they’re going to move into a deeper enclosure since they’re a burrowing species, but when i’m poking them out of their old burrow they have a cricket in their mouth(chelicerae?). so i’m not going to bother them any more for now.

1. I do it all in my bathtub - if anything goes wrong T has not many ways to run and hide, there's no risk of fall, no object it can hide behind/under and it's really ez to see a dark spider against the white tub. If I transfer a sling I put the bathtub plug in and cover the "overflow hole" with duct tape, just in case it decides to run into the drain.
2. A plastic bottle with the bottom cut off. Great "transfer device" and should T get inside the bathtub - you simply put the bottle over it to contain it. Then use a piece of cardboard to seal the opening and you can start with transfeing T from the bottle to the new enclosure.
3. Gentle wind to make T moving the direction you want it to.
4. Even gentler "tapping" with the end of a paint brush if 3. won't work.

Works for me. What's your method and tools?

And yes, I removed the molded leaves from his enclosure :}

this is my Ts (female(?) mexican red rump) enclosure. i know her species burrows hence all the dirt, but she doesnt really burrow. i gave her the coconut she’ll for privacy but she blocked the entrances with dirt and webbing, and wont come out to eat, even though i give her fresh mealworms and water.

i was showing her to my moms bf the other day, who pointed out a small mite of sort on her back hairs. i couldnt get a good picture, but it looked like a spec of dust. he recommended gently brushing her off, which i did with a small unused paintbrush (she didnt like being disturbed, and kicked at me so much that she has two new bald spots on her rump).

i feel horrible, as she felt the need to kick so much, and because that mite was there to begin with. moms bf suggested the enclosure is too damp- the substrate is pretty damp since it came as a water activated brick, and because i dont want her burrows to cave from being too dry. ive been misting her enclosure less lately just in case.

what am i doing wrong? im scared im not taking care of her well, hence the mite and her not coming out. advice is appreciated, but please dont be too harsh as i already feel awful.

Happy girl

I have been learning about plant propagations and grow some of my own plants as well as do bioactive setups for my humidity dependent species. Yesterday's expo in Salt Lake City had a wide variety of plants and spoods and I was in heaven.

My 2 years old LP molted today. After the longest wait.

Fed my GBB and they got quite excited from what I can tell, they started webbing and I got a good angle of them picking up the cricket they have been feeding on, such a fun species to watch.

He's a Pterinochilus murinus RCF, I can't believe he was in his first molt a little over a year ago

I just got this P. Metallica at an expo (don’t come at me), and they were just in a plastic tub so I got this little acrylic enclosure. Will this be okay for a bit or should I start looking for something else? I know they’re arboreal and intend to switch to the setup when it’s bigger. It’s about 1/2inch.

So I've posted before asking for sexing guess. I've posted in other groups on Facebook as well just to get advice from multiple sources. I knew waiting for the molt was best, and it has officially molted and I even got the molt out in one piece and pin it! But alas, the butt was damaged right in the area I needed. But, so far everyone has leaned female. Which made me happy but I also didn't want my hopes up just for it to be male. But, it's finally coming out a little more often, and I managed to get pictures this time as each time I've seen it out it was already going back to hiding. It's a little fuzzy, but I think I see a defined flap. Safe to officially say female? Also, I wasn't prepared for how big it got from molting once and that was a nice surprise, it's almost doubled in leg span. So far everything's great, this is my first T but I have lots of experience with reptiles. I just gotta say, managing to see it out and about makes me super excited! I'm already very attached, I've had it a little over 2 months. Was waiting to know it's sex before making it though lol

got as a confirmed female a few months ago, and she just molted 2 weeks ago and i noticed this, what could it be??

Anyone know what sex this A. Avic is? Thinking male?

Finally recorded a couple feedings!

I'm a first timer and just acquired a honduran curly hair tarantula, it's around 3cm and the problem is i already bought dried mealworms. Question is can it still work or i must get a live feeder anyway?

Tabasco - Grammastola Rosea - aka Chilean Rose.

I bought her when I was 17 in a pet shop, im now 39. She wasn't a sling when I bought her, very much a young adult/juvenile old enough to be sexed at least, cost me £10. Love her to bits, my kids love her, very placid and chilled, I've never handled her unless I have had tooayne 5/6 times in the last 20 years. My little pet rock. She has fasted for 2/3/4 years at a time I only feed her once every 6/8 weeks now.

Any questions please ask!