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Posted in warning: spider inside
Posted 6 years ago
@boyrrito: you were warned!
@Bioshock: in general, when you're buying a rare(r) spider, you're buying a baby - one that was bred in captivity and is being raised in captivity. there are tons of breeders in the community. jamie's tarantulas and kenthebugguy are two breeders i can think of and have personally purchased from with good results. jamie actually has some captive-bred c. lividus up right now! and they're at a size where they're not as prone to randomly dying.
he has lived this long because i follow a very old feeding philosophy, i.e. they'll grow at the rate you feed them. for males, it's worse to feed them frequently, because they'll grow quickly. once they sexually mature, males die shortly after. i did kind of gamble with this guideline when i first started out with tarantulas because i wasn't sure if what i was being told was correct, but after being in the hobby this long and seeing the method work, i always advise people to feed very infrequently once your spider is no longer a juvenile.
@Bioshock: in general, when you're buying a rare(r) spider, you're buying a baby - one that was bred in captivity and is being raised in captivity. there are tons of breeders in the community. jamie's tarantulas and kenthebugguy are two breeders i can think of and have personally purchased from with good results. jamie actually has some captive-bred c. lividus up right now! and they're at a size where they're not as prone to randomly dying.
he has lived this long because i follow a very old feeding philosophy, i.e. they'll grow at the rate you feed them. for males, it's worse to feed them frequently, because they'll grow quickly. once they sexually mature, males die shortly after. i did kind of gamble with this guideline when i first started out with tarantulas because i wasn't sure if what i was being told was correct, but after being in the hobby this long and seeing the method work, i always advise people to feed very infrequently once your spider is no longer a juvenile.
Posted in warning: spider inside
Posted 6 years ago
@Bioshock: oh yes, many spiders! so many legs! i've been keeping tarantulas for about 13 years. i'm used to old worlds threat posing me for having the audacity to feed them. so my new baby Neith was like a breath of fresh air when i started tapping her legs to cup her and she walked right into the cup for me.
i do have a couple other grammostolas, mostly pulchras, but Neith is double the size of the ones i have. my oldest g. pulchra IS 13 (and male! wow!) and is nowhere near as large. guess this is what happens when a spider is fed weekly
@athabm: i have top tier respect for anyone who can pull a name out of the air like that. when i start naming things, it's almost always some combination of small/tiny/baby/miss/mister + boy/girl/princess/prince/cutieface/(whatever type of animal this is). i am glad i have her now too! she seems much less stressed in her new proper setup.
i do have a couple other grammostolas, mostly pulchras, but Neith is double the size of the ones i have. my oldest g. pulchra IS 13 (and male! wow!) and is nowhere near as large. guess this is what happens when a spider is fed weekly
@athabm: i have top tier respect for anyone who can pull a name out of the air like that. when i start naming things, it's almost always some combination of small/tiny/baby/miss/mister + boy/girl/princess/prince/cutieface/(whatever type of animal this is). i am glad i have her now too! she seems much less stressed in her new proper setup.
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Posted in don't dead open inside
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Posted in don't dead open inside
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Posted in don't dead open inside
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Posted in don't dead open inside
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Posted in don't dead open inside
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Posted in don't dead open inside
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Posted in don't dead open inside
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