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some pics of my tarantulas - more pics pg.2

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CottonMather

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B. smithi or Mexican Red Knee
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T. gigas or Orange Tree Spider spiderling
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M. robustum or Columbian Giant Red Leg juvenile
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L. parahybana or Salmon Pink spiderling
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E. vulpinus or Chilean Ocellated spiderling (I have 2 of these)
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E. sp. 'green' or Green Femur Beauty spiderling
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and another
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a Pokie - not sure which species yet - am in the process of finding out!
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P. murinus or Usambara Baboon (a.k.a. Orange Bitey Thing)
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T. blondi or Goliath Bird Eater (gets up to 10 inches long! :shock:)
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A. versicolor or Antilles Pinktoe spiderling (I have 3 of these)
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A. purpurea or Ecuadorian Purple (I have 2 of these)
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Nice.:shock: I had to look, I hate spiders but couldn't help me self. :lol: Some of those spiderlings are huge! When are they juvenilles?
 
chloaster said:
:shock: :shock: Don't blame you Jill!!! Do you have a lot of friends with random excuses as to why they can't come round for dinner Faye??? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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gah :roll: they're cute! :lol:

I think Benson and Mosi scare people off more than the spideys! :shock:
 
Jacqui_UK said:
Gorgeous - where do you keep them all to?
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Two of them are in exo terra tanks, the rest are in various sized see-through plastic storage tubs (depending on size and lifestyle (terrestrial/burrowing/arboreal) of spideys) with holes in for ventilation and they are stored in their own cabined with a heat mat strapped to the back

kimd6200 said:
good grief their scarey!!!!:shock:have you ever been bitten?
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nope - I don't handle them... it's not really safe for the spider to do so, as a short fall can easily kill a tarantula - they have very delicate abdomens...
 
how do you get them out to clean them out?do you have scoop them in a tub or something?curious now.how often do they eat?
 
kimd6200 said:
how do you get them out to clean them out?do you have scoop them in a tub or something?curious now.how often do they eat?
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they mostly just need spot cleaning using a pair of long tweezers - they really don't make much mess though. if I were to re-house them or fully clean their homes (done once a year) then yep - i'd scoop them in a tub. feeding depends on the age of the spider - I feed spiderlings twice a week and the sub-adults and adults once a week - they have maybe 3-4 crickets or locusts per week... generally you have to play it by ear though, as they stop eating when they're about to moult and for a while after moulting and it's dangerous to have crickets in with them when they moult cos they can kill the tarantulas.
 
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