My hubby Kenny's Tarantulas etc !

[HighlandYorkies]

OK...will look forward to seeing a pic !
It probably wouldn't eat the pinky - it also depends on the species and size....you are feeding it right....you could try a locust too.
Make sure it has a water bowl with spring water in it, it needs water, and also must have it for a successful moult. Keep substrate dry and check it has no uneaten food or poo or you will get mites on it which will kill it. Never disturb it during a moult - it will die of shock.
I will be able to tell you more once I've seen a pic....sounds as though it is an adult now if the moulting has slowed down. It is more than likely a Grammestola Rosea, or a Pink Toe, or Red Knee - Kenny will give you the proper names....
Have a look on his T forum too !

[jp4m2]

I thought I'd just do it tonight, my son says it's nothing rare just a Rose Hair....it's hard to judge scale but it's body is about 4 inches long w/o adding the legs....

[Patti]

I just know I am going to have nightmares tonight with spiders crawling all over me!!!!
All I can saw is Wow!!

[newmommy]

i dont really like bugs but I do wanna see the pics lol

[jp4m2]

Originally Posted by HighlandYorkies

OK...will look forward to seeing a pic !
It probably wouldn't eat the pinky - it also depends on the species and size....you are feeding it right....you could try a locust too.
Make sure it has a water bowl with spring water in it, it needs water, and also must have it for a successful moult. Keep substrate dry and check it has no uneaten food or poo or you will get mites on it which will kill it. Never disturb it during a moult - it will die of shock.
I will be able to tell you more once I've seen a pic....sounds as though it is an adult now if the moulting has slowed down. It is more than likely a Grammestola Rosea, or a Pink Toe, or Red Knee - Kenny will give you the proper names....
Have a look on his T forum too !

I told my son some one is on Y.T. who knows their stuff on spiders, so he wanted to know what is the best bedding to use, he's using bark from the pet store, is there something better.......he was cleaning the cage regularly up til about a year ago, then some boob at the pet store told him NOT to clean the cage because it doesn't like his habitat disturbed...I just told him he has to clean it or they'll get mites, so he's going to do it tomorrow. Thanks for that info....he also wants to know what he can do to improve his habitat...any info will be appreciated...Thanks..

[HighlandYorkies]

Originally Posted by jp4m2

I thought I'd just do it tonight, my son says it's nothing rare just a Rose Hair....it's hard to judge scale but it's body is about 4 inches long w/o adding the legs....

Yep....a Grammostola....looks like a Rosea, they have a Pink carapace, and pinkish/ brownish legs, but the leg stripes confuse me...that looks like a Grammostola Aureostriata....mine are babies, about half grown, so will get hubby to confirm, but the Rosea is the most favourate to start off with....I brought FLUFFY home first, and she is a Grammostola Rosea. She was sub-adult 5 years ago, but moulted to adult just after we got her. You also get a Red colour form now too, it is rarer, and we have a female and have just bought a male to breed her.
The Aureostriatas are nice - they are mine(just half grown females) - Kenny got them for me as I like the VERY GENTLE Grammostolas ! A lot of people will handle those, even kids, and they are timid beasties with not a bad bite, if they EVER do which is rare.

She is a very big beautiful female anyway !
(Large abdomen - males have much smaller one)
She is fully grown and mature !
She will go without food for long periods, although you do get the hungry ones. Our Fluffy never eats - only rarely, but the red colour form is a greedy so and so.
They are a fab spider to have, though you do get the snobs who say oh it's just a Rosea, trying to sound big, as they have the more dangerous Asians. Don't listen to them - you can be sure that they started off with a Grammy themselves and just don't admit it !
My hubby is onto more species now, but he still likes Fluffy ! He is planning a mate for her too ! She is smaller than yours. Yours looks quite big.
She will live about 15 years !
I will still get Kenny to answer in a few hours.
Luv Debra x x x Grammy lover, hee hee....nice, slow, ...and gentle !
p.s What's her name ?

[HighlandYorkies]

Originally Posted by jp4m2

I told my son some one is on Y.T. who knows their stuff on spiders, so he wanted to know what is the best bedding to use, he's using bark from the pet store, is there something better.......he was cleaning the cage regularly up til about a year ago, then some boob at the pet store told him NOT to clean the cage because it doesn't like his habitat disturbed...I just told him he has to clean it or they'll get mites, so he's going to do it tomorrow. Thanks for that info....he also wants to know what he can do to improve his habitat...any info will be appreciated...Thanks..

Well we tried most of what you get, and found the best to be Peat Moss - bags from the garden centre - but make sure there are no pesticides or growth chemicals in it. Microwave it and let it cool down - kills anything. We get Irish Peat Moss....it's peat....and comes in a green and white bag for about £4, that would be $8.
Also, you should give it a piece of Cork Bark (Microwave and cool it too)available from the pet shop - half a tube, or the whole tube, to give it somewhere to hide. You can add plastic plants for decoration if you want.
I will get my hubby to add anything else.....
Also, you are right to clean out periodically, but if you keep it clean, like removing poo and old food, it should be ok for quiet a while.
He will tell you anytghing else in the morning, or check out The Tarantula Store....google it, and he is a moderator on there....Highlander (Kenny)

[txshopper73]

Debra,

You've got bigger coconuts than I do. No way in H*LL I'd be able to live in your house. One thing that I am absolutely terrified of is spiders and if they're big ones like the ones you got...you'll see nothing but elbows and a$$holes. My butt is hauling a$$ outta there!

A couple of weeks ago, the FIL is talking to my son about getting a tarantula for a pet. I told him if he brought that nasty $hit in my house, I'd be setting it on fire.

Call PETA on me, I don't care...but no way in h*ll is one going to share a house with me!

[HighlandYorkies]

Originally Posted by txshopper73

Debra,

You've got bigger coconuts than I do. No way in H*LL I'd be able to live in your house. One thing that I am absolutely terrified of is spiders and if they're big ones like the ones you got...you'll see nothing but elbows and a$$holes. My butt is hauling a$$ outta there!

A couple of weeks ago, the FIL is talking to my son about getting a tarantula for a pet. I told him if he brought that nasty $hit in my house, I'd be setting it on fire.

Call PETA on me, I don't care...but no way in h*ll is one going to share a house with me!

LOL....once you see it, and get used to it, you will see they are really quite beautiful creatures....I'd always encourage kids not to be scared and love any living creature....treat it with respect - ie. don't handle it, or annoy it, use tongs to do things in the tank, and it will be totally harmless, honestly !
If he is wanting to get a first Tarantula, best start of with a Grammostola Rosea, or Red colour form, as they are gentle, slow and hardy.....and virtually never bite - only if very mistreated, and are not deadly. After being used to that, then any Grammostola, or a Pink Toe, Mexican Red Knee....avoid the Asian species....and join a forum !

[txshopper73]

Originally Posted by HighlandYorkies

LOL....once you see it, and get used to it, you will see they are really quite beautiful creatures....I'd always encourage kids not to be scared and love any living creature....treat it with respect - ie. don't handle it, or annoy it, use tongs to do things in the tank, and it will be totally harmless, honestly !
If he is wanting to get a first Tarantula, best start of with a Grammostola Rosea, or Red colour form, as they are gentle, slow and hardy.....and virtually never bite - only if very mistreated, and are not deadly. After being used to that, then any Grammostola, or a Pink Toe, Mexican Red Knee....avoid the Asian species....and join a forum !

Thanks for the advice but you should've saved your typing fingers.

Growing up, my grandmother had a HUGE pet tarantula named Annie. If I remember correctly, she was a dark brown (or was it black) and had like orange tips on her legs. Annie lived to an old age.

The first tarantula my dad brought home was when I was in high school. I'd look at it (just a field tarantula) but I never messed with it...that was daddy's job!

I guess you can say that my fear is a phobia...totally irrational. I can't even look at pictures of them without my heart beating wildly and getting light headed. Shoot, talking about them give me the eeby-jeebies!

[HighlandYorkies]

Right then here we go...quite a few pics to post, so PLEEEEEEAAAAAASE don't post until I say "FINISHED" at the end of them all, thanks !
All of these had to be taken just now, because Kenny went and scrubbed all his pics, silly boy....so here goes !
There will be a few posts in a row now.....ENJOY !!!!

Debra

1. Grammostola Rosea (Fluffy) ....same as yours jp4m2 !
2. same as above, but rarer red colour form
Kenny says you get a common grey colour form as well.
3. ....THIS IS THE "FEATURE" IN MY LIVINGROOM BESIDE THE COMPUTER !!!
(The doors are opened or you couldn't see it with the camera flash on the glass - doors are usually shut, lol)

4 Kenny the mad Spider man !

Remember, don't post yet....more pics coming....

[HighlandYorkies]

1. Brachypelma Smithy
2. Brachypelma Baugarteni
3. Brachypelma Amelia
4. same as 3

All Mexican ! Nice chappies !
Remember no posting yet....more to come, lol......

[HighlandYorkies]

1. Accanthoscuria geniculata
2. Lasiodora parahybana...grows the size of a dinner plate ! This is a baby !
3. Avicularia metallica
4. Nhaundu chromatus

Remember - no post yet....one more post from me.....

[HighlandYorkies]

....and one more from me......

1. My painting of number 2 pic spider which won a competition, hee hee
2. The spider I painted ! Brachypelma Baumgarteni


Hope all of you enjoyed those pics of NICE hairy Tarantulas....Kenny has loads more, and Asians and Africans too, but his passion is Mexican Tarantulas !

Debra

FINISHED !

[RoxyJosMom]

They are beautiful! So is your pic. You are very talented. I see webs in one of the cages. I always thought they were webless. Is that something special on a certain species? Why would they need webs, anyway? They have shear size and scariness on their side, lol?