I’ve had my red knee for about 2 1/2 months now. I’m not sure of his gender, but i’ve just been calling him a him. But he hasn’t molted yet and he’s a junior. I’m not sure if my tank is moist enough, so i’m gonna fix that today. But is there any other factors that could be a reason he hadn’t molted yet?
Hey there people can you give advice on this, I went to feed my sub adult Venezuelan sun tiger one of these but it dropped in and tunnel down out of sight. I took out the entire setup and couldn’t find it but it may still be in there. Would my suntiger handle this if it tunnels down and what should I do
I need help figuring out the sex of my spood. I’m not great at ventral sexing
Hi! I recently got into tarantula keeping, and I'm looking for other beginner keepers to grow with :) I'm 17, and I love animals a lot. I just thought it would be fun to have a friend with the same interests as me that I can learn alongside. It's unfortunately not easy to find people who also love spiders, lmao. 🥲
Any help or advice is appreciated!
I have a 12 year old chaco golden knee tarantula. I moved out of state and my mom has been caring for her for quite a while, but I just visited and she is not looking or acting right--legs are a bit misshapen, she is not moving around as easily, and didn't eat her last meal at all.
What is going wrong with her little body? Any diagnoses, care advice, etc? How can I help her? Or, if there are any experienced keepers in the South Texas region interested in adopting my girl, I would be open to rehoming her. Since I am living in a place where I cannot keep her, if she isn't doing well with my mom, I want her to go wherever she will be cared for (Corpus Christi/south texas area)
Also, if anyone knows of any tarantula groups/keepers in the corpus christi region I could connect with, please let me know!
Is this a good sized enclosure for my sling which is around 2-3 cm big i am thinking on keeping them in here for a couple of months as it gives them enough space to malt and to burrow I am adding leaf litter soon
Let's share our experiences in caring for a batch of tarantula spiderlings.
So I woke up this morning to my cat near my T enclosure making a lot of noise. I was barely awake before I realized, after scaring her away, that the doors were open. I realized as well, that at some point, I left the doors unlocked but NEVER would I have left them open like that. Meaning, my cat opened the doors.
T is alive still and seems very agitated. Her whole hide got dug up as she is terrestrial, because my cat must have dug around to get at her.I feel so bad that I let this happen.. I will be keeping a close eye on that T for now, In hopes that she didn't get scared to literal death. If anyone has any advice, that would be nice. My T is on the top of my very tall dresser, I have 2 others on shorter tables in my room and the cats dont mess with those as often surprisingly.
I live in a 1 bedroom apt so I can't leave the door closed if im sleeping in the room, otherwise my cats scream like there is no tomorrow to get in.
I have a versicolor 3rd molt with me I would be so grateful for any ideas on what sex they might be?
My first GBB and brings my T collection to 36!
A few days ago, I saw these weird white things in the very bottom of the substrate. I assumed they were parts of the substrate, but one of them appears to have moved.
They’re squeezed against the glass. in the first picture it looks like something moved and left a tunnel. There’s more in the second picture, the vertical shaft is from me poking a thin stick at the mystery object.
The substrate is store-bought and premixed. I just need to know if anyone has an idea of what these blobs are because I‘m scared they could be a threat to my tarantula because they look alive.
I may be overreacting due to this being my first tarantula but i’d just like to know what the blobs are.
EDIT : Image search said it's some sort of mycelium that will die on its own and poses no harm and that the tunnels are the fungus' growth, but I'm not 100% sure. It might be that the misting of the plants trickled into the lower layers of the otherwise dry substrate and let the fungus grow
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my tarantula is in a 10 gallon long. and i have to move him to another house. should i just take eveything out of his cage and move him in that? or should i put him into a smaller one for moving?
I know this is for Tatantulas but does anyone know anything about Jumping Spiders?? I really need help!
Hi everyone, I got a baby Brazilian black tarantula around 2 months back and it recently had its first molt. This might seem like a silly question since it’s so young but is it possible to tell the gender so soon?
this is my curly haired tarantula, tiramisu and im completely unsure if its male or female and hasnt molted since ive gotten it + its a new world so its hard to inspect a molt because of the hairs. i believe its a juvenile or younger adult but is very fair tempered just a little jumpy if you make a sudden movement.
i was wondering if anyone could tell based on these photos and if not then whats the best way i could find out??
Have an old arboreal terrarium and heard that pink toe tarantulas work well in them but that they need lots of cross ventilation does this tank have enough
Salmon pink Birdeater
Avicularia Merianae
G Quirogai
Davus Pentaloris
G Iheringi
G Acteon
Manicata Gold
Sazimai
GBB
G Anthracina Female
G Anthracina Male
These babies were all hand delivered from where I purchased and not shipped
why is my curly hair tarantula sling covering the entrances of its burrows as if its going into premolt, but also digging its way back out and making a hole in the substrate that is placed at the entrances of its burrow??
im struggling to understand this behaviour, i thought my T was going into premolt as after it webbed its enterance, it took all the web away and a day later it had covered two of the enterances to its burrow and when i checked on it last, there was a gap/hole in the main entrance of its burrow again and i saw it peeking out with said substrate in its mouth.
how do i fully know if my T is going into premolt if its acting abit funny like this?? im a first T owner and my little curly hair has never acted like this so it does make me think that it definitely is preparing for a molt; if its still peeking out does that mean i can still offer food?? and if so are there any reasonable ways to crush a crickets head if i already struggle catching the crickets themselves??
i need help with learning and knowing pretty much anything so if anyone could give me answers on anything to do with this behaviour, and anything to do with premolting and how to handle a premolt, and also how i can fill up the water dish (aka a bottle lid) if when i open the enclosure it sort of startles my T, which obviously i dont wanna do if and when it ends up molting??
if anyone takes the chance to answer i am really greatful. thank you. 🩶