Forum: Tarantula Questions & Discussions

Hello, this is my first post and I'm new to owning tarantulas. This is my first T and I've had her since May 3rd, she has a bald patch on the abdomen and the water dish seems untouched. I've offered her food several times and she won't eat it or backs away..

How big should my tarantulas be before I give them a water bowl? Or, really, how long can they be OK without a source of water? My Trinidad Chevron is now about 2-2 1/2 inches in legspan. The container is fine for his size but I have no way of putting a water bowl inside the enclosure. Should I...

Hey guys and girls I own a Brachypelma Boehmei and I know sometimes this species likes to dig a hole (burrow). Now in my case I created a burrow for her, which she uses. But I was wondering.. If she was to burrow herself, what kind of substrate would be preferred? The problem is, I use (fine)...

So my P. Regalis molted yesterday and now she has the beautiful yellow on her legs but I went to check on her this more and I find her eating a meal worm. I guess I had fed her one and it burrowed under the dirt and it decied to come out and she found it. I'm so worried this will kill my P....

I found some of my slings in stretching positions and they have not molted yet they are 5th instar and are in premolt most of them have dark carapaces. Is it ok for them to stretch before a molt?:bruised:

Went to go clean out the bolas from my Avic's enclosure this morning, and munching on it is some kind of clear worm looking thing with legs. Couldn't capture a photo because when I went to get it out, it dove and then buried itself in the substrate. Is it some kind of fly larvae or something and...

Alright, at what size does pamphos mature? I have one male Pamphobeteus sp. Machalla(that was sold to me as female :mad:) that's currently 5,5" DLS. Anyone know will he mature in next moult or he have 2 moults left? I'm kinda in bad situation now and need to start looking him up girlfriend as soon...

It is not happening to me right now I was just curious. Apartment owners like to spray for bugs in apartments before spring or summer if I were to have someone come spray should I move all 25 of my t's. It would be a hassle but I would much rather be safe than sorry. Anyone with any input let me...

Oftentimes before tarantula names I see a series of random numbers. For example: 0.1.0 A. avicularia What does this mean?

So, I've been living in an apartment for about a year now and about a month ago, I noticed there were bed bugs. It all started with itchy rashes and even though It was cold as hell, I convinced myself it was fleas or something. One day, I noticed one on the wall. I have 27 tarantulas, a ball...

I don't know if this is the right forum to post this is in, but it is pertinent to the wellbeing of my tarantulas so I will try here. Forgive me if I am wrong. I am going to Nicaragua in a few weeks and I am basically going to have to bathe in bug repellant and pesticides the whole time I am there....

I recently got a few new spiders. And one of them is a half inch little sling A. geniculata. It is the most adorable little thing. It also has a appetite of a dragon! I was worried about feeding such a little sling, but it turned out it accepts food gladly. I cut of a piece of mealworm butt...

My Goliath molted Monday night and has been kinda protecting his molt. I tried taken it out today and he pounced my feeding tongs. Does that mean he's ready to eat?

I noticed my tiny Chaco sling was going into a moult last night, so I put his enclosure away from all activity/noise/light (me being paranoid). This morning the moult was complete, so I took his enclosure out and put him on the shelf where I keep my other slings. But my dogs ran into the shelf and...

Hey guys, I have problem with my P. Metallica sling. It has molted but its fangs area all jacked up and out of line and it did not seem to loose its old fangs. I am fearing this is a death sentence to my sling. Will those old fangs eventually come off, if not are they any hope of survival? Thanks.

I have a few spiders that require a little warmer temperatures, but I don't know if my room temperatures will have a negative effect on them. The ones I am curious about are a P. Irminia, Lampropelma sp. Borneo Black, and an Avicularia Ancylochira. Currently, the temperature in my room is 68...

Has anybody ever witnessed a male creating a sperm web in a females enclosure IF THEY HAVE NOT PAIRED? About a week or two ago i caught a MM making a sperm web, so after he finished i introduced him to the girls enclosure. Ive let them cohab since, and today i planned to pull him because ive...

So here's the deal, I just got this new aphonopelma chalcodes who is just a great tarantula. She tears the roaches off the tongs every time I feed her. However, she has 2 red dots on her that are starting to worry me. There is one on her front left leg and one on her left chelicerae. She has been...

I have a new mature female stirmi and she has been trying to climb constantly and wont relax I know she is going to climb now and I was going to switch the screen on the top of my cage to a non metal. I Wasn't sure what is the right way to go though. I Am buying extra substrate to allow her to...

(I am new to this forum so my apologies if this is a common question.) Four days ago I checked my Avic. and she had molted but looked in bad shape. I just left her alone but the next day I saw one of her palps and front legs were oozing and she had no motor control over them. She has been unable to...