Avic able to distinquish between strangers?

[viper69]

I hate sterIite. I can't see crap through those containers.

I love it...thankfully, MY eyes work:wink:

I hate sterile too!! I'd use it if it was clear! The only opaque containers I use are those Really Useful Boxes.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Were did you find these?

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ask and you shall receive.

 

[MrsHaas]

I would never tong feed my Pokies or arboreal baboons. F that.

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I tong fed my avic avic until one day she grabbed onto the tongs and literally pulled them into the tank with her. I shut the screen just in time to save my fingers from going in with the tongs. Now I let her fend for herself lol!

 

[Dave Marschang]

Were did you find these?

I believe but could be wrong, that we bought them from the LLLreptile booth at the NARBC in tinley park. me and the wife were actually trying to remember where we got them today.

 

[Roosterbomb]

Awesome idea with the vents! I can be watching my Ts for a while and when I call her over to see something cool some of them will go to ground. Same ones every time.

 

[Storm76]

I actually feed many of my arboreals with my fingers often...including pokies.

Glad I read the rest of your post, otherwise I would've thought you're telling everyone to man up and stop being such sissys Wait - I sense you may did that despite the explanation...*evil eye*

Kidding aside - I feed my C. fimbriatus MM like that - the ventilation holes are fine for mealworms and it works just fine that way. Only have to open the cage for refilling the waterdish.

 

[Formerphobe]

Glad I read the rest of your post, otherwise I would've thought you're telling everyone to man up and stop being such sissys Wait - I sense you may did that despite the explanation...*evil eye*

Kidding aside - I feed my C. fimbriatus MM like that - the ventilation holes are fine for mealworms and it works just fine that way. Only have to open the cage for refilling the waterdish.

I had a P metallica that I fed mealworms to via one of his vent holes a couple of times. Ever after that he was always checking that vent hole for offerings. Lol

 

[Ellenantula]

I like drilling/burning a hole in lid and putting a tight cork in it -- just for feeding.
I can't fit a feeder through my vent holes.

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Tarantulas are extremely sensitive to their surroundings, including scents, variations in movements, etc. ....All my animals, furred and setaed alike, have acclimated

So true. Any new T here may hide a while, but after a while, they know the routines and noises -- I see most of them out when I enter the room.

 

[cold blood]

It does make feeding easy, and if a t isn't near the vents, all I do is put a deli cup full of supers or mealies on the lid and if the t is hungry, its on the lid very quickly, and in position to be handed a prey item. Food not eaten right away is just pulled back out, never even hits the floor.

Lmao, I certainly wasn't suggesting others "man up" (hehe), just sharing an easy feeding method.

 

[Dave Marschang]

It does make feeding easy, and if a t isn't near the vents, all I do is put a deli cup full of supers or mealies on the lid and if the t is hungry, its on the lid very quickly, and in position to be handed a prey item. Food not eaten right away is just pulled back out, never even hits the floor.

Lmao, I certainly wasn't suggesting others "man up" (hehe), just sharing an easy feeding method.

Well good thing you posted that when you did!!! I was feeling like a wuss after your post and was just getting ready to try to get my adult female H.mac with an eggsac to take a waxworm from my mouth!

 

[catfishrod69]

I tong feed everything i can. I have two sets of tongs, one is a set of 16" hemostats, and one is 6" tweezers. I use the 6" tweezers for just about everything. And thats from G. rosea to S. calceatum, and from 1/2" to 7 1/2", with no problems. You just have to know how to do it. Sterilite tubs are also my favorite. I can stack them, can see in, as long as the sides arent webbed over, and they are cheap. If the sides are webbed over, just take the lid off and look in, the tarantula isnt going to come bolting out like its satanic or anything.

 

[Bugmom]

I've had a fully grown A. genic run up the feeding tongs. Twice. She's even jumped onto them from a rather good distance away. That'll scare the daylights out of you!

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[SpiderInTheBath]

I suppose you have different vibrations, if nothing else. It's hard not to project onto them, but my little G. Pulchripes seemed to recall that I'd moved her from her spot when I re opened the cage later to offer food. She was flicking hairs which she never normally does. So it certainly looked like she recalled the previous encounter and was saying NO THANKS to another. But who knows what she was actually thinking... There's no way to tell what the difference was.

 

[miserykills]

Were did you find these?

Exo Terra makes them and recently the petco near me started carrying them.