My Tarantula room

skippydude · Jun 22, 2014

My youngest child turned 18 and moved out
The dust didn't have time to settle before I had my T collection in that empty bedroom
The 2 shelves of 90+ enclosures that had my living room over crowded, are dwarfed by the new space I have now
In fact it looks a little bare in here, think I'll go shopping for a feeding table tomorrow

Beary Strange · Jun 22, 2014

Oh congrats! I am so looking forward to the day my babies get their own room. I imagine that room isn't going to stay bare for very long. XD

TLover007 · Jun 22, 2014

Nice!! I currently use my bed for a feeding table... but i dont sleep in that bed...

pyro fiend · Jun 22, 2014

lol at first im thinking "holy cow thats a tiny room poor kid." then i realize those 2 exos and im loke oh those arnt the like 6inch wide/deep ones my stores sell XD

personally i have similar sized shelvs but i put some plywood on the plastic and use that as my feed table.. itl give you more room for more babies if you think about it

Jones0911 · Jun 22, 2014

skippydude said:
My youngest child turned 18 and moved out
The dust didn't have time to settle before I had my T collection in that empty bedroom
The 2 shelves of 90+ enclosures that had my living room over crowded, are dwarfed by the new space I have now
In fact it looks a little bare in here, think I'll go shopping for a feeding table tomorrow

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where you buy a bakers rack from? lol

jusbaker · Jun 22, 2014

Nice room, Im at the total opposite spectrum. We just had our first child and my collection has been moved from her new room to the new spider room under the stairs.. Its a bit small but I still have some room for additions.

skippydude · Jun 22, 2014

Jones0911 said:
where you buy a bakers rack from? lol

We have a nice restaurant & cafeteria supply store here in my town, but I got lucky and found this one at a garage sale for $40

dredrickt · Jun 22, 2014

Congrats on the dedicated room! I kicked out my roommates after I got my new job just so I could have both a dedicated weight room, and a dedicated T room, haha. I noticed when my T's got their own room, all of the sudden my collection more than doubled in size, lol.

Pociemon · Jun 22, 2014

Looks good. Show us how itg looks in 3 months again! I bet it dont look so empty anymore;-)
Very motivating to have your own room where you can work with them in peace.

skippydude · Jun 22, 2014

Pociemon said:
Looks good. Show us how itg looks in 3 months again! I bet it dont look so empty anymore;-)
Very motivating to have your own room where you can work with them in peace.

You just might be right, this room may not be big enough in the near future

Got 12 more T's coming this week

6 slings and 6 bigguns
I did my first pairing today in the new room with my N chromatus. No insertion, but working in a tarantula room, instead of the bathtub is amazing, I'm lovin it

And I'm sure the tarantulas don't mind the much quieter, slightly darker living quarters

telepatella · Jun 22, 2014

I let my 10 year old boy sleep and do his homework in my tarantula room. I like the picture of the TKG. I loaned mine to a new keeper and I miss it. Must have gone cover to cover a dozen times...

Ghost Dragon · Jun 25, 2014

Very cool setup, nice & simple. Also looking forward to the time when they can have their own room.

LythSalicaria · Jun 26, 2014

Awesome setup, SO much room to expand!

I'm somewhat envious. At the moment my home studio/living room is my T room; eventually we're going to build a nice big, sturdy shelf for all my critter enclosures. That alone I'm grateful for. It will give me room for expansion and de-clutter my workspace.

laurenkane · Jun 28, 2014

That is AMAZING

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microlepis · Jun 29, 2014

nice and neat, love it

HungryGhost · Jun 29, 2014

Congrats to you and your tarantulas!
My T's, mantids, and feeders currently share my home office. I get complaints from my wife and daughter that it smells in there (sometimes a fruit fly culture gets a little ripe). I would love to have a room for me and my bugs.

skippydude · Jul 1, 2014

Added a work table, life got a lot easier on feeding day

And preparing for new arrivals

Did my first pairing in the new T room Sunday

[video=youtube;tJgN47KYh9k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=tJgN47KYh9k[/video]

antinous · Jul 1, 2014

Really nice! Pretty jealous that you have a designated T room haha.

I do have some questions though if you don't mind:
-In the post above me, what kind of containers are the ones with the blue latches?
-" ", what size is the syringe that you are using to poke holes in the deli cup?
-" ", what size of deli cup are those?

Thanks and have fun with your T room!

skippydude · Jul 1, 2014

The blue latch boxes are "Sterilite" 6 3/8"L X 5"W X 2 3/4"D (Dollar General)

Syringe is 1 1/2" X 16 guage (Feed Store)

Deli cups are 2oz or 59ml (WalMart)

viper69 · Jul 2, 2014

Skippy I'd like to say its a great room, but all I see is a lot of wasted, empty space time to fill that room to the gills

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