Newbie from Oklahoma

Flud · Aug 12, 2014

Greetings everyone, my Name is Blake and I'm the proud new dad of a young G. Pulchripes. I got her Thursday, August 7th.

She is around 2-2.5" DLS. I was told by the reptile shop that she's probably a female but i learned from another forum that i was grossly miseducated by them and have since decided that i wont get my hopes up.. Too high.

"Her" name is Ariados and I'm quite smitten. She is very docile as of this writing but I don't think she's over the whole ordeal of getting home and rehousing so I think it may be too soon to say as she's not taking food yet.

oooo35980 · Aug 12, 2014

Good looking girl, I wouldn't worry too much about the sex. The great thing about these is that even if it's a male it's going to take forever to grow up, so it will be around a pretty long time.

Ghost Dragon · Aug 12, 2014

He/she's a beauty, I just got my first pulchripes, a 3/4". What a pig of an eater! LOL

Welcome to the hobby/addiction, Blake.

Rob

Flud · Aug 12, 2014

oooo35980 said:
Good looking girl, I wouldn't worry too much about the sex. The great thing about these is that even if it's a male it's going to take forever to grow up, so it will be around a pretty long time.

Glad to hear it, as that's why I'd want a female. Longevity.

Flud · Aug 12, 2014

Ghost Dragon said:
He/she's a beauty, I just got my first pulchripes, a 3/4". What a pig of an eater! LOL

Welcome to the hobby/addiction, Blake.

Rob

Didn't realize i had two replies in here! Thanks for the welcome. Did your Pulchripes take to eating immediately after rehousing?

HungryGhost · Aug 12, 2014

Welcome! You pick a great first T. Next up you should get an Oklahoma brown.

Flud · Aug 12, 2014

HungryGhost said:
Welcome! You pick a great first T. Next up you should get an Oklahoma brown.

Hey, I recognize that username and profile picture! Glad I'm nit the only nerd on more than one T forum.

I'd actually never heard of them until i saw it on somebody's list recently.. Il have to do some research!

And convince my lady...

Tongue Flicker · Aug 12, 2014

Hey blake welcome aboard! I have my 4" G.pulchripes as well and she is a beauty. Hopefully she molts and loses the bald spot from the previous owner

Flud · Aug 13, 2014

Tongue Flicker said:
Hey blake welcome aboard! I have my 4" G.pulchripes as well and she is a beauty. Hopefully she molts and loses the bald spot from the previous owner

Awesome!! I cant wait for my T to get that big! Let's see her!

Ghost Dragon · Aug 13, 2014

Flud said:
Didn't realize i had two replies in here! Thanks for the welcome. Did your Pulchripes take to eating immediately after rehousing?

Not the same day, but probably within 2-3 days.

Looking forward to watching it grow, and see how big it'll get, probably not as big as my 8.5" LP.

Spidergrrl · Aug 13, 2014

I got my G. pulchripes 13 months ago to the day. At that time she was an itsy bitsy 1/4 inch sling. She is now about 3 inches and from her last molt is a confirmed female. Great spider. Have fun and welcome to the AB.

Cheers,

Spidergrrl (Paula)

Flud · Aug 13, 2014

Ghost Dragon said:
Not the same day, but probably within 2-3 days.

Looking forward to watching it grow, and see how big it'll get, probably not as big as my 8.5" LP.

I see. It's been six days since Airados was transported and rehoused and she still hasn't eaten. I haven't offered any for 2/3 days though so I think I'll try again tonight.

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Spidergrrl said:
I got my G. pulchripes 13 months ago to the day. At that time she was an itsy bitsy 1/4 inch sling. She is now about 3 inches and from her last molt is a confirmed female. Great spider. Have fun and welcome to the AB.

Cheers,

Spidergrrl (Paula)

Very cool!! I can't wait for "her" first molt.. Color me impatient. Lol

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And thanks for the warm welcome folks!

Spidergrrl · Aug 13, 2014

Flud said:
...It's been six days since Airados was transported and rehoused and she still hasn't eaten. I haven't offered any for 2/3 days though so I think I'll try again tonight.

Not to worry. T's will often go extended periods of time without eating. Grammostola rosea are notorious for that (sometimes for months on end!). She might just be stressed or she may be getting ready to molt. Resist the temptation to be overly intrusive with her and she'll be fine.

Spidergrrl (Paula)

Neoza · Aug 14, 2014

Lovely species! He/she looks beautiful! Good luck and welcome!

Oreo · Aug 14, 2014

Congrats! Grammies are prone to fasting, particularly adults, so you'll have no choice but to acquire more Ts.

Flud · Aug 14, 2014

Oreo said:
Congrats! Grammies are prone to fasting, particularly adults, so you'll have no choice but to acquire more Ts.

Ha! I love your logic, friend! Now if we could just get my fiancé to see the light..

Thank you very much!

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Spidergrrl said:
Not to worry. T's will often go extended periods of time without eating. Grammostola rosea are notorious for that (sometimes for months on end!). She might just be stressed or she may be getting ready to molt. Resist the temptation to be overly intrusive with her and she'll be fine.

Spidergrrl (Paula)

I'm glad to hear your guys' input, I'm quite anxious in general so I'm glad to hear this. Eases my mind (a little bit lol).

awiec · Aug 15, 2014

I think a little more sub would ensure no injuries from falls and I know that my G.pulchripes sling loves to dig so perhaps yours may appreciate the extra dirt too. Mine is a total monster when it comes to food, when the roach or cricket is climbing on the T then I know it's in pre-molt which even for a little sling like mine, lasts for 2 months at least. Save the next molt if you can as then you can re-hydrate it to look for female organs, it may be a while these guys can grow slow.

Flud · Aug 16, 2014

awiec said:
I think a little more sub would ensure no injuries from falls and I know that my G.pulchripes sling loves to dig so perhaps yours may appreciate the extra dirt too. Mine is a total monster when it comes to food, when the roach or cricket is climbing on the T then I know it's in pre-molt which even for a little sling like mine, lasts for 2 months at least. Save the next molt if you can as then you can re-hydrate it to look for female organs, it may be a while these guys can grow slow.

Thanks for the info and input! It just so happens the last time I peeked at her she had a small burrow started! So excited and relieved to see her getting used to her home. I haven't tired to feed for 4-5 days now. I'm 50/50 on my thoughts of her being premolt. She wasn't quite acclimated last time I tried a cricket and she let it walk right in front of her. I'm might be over analyzing but I also think her abdomen has gotten darker.. Time will tell!!

awiec · Aug 16, 2014

Flud said:
Thanks for the info and input! It just so happens the last time I peeked at her she had a small burrow started! So excited and relieved to see her getting used to her home. I haven't tired to feed for 4-5 days now. I'm 50/50 on my thoughts of her being premolt. She wasn't quite acclimated last time I tried a cricket and she let it walk right in front of her. I'm might be over analyzing but I also think her abdomen has gotten darker.. Time will tell!!

Probably a good sign then, you can just try once a week to see if she wants food and then just take it out, you make sure she has the opportunity to eat and it's little stress on her. At her size though you can probably get away with 2-3 attempts a month until you know for sure that shes fasting (which they like to do).

Flud · Aug 16, 2014

awiec said:
Probably a good sign then, you can just try once a week to see if she wants food and then just take it out, you make sure she has the opportunity to eat and it's little stress on her. At her size though you can probably get away with 2-3 attempts a month until you know for sure that shes fasting (which they like to do).

That sounds like a decent plan to me! Definitely takes some of the mystery out of it.. I'll report in when I learn more.

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