r/TarantulaKeeping

First tarantula

What do you guys think about this setup? Enclosure is dark den micro arboreal. Pure coco fiber, dried leaves from my garden that I baked in the over for more than an hour, sphagnum moss, the stick is also from my garden, I baked it with the leaves. And boar tusk as the main climbing opportunity. Also small water dish that is currently empty cuz i think theres enough humidity in the moss and substrate right now. She should thrive, right?

Hi everybody, I’m worried about my T. stirmi and need help/advice on what these white dots are. She molted a little under two weeks ago and I observed these parallel white dots. I thought maybe it was just a freshly molted thing, but it hasn’t gone away yet. I’ve seen a lot of articles/forums ranging from excrement, mold, and mites but I haven’t seen one thing that looks like my girls spots. I intend on moving her into a different enclosure after school tomorrow, but in the meantime I would be really grateful to get some second opinions. Thank you in advance to everyone who takes the time to share their thoughts and wisdom <3

I have a pink toe tarantula and I have her in an...ok, setup but I was wanting to see if it could be improved upon and also if there was a way I could theme it? If that makes sense. I really wanna do a jurassic theme but I'm not sure if it would be worth it if it would only stress her. I've had her a few months now and she hasn't webbed at all so I'm assuming she also doesn't like her current setup. Photo of current setup attached.

Hey! So I've had my first T, a Grammostola Pulchra for over a year now. It's molted 2 times normally, but I think I messed up checking on her enclosure's humidity this last few weeks while she was pre molt. I'm pretty much sure this is the reason why when she molted last week a huge chunk of skin got stuck in her abdomen. I urgently called the pet store where I bought her (I don't have any professionals in my area :() and they told me to try and dampen the molt and remove it gently with pliers. I did and it came off and everything seemed fine, but it's been a week and I am now noticing TWO other skin pieces that are still attached to the poor thing - A super loose tiny piece that's almost off on her lower abdomen, but that is blocking her spinnerets, and a WHOLE back leg completely stuck to what I assume is her sternum, since I haven't been able to take a proper look at her underbelly - I'm just scared, since I heard that it can be dangerous for T's if an old molt is blocking the abdomen or book lungs, but I fear tearing her new skin by trying to yank at the stuck molt pieces, if anyone can help I'd be super grateful 🙏 For now it doesn't seem like the big leg chunk is interfering with her mobility, but I worry it may cause some issues unbeknownst to me since I'm a new T owner 😔. I've yet again contacted my petstore but if anyone could offer a second opinion I'd appreciate it. I'll leave some pictures below, also I think I've noticed what I assume are bald spots, and I don't know if I should be worried about that?😭

(fyi the last picture is how I first found her after her molt, with the whole carapace still attached to the abdomen skin which at the same time was attached to my girl😭 that is also the piece I succesfully removed last week)

I’ve left them cut up meal worms on their last two feeding days and they’ve left the carcasses on their substrate below.

First picture is current and the second picture is just after rehousing

I posted around but i’m still confused about identifying this specie. Anyway if i only identify it about black line / broken line yes it’s obviously hanumavilasumica but if i identify it by it’s carapace it more similar to fasciata.

So what sp should it would be identified ?

This is my GBB, Sirius (the star, not the wizard).

I've had them for a little under 2 years. Is this already their final molt? Because that seems crazy fast to me. I couldn't get my phone to focus with them being in the corner, but are those hooks'n'gloves??

hi guys, i put an apple at the other side of her tank to try to draw in the cricket as well and i have tongs in hand, i must of missed 2 crickets during removal! i’m a bit panicked after researching and a first time T owner, I got her as an adult T, so i didn’t know she’d molt again

What tarantulas are yall looking forward to getting someday/wishing you could get?

I grew up in the california bay area and every october *Aphonopelma iodius* tarantulas would cover Mt. Diablo and get their groove on.
I was way more nervous about tarantulas back in the day (respected them, thought they were cool, but afraid to own/observe), and now I‘d just really love to share my space with a little dude from my hometown. Not to mention they are SO pretty. Like a seal point cat sort of.

Hi I am just wondering if my curly hair here is in pre molt as she’s been like this for two days now.

I’ve offered water and a prekilled cricket

Toe Ranch Hulas