Your worst newbie mistake

Alireza

Alireza

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Hi Guys,
I thought it might be a good idea to share our "worst newbie mistakes". Anyone?
 
Billeh

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advan said:
Telling the Queen she is wrong.

Not my mistake but it has to be one of the worst.
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Lol I like that.

I put my first T on bark, used water gels with calcium fortification, and provided NO hide.
 
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nikki9093

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putting the glass tank up too high, where it should not have been as i was moving things around...yeah, not the brightest of ideas. it fell. with my t in it. she didnt make it. i cried. a lot. :(
 
HoboAustin

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I would say the worst I've done is handled my G.rosea. I now know the risk of handling.
 
mmfh

mmfh

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Worried too much and overwatered my N. chromatus sling. Poor thing didn't survive.
 
Simon83

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Putting the enclosure (with the sling in it) on top of a hot water bottle to heat it up :-/
 
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RayH

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Believing the LPS when they told me I would need $200+ worth of accessories to take care of a G. rosea. :sarcasm:
 
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Storm76

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Underestimating the "grease lightning" speed of my new P.irminia. Talk about fast... (all went well, though) :)
 
suzypike

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Thinking that a few holes in the top provided plenty of ventilation for any size/type of spider. My poor Ts!
 
Anastasia

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pairing up two males, one mature one immature...
even funnier.... they did mate, hahaha

...then few months later immature male matured..., no babies happened, bumber, lol
 
zonbonzovi

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-flooding substrate w/o checking first, thereby killing a molting P. antinous sling
-cutting off the leg of of a P. ornata during capture w/ a sharp edged object
-housing an Avic. sling in cube with vent holes too large...probably eaten by Steatoda

I'm sure there is more:geek:
 
LV-426

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Went to sleep on two diffent occasions while an enclosure was semi open (during a feeding session), lost a female N. chromatus and a Haplopelma sp Vietnam
 
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hamhock 74

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Underestimately a tarantula's ability to squeeze out of vent hole, lost a P. rufilata spiderling that way. Found it a few days later as bolus in the cobwebs of a fat cobweb spider.
 
paassatt

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hamhock 74 said:
Underestimately a tarantula's ability to squeeze out of vent hole, lost a P. rufilata spiderling that way. Found it a few days later as bolus in the cobwebs of a fat cobweb spider.
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I have a similar story with a C. cyaneopubescens sling, except I found it a couple days later on top of my digital cable box. I guess it was attracted to the warmth it emitted. After that I learned the smaller-than-the-carapace rule.
 
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