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Just a pic of one of my T. Blondi's, she moulted 10 days ago, it was a fairly quick and clean moult, which was good news, she's now around 10" leg span.
Whenever I see T. blondi specimens in retail establishments they are always a very pale almost dark sand colour and appear to have very few hairs anywhere. Is this due to the specimens gender? Must say that your picture Linda is of a stunning T and I initially wondered if it was a T. blondi at all lol
The wife would love me to get a T. blondi but the hairless specimens I have seen leave me cold. Now I wonder whether I shouldn't splash out on a few slings
Richard
There are 3 kinds of Tarantula keeper. Those that can count and those that can't.
Whenever I see T. blondi specimens in retail establishments they are always a very pale almost dark sand colour and appear to have very few hairs anywhere. Is this due to the specimens gender? Must say that your picture Linda is of a stunning T and I initially wondered if it was a T. blondi at all lol
The wife would love me to get a T. blondi but the hairless specimens I have seen leave me cold. Now I wonder whether I shouldn't splash out on a few slings
Richard
Hi Richard, they come out the dark rich colour after moulting, they then gradually return to the lighter sand colour when nearing a moult, at least all of ours do. Any that you've seen with bald abdomens, will almost certainly be due to flicking hairs agressively or excessively, one of my other Blondi, is like as you've mentioned, totally bald, due to flicking hairs when prior/during laying an eggsac.
There has been some debate regarding their colour and the relationship to moisture, I personally keep all of mine in a dry substrate, I spray all over a couple of times a week, but leave a large earthenware dish with wet substrate in, and they then have the option to sit on that, plus you do get to see them a bit more, which is sometimes not the case, if they dissappear into a dark damp hide, and I've never had any problems with infestations keeping them this way. They're truly are a stunning T, the one in the pic was a sling approx. 2 and a half years ago, and she's not yet matured, and their growth rate is stunning. We feed the slings daily up until they've had around 6-7 moults, and that really puts them in good stead to attain their potential size.
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