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.
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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
RichardThere are 3 kinds of Tarantula keeper. Those that can count and those that can't.
My Collection as of the 30.10.10
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Originally posted by R Thomas View PostWhenever 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 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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