Spiderlings :: Mexican :: Chilean Rose :: Curly

[Mike Conabeer]

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Come on we don't bite

Mike.

[bobgepstein]

Bob, or any one who knows, just a quick question...What did you find, was the Easiest way to get the pinhead crickets out of there pack? this pisce of info would relly help me when i come to do it, cheers.

Hi Daniel - How's it going?

I guess it depends on how bothered you are about picking them up. With all my live food I usually just put my hand in, root around and pull one out. Half the time they jump onto your hand. As long as you're gentle they seem to be okay with it.

I think there are specific bug pickers up there - but the little critters don't bit (or at least I've never been bitten by a cricket or locust).

Kind Regards.
Bob

[Daniel Carpenter]

its going fine, the chile rose as gone of her food so must be due for a anouther moult.

cheers for the info on the crickets i'll try that.

Dan

[Joseph S. Gaglio MHS]

Bob, or any one who knows, just a quick question...What did you find, was the Easiest way to get the pinhead crickets out of there pack? this pisce of info would relly help me when i come to do it, cheers.

Hi Dan:
I got a clear plastic pill vial and cut a hole in the top right near the edge. I set a 2 inch piece of rigid aquarium tubing about 1/2 inch down into the vial and set it with sealant. I dump the pinheads into the vial and hold it on its side with the tube on the "bottom" of the horizontal vial. This allows th pinheads to walk into the tube. When I get the 1,2,or 3 pinheads I need into the tube, I rotate the vial so the tube is at the "top" of the still horizontal vial. No more pinheads can get in. Then I dump them into the Ts home, usually a vial.
Sounds complicated but it sure makes feeding pinheads to s'lings and small scorps quick and easy!
Is this the kind of answer you need?

[Daniel Carpenter]

Thank you very much Joseph this is very useful info and much appreciated, Thank you.

[Adam Smith]

Daniel Carpinter I notice you live in Devon. What tarantulas do you have and how long you been into the hobby? My email is on my profile if wanna chat, ive couple spiders need to cut from collection before moving to uni in a month if you interested for cheap price?

[Daniel Carpenter]

Adam Smith (pe@nut)

Daniel Carpinter I notice you live in Devon. What tarantulas do you have and how long you been into the hobby? My email is on my profile if wanna chat, ive couple spiders need to cut from collection before moving to uni in a month if you interested for cheap price?

Sorry about the late reply to this. I didnt notice this post, Any how, yes i would be very intrested. I have been into spiders for years and yet never got one however at the Beginning of this year i managed to get my hands on a chlie rose. Well after that i have become more and more intrested in them. At the current moment i have got my chlie rose and a curly hair sling. I also have on order from the spider shop one costa rica blue front.

Sorry agian about the late reply

Dan

[Adam Smith]

I wouldnt mind a blue front? Well im moving to Teesside in a couple weeks so when get settled in ill email you and let you know what story is with spider.
Ive couple spiders you could buy cheap, mainly to cut my collectiopn for new tanks.
1 adult female Thrixopelma Pruriens; Peruvian green velvet
Grammostola aureostriata sling; Chaco golden knee (related to chili rose but grow massive)
1 sub adult pterincilous murinus (RCF) (bright orange) baboon spider
Will email price later on if interested?

[Daniel Carpenter]

Adam,

I would be intrested in the:

1 adult female Thrixopelma Pruriens; Peruvian green velvet

And the:

Grammostola aureostriata sling; Chaco golden knee

However i dont think the sub adult pterincilous murinus is quite for me just yet as they are quite aggesive and i'am prob not redy for that quite yet.
But thank you for the offer

DAN

[Adam Smith]

If you want those 2 no problem, ill get back to you when ive moved up to Teesside in September or next couple weeks.

[Daniel Carpenter]

Cheers Adam

[Larry Shone]

Re: Spiderling Update

Hi there,

I've updated one of my blogs with a mini video of my spiderling. Might be handy for chaps new to spiderling to have a look at?!

http://www.mbldezine.com/curlyspiderling/

Let me know your thoughts.

Bob.

I downloaded the vid but my PC cant play it as it cant find Program. exe,needed to run WMV files!

Also my G rosea is about the size of yours at the start of your blog, and mines body is black like yours, but no molt. It seems yours always has a black abdomen.

[benmaffin]

Spiderling VIDS

Hi Larry,

How's it going?

Sorry for the delay in response... have you had any luck with the videos yet? What system are you running on? Have you got Windows XP? You should be able to view the videos using Windows Media Player which comes with (you guessed it) Windows. Sorry if you already know this, not too sure how computer savy you are.

How is your Rose spiderling getting on? I managed to take some more pictures of him last night. Sometimes his abdomen looks brown in the right light.

Ben

[Larry Shone]

Re: Spiderling VIDS

Hi Larry,

How's it going?

Have you got Windows XP? You should be able to view the videos using Windows Media Player which comes with (you guessed it) Windows.

We have windows ME, cant afford to get XP yet, didnt want to but it seems we have to as they are discontinuing support for ME soon!

How is your Rose spiderling getting on? I managed to take some more pictures of him last night. Sometimes his abdomen looks brown in the right light.

Bob.

Well, she still hasnt molted and wont even lok at a cricket! I put one or two in for a couple of days, no joy so i fetch it out and give it to the Tegenaria I have and straight away its gone.

[bobgepstein]

Overfeeding

Anyone know if it's possible to Overfeed a spider? Mine just keep on eating and eating and eating....

Bob.