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Ok spidey pals, here's the deal...
a few months ago I decided I *had* to have a pet tarantula, so I checked the internet to see what I could find on care, sexing, etc. In the process I found many lovely pics of Avicularia versicolor and a caresheet at petbugs.com that pretty much said these guys are OK for beginners as long as you're "diligent" or "careful" or somesuch word, but didn't give a lot of info as to why or what one would need to be careful about.
So of course, I immediately ordered 2 babies from a vendor who had a post on the petbugs classified board...got one as a freebie, now I have 3 A. versicolor slings that have been in my care for about 6 weeks. 2 of them have molted once, one has molted 2x. I have them in betta cups w/many holes punched in the lid w/a pushpin, for substrate I have a mix of peat moss, perlite, and vermiculite (had it handy and it seemed to be OK based on what I'd read).
Anyway, nothing too traumatic has happened and they seem to be doing ok to just fine. In the meantime I'm on a newsgroup and one of the members posted a message saying that Avicularia slings are notoriously difficult to raise. This was a response to another member's posting re: problem w/her Avic sling.
I've asked him specifically what he means, but I wanted to get some more feedback from another source. Are these guys harder than average to raise to maturity? What makes them difficult to keep? What should I look out for?
PLEASE TELL ME MY BABIES AIN'T GON' DIE!!!
Um...thanks for any info you have...
a few months ago I decided I *had* to have a pet tarantula, so I checked the internet to see what I could find on care, sexing, etc. In the process I found many lovely pics of Avicularia versicolor and a caresheet at petbugs.com that pretty much said these guys are OK for beginners as long as you're "diligent" or "careful" or somesuch word, but didn't give a lot of info as to why or what one would need to be careful about.
So of course, I immediately ordered 2 babies from a vendor who had a post on the petbugs classified board...got one as a freebie, now I have 3 A. versicolor slings that have been in my care for about 6 weeks. 2 of them have molted once, one has molted 2x. I have them in betta cups w/many holes punched in the lid w/a pushpin, for substrate I have a mix of peat moss, perlite, and vermiculite (had it handy and it seemed to be OK based on what I'd read).
Anyway, nothing too traumatic has happened and they seem to be doing ok to just fine. In the meantime I'm on a newsgroup and one of the members posted a message saying that Avicularia slings are notoriously difficult to raise. This was a response to another member's posting re: problem w/her Avic sling.
I've asked him specifically what he means, but I wanted to get some more feedback from another source. Are these guys harder than average to raise to maturity? What makes them difficult to keep? What should I look out for?
PLEASE TELL ME MY BABIES AIN'T GON' DIE!!!
Um...thanks for any info you have...