mistake maybe?

[Craig Mackay]

thanks anita,i like the idea about the syringe something i could use for all my t's.
does anyone have any tips for removing and replacing the water dish for cleaning purposes?

Body Armour, lol!

[Michael Peachey]

Hello mate just thought i would share some advise from my part. I've found with aggresive or defensive species the best way to cater for them is to build your tank/tub specifically.

By building in small lift up lids and slide trays to add in the crickets, and plaing the water bowl near by thus close enough to fill you can minimise any stress. You could even feed in a spray bottle attached to a tube, to fill the water bowl Drill a small hole in the plastic and have the line attahed inside your tank with a squeezy bottle. Then give it a squeeze and vawhla.

Of course you'd have to get him/her in, but once the little devil is in it would make things nice n easy.

I don't belive my regalis is especially aggresive, but if i'm honest i dont think i would notice the different because the way in which we've build/modified my tanks allow me to feed them without finding out hehe.

So basically provided you have an adapted tank, in my opinion there's no reason to worry about keeping the more aggresive species because in theory, any risk can be taken out with a bit of thought into the housing.

It does definately help to have a dad or a friend who can use materials to help mod up your tanks


Mike

[Craig Mackay]

Thats some good advise there, especially with the sprayer tube thing. You'd rarely have to open the tank. You'll hopefully find that once she's settled into the new tank and has made a good hide that she'll be more likely to run and hide when you open the tank which'll make your life a lot easier. Some nice tall pieces of cork bark would help give her something to anchor her web to.

[Stuart Common]

hi, i just rehomed three of mine the other day into larger enclosures, they ranged from a little B.smithi who walked along well to an H.maculata who moved like a speed demon on acid, certainly was nervous about it, as it was the first time i had moved it since i took it out its shipping box, but i found that just stay calm and take your time, put his new home next to the old, grab a bouple of chopsticks , if u havent any then its a great excuse for a chinese lol, and just take it slowly, with plenty of spacf and if it runs then back off if it runs off completely, they cant run for long so wait till it stops and catch it in a tub... Good luck, stick with it as its worth it, remember its probably more scared of you, and that once its in its new home and settled into a hide then if you startle it while feeding then it will likely go to its hide where it feels safe

[Alexander Abrams]

Good luck with it, try not to worry yourself too much, yes, big aggressive spiders can be scary but as has been said above you will get used to them, I'm sure. The only advice that I can offer that might come in useful, if you don't already own a pair, forceps come in really handy, you can pick up crickets (with practice) and wax/meal worms and pop them in the tank without exposing too much of your own flesh (says me with docile new world species). Let us know how you get on.

[Stuart Common]

yeah am with Alexander, some 12 inch tweezers are very handy for viv maintenance as well as feeding, even better get two! I find the ones that curve at the end are esp usefull for picking out boluses and things

[Chris Sainsbury]

Hi

hi everyone,i am new here and only a novice tarantula keeper but after keeping some new world species for a while(and they can make me nervous)i decided to branch out to asia but i find my latest buys positivley terryfying should i give up on t's and give them to someone who's not such a wimp!

yep!
Cheers
Chris

[Alexander Abrams]

Hi


yep!
Cheers
Chris

Don't listen to him, he's taking the mickey (I hope).

[mary walters]

Jason, I find asian sp fine, just be aware that they can and do get out and run, I just run for the door and close it. They reappear eventually and can be caught.

To be honest I have had asian and now on to africans, I'm scared of spiders too so there's quite a bit of 'get back in' going on at feeding time.

As for water, I use a pint jug for the bigger water bowls and a pippette thing from Lee, 4 for a quid or something like that, not expensive at all, for slings and OBT's.

[jason lea]

thanks for all the replys guys,i will let you know how i get on. couldn't move her yet tank needs a bit of work first.
mary could you tell me what OBT stands for please i am still trying to learn terms both for t's and the internet in general thanks jason

[Stuart Common]

hi Jason, an obt is short for orange bitey thing, the friendly name for that friendly fireball, P.murinus

[jason lea]

cheers stuart,so much to learn what with latin names and all the short terms!

[Colin D Wilson]

, an obt is short for orange bitey thing,

Or...Orange Baboon Tarantula

[Alexander Abrams]

Or...Orange Baboon Tarantula

True, but not as funny though!

[James Box]

i was sure OBT stood for old barsteward tarantula! though i've rarely had trouble with them personally.

hmm i started with a couple Africans, but though they could climb they weren't as fast as the Asian arboreals or Asian burrowers (hope you can find out soon, it'll make a big difference how you house her, obviously! and you don't want to do this twice).

i wouldn't give up, though going for fast, skittish, flighty arboreals is a brave choice!
i'm nervous enough about juvenile Psalmopoeus cambridgei but that doesn't stop me having three! had a few close calls as far as nearly losing them, they've never tried to bite me. my closest call with a bite was a Grammastola mollicoma that pounced! just about got me, but i was quicker, thankfully!

that being said, i'm nervous having anything to do with my C schoiedtei, and my H lividums and minax can stay in their burrows, thank you very much!

one thing you can try if no one's mentioned it is if you can get the lid off without spooking her, cut a big pop bottle in half, and clamp it over her, slide a bit of card under and she should be manageably trapped. then slowly and deliberately place her into the new tank.