piece of substrate she has stuck to her it happens to all of them sometimes

u/SlimShady20066 — 17 days ago
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heyo! i have three hissers, two females (dolly and delilah) and one male (dwayne). i’m not quite sure when they reach sexual maturity nor am i exact on their ages, i just know that dwayne is the oldest with dolly and delilah not far behind him. that being said, im not too sure how to tell if my girls are in pre molt or pregnant.

i know that they will be big and fat when pregnant, and i’ve seen some people describe their sides as looking like they’re coming apart, but is there any way to tell earlier on than the heavily pregnant stage?

i’m already preparing a little bit, i’ve got vaseline blocking all spots where tiny little babies could slip out, but i’d like to be extra super duper prepared if at all possible. i’ve been staring at delilah for the past few days and something in my gut just tells me im gonna be a roachpa soon, yk?

if it helps at all, i’ve had dwayne since he was about 12 weeks and ive now had him for three months. i’ve had dolly and delilah for about a month, i couldn’t even begin to tell you how old they are tho

anything helps, really. if pictures are needed let me know please and i’ll either edit them into post or leave them in the replies. thank you!

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u/SlimShady20066 — 17 days ago
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hello everyone. three days ago i made a post about losing mealworms in my curly hairs tank. many kind people came forward and told me that i had given her an unsuitable environment, and i was quick to start building her a new tank to transfer her and keep her safe. i went to the store again today and bought the last of the soil i needed. i came home and started to look for her in her old tank, and i did find her. but unfortunately, it was too late. i found my bella girl curled up with the mealworms around her. she was unresponsive to gentle nudges with a soft paintbrush, she was unresponsive to the worms crawling over her, and she was unresponsive when i scooped her up in a catch cup.

i don’t even have the words, honestly. i wish i had done the proper research before buying her, i wish i had been more careful when feeding her, i wish her tank transfer had been quicker, and i wish i had been able to keep her safe. i love my bells girl very very dearly and i am genuinely heartbroken to have found her like that.

the worst part is that all of this was completely avoidable. the loss of bella is on me and me alone, and i take full responsibility for that. i was really looking forward to giving her a happier home and i will never forgive myself for robbing her of that.

from now on i will do my research, i will take things slow and make sure everything is in order before making a decision. i never want to see a creature suffer at my hands again, and i promise to anyone reading this, to myself, and to my bella girl, that i will never make this mistake again.

rest in peace, Belladonna. i’m incredibly sorry. i’ll miss you bunches.

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u/SlimShady20066 — 18 days ago
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hey yall. i posted on here last night i believe and asked for some help because i had lost a few mealworms in my curly hairs tank. multiple people informed me that her set up was completely inadequate, and today i went out and got her a new tank. it’s not 100% set up yet, seeing as im going to tank one of her hides from her old tank and put it in the new one, but i am left in quite the pickle right now. im allergic to tarantula hair and ive made it a point to never put my hand in her tank if i cant see her.

that being said, i have literally no idea where my girl is at ;-; i KNOW shes in there, obviously she can’t get out. but im not sure where she is in there and i dont know how to find her without moving things around. i dont want to do that because i flail when i get spooked and i dont want to risk her popping out and scaring me while im holding a piece of wood, you know? i dont know any way to lure her out nor a safe way to move things in her tank while keeping me and her both completely safe. i have a method to move her from one tank to the other (thank you plastic cup) so that’s not an issue, it’s literally just the task of finding her.

i know there’s always “well wait it out until she leaves her hiding spot,” but with mealworms being lost somewhere in her soil, i want her out of that tank as soon as possible. any advice? also included is a picture of the (albeit in complete) new tank. please let me know if there’s anything else i should add or be aware of. thank you!

u/SlimShady20066 — 20 days ago
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the only picture i have of all three of my hissers together…🥀 the big orange one is my SON Dwayne. the other two (from left to right) are Delilah and Dolly! also pictured is my cat Mochi watching Dolly climb the wall lol

u/SlimShady20066 — 21 days ago
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heyo. i’ve had a curly hair tarantula for like. three? four months now? today was her feed day but i couldn’t find her (this is normal, she’s very shy and doesn’t come out often.) i’m allergic to tarantula hairs so i never put my hand in her tank if i can’t find her. i had to open the top and drop some mealworms down into her bowl, and i missed and dropped a few in the soil.

they IMMEDIATELY burrowed. i don’t have feeder tongs (i grab my worms with brow tweezers ;-;) and again i don’t know where she is. i don’t know how to get them out of her tank and im kind of freaking out because i don’t want them to pupate and hurt her, or stress her out. the guy at the store told me i didn’t have to crush the head before giving them to her, but after some short googling apparently im supposed to to keep them from doing exactly what they did, burrowing.

what do i do in this situation??? her tank is HUGE (picture included) and i can’t handle her because of my allergy. the only thing i can even remotely think to do is to see if one of my friends can come coax her into a hospital hank and keep her separate until i can somehow manage to find these damn worms. what do yall suggest? will she be able to find the worms? how likely is it for them to severely injure or kill her if they pupate? i’m honestly really scared about all of this. i love my bella girl very much and id hate to lose her because of my own mistake.

u/SlimShady20066 — 22 days ago