Show Loot!

[Adam Smith]

Yep,top marks to the organisers, was my first one, and i could have spent all day walking, looking and listening. Only bought two, didnt buy what i intended, but got a lovely if not aggresive Euathlus Vulpinus, who certainlymade me a little worried when changing her to her new enclosure. And a T i wanted when i first became interested, a beautiful Haplopelma Lividum. Who also made me change my pants, when changing her over, she went in, then out along the skirting board, over towards my two year old, who thought it was "bloody great", then i managed to get her back to me, over my legs, and then back into her new enclosure. They look great, but after the heart attacks i,ve nearly had today, and the new change of clothes, i am now thinking of swapping everything for a nice quiet hamster.!

The E vulpinus are dwarf chile sp and are fairly laid back very similar to chile rose hair so there nothing to worry about they should be mild mannered and rarely be aggressive.

[sarah Smith]

Did any of you happen to see the M. balfouri that Lee at the Spider Shop had? Is it as gorgeous as the photo's I've seen?

Elaine

Yes though it was not lees I saw an adult felmale who is porb the mum of the slings lee was selling she was stunning nothing at all like what you would expect a T of that sort to look like though.

nice beige / white carapice and blue legs and abdermon as expected the startling thing was as shes a baboon I was expecting her to be built more like all the other baboon types stocky and well built but she was more like a colbolt blue or even to some level an apponoplema sp.

[Elaine Ross]

Yes though it was not lees I saw an adult felmale who is porb the mum of the slings lee was selling she was stunning nothing at all like what you would expect a T of that sort to look like though.

nice beige / white carapice and blue legs and abdermon as expected the startling thing was as shes a baboon I was expecting her to be built more like all the other baboon types stocky and well built but she was more like a colbolt blue or even to some level an apponoplema sp.

Thanks Sarah. I wish I had seen her in person.

Elaine

[Mike_Strick]

I managed to stick fairly closely to my original shopping list:

5 x Poecilotheria fasciata
3 x Avicularia versicolour
1 x Aphonopelma bicoloratum
1 x Brachypelma albopilosum

and a couple of mantids:
1 x Idolomantis diabolica
1 x Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

I have to say I preferred the old venue, but that may be partly because of the train drivers being on strike - the £20 cab fare each way to and from Birmingham New Street stung quite a bit.

[Phil Rea]

Yes though it was not lees I saw an adult felmale who is porb the mum of the slings lee was selling she was stunning nothing at all like what you would expect a T of that sort to look like though.

No Sarah, that one belonged to Monsieur JM Verdez, and wasn't the one that produced Lee's spiderlings (although the female that produced those is no less beautiful!).

[sarah Smith]

ok I thought Lee was selling and breeding in conjuntion with JM Verdez my bad if I got wrong end of the stick.

[Phil Rea]

Could be, if the ones Lee's selling now aren't from the same batch as the ones he was selling originally.

Either way, the ones on his table at the show were certainly nice spiders

[Phil Messenger]

Another great show, well done the BTS
our haul includes
X2 A.junodi
X4 C.fimbriatus
X1 C.schioedtei
A pair of P.lugardi
male A.bicoloratum
black Pokie T shirt from the BTS
OH!! and a couple of mantids and X3 banded milliepedes for the kids
and a bag of film tubs, thanks Cameron

Regards
Phil & Tracy

[Richard Simmonds]

The E vulpinus are dwarf chile sp and are fairly laid back very similar to chile rose hair so there nothing to worry about they should be mild mannered and rarely be aggressive.

So Adam, what sort of setup do they require.

[Adam Smith]

Depends on the size you bought it. If it is a spiderling keep it in film pot or plastic tub whatever suits it and keep it as any other sling. As far as larger ones such as subadults and adults they can be kept in plastic pet pals the medium sized pretty much throughout there lives.
Use whatever substrate mix you prefer and keep them at a temp
of 21C-28C and a humidity of 60/80 but 65-70 is usually just right as they dont need high humidity. Really they can be kept near like a chile rose but just a tab more humidity and thats about it really. They like to burrow so deep substrate

[mike halewood]

a beautiful Haplopelma Lividum. Who also made me change my pants, when changing her over, she went in, then out along the skirting board, over towards my two year old, who thought it was "bloody great", then i managed to get her back to me, over my legs, and then back into her new enclosure. They look great, but after the heart attacks i,ve nearly had today, and the new change of clothes, i am now thinking of swapping everything for a nice quiet hamster.!

I was expecting the same when I rehoused my AF P. regalis, but she wet in nce and quietly!!! Athough she did flinch once when I was taking the lid off the tub she came in, and I nearly had an accident then lol

I forgot, I also got 3 C fimbriatus slings free with my Pokie.

[Richard Simmonds]

Mike, i am getting very jealous.

[Colin D Wilson]

Mike, a big strapping lad like you needing extra strong undies ?

These larger pokies must be tough !!!!

[Robert Farmer]

H. lividum
Eresus niger
C. Schioedtei
C. Elegans
C. sp. singapore
E. murinus
and another C. fasciatum
Phoebolampta excellens- Katydids
chinese red head centipede

Did you get the "real" Schioedti or was it a Thorelli? Am I getting mixed up? Still don't really understand the whole Thorelli/Schioedti thing...

[Gary Pomeroy]

Chilobrachys Fimbriatus
Ephebopus Murinus
Lasiodora Parahybana
Grammostola Sp.

Wanted more but was on a restriction of only buying 2 so i was in the mrs bad books last night...
Still had a good day