This news story made me wonder what other spiders people keep ( Read more... )

When a male tarantula develops its tibial hooks, does that mean that it's going to die very soon? I apologize for the 'noob' question, but I'm having trouble googling this info. I was given a large male salmon bird eater (L. parahybana) and he has the hooks, so I'm wondering what I'm in store for. Thanks in advance for any help. :)

Perhaps you guys have seen this floating around the Facebook/Twitterverse, but if you haven't, I figured I would share it with the people who can appreciate it.

Spiders are Wonderful

I made my icon from one of the pictures, and you guys are more than welcome to steal it.

Hope you like this, and I hope this is Spider community approved! :)

Hello all! I am back, w/ another question!

You see? I have this Pink-toe named Fancy Feet. She's a lovely little spider.
I've had her for a little over a month. She started out fin, ate well, even watched her drink once.

But here's my issue. She has built herself a little fort of sticky:

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Just wanted to give you guys a little update on the G. rosea I rescued back in March. She has improved greatly, and is all fat and happy now. She takes crickets every time I toss some in, so I am not sure where the, "She won't eat!", claim came from. She eats 2-3 crickets a week now, and is always sitting out on her web mat. I've yet to see a ( Read more... )

I've been lurking here for quite some time now but I need a little help ( Read more... )

So we have a missing spider.. and it's 1/4" :C

My mom accidentally left the clear top on his cage open and he slipped away in the middle of the night.
Our house is full of animals, cracks and crevices, and potential holes.. Were gonna be searching all week but..

I've searched the shelf the cage was on from top to bottom.
Gotten on my hands and knees ( Read more... )

I have a few questions. Lets start out mentioning I'm a fairly new T owner. My first T was a Rose Hair that I got for Christmas this past year.
He is always pleasant, lets me hold him, does spidery things. Only true problem was that he hasn't eaten since before last December. He JUST molted today. My mom owns some smaller T's that have shed and came ( Read more... )

I recently went to a pet store that sold tarantulas. They had a G. pulchra sling in stock, which I had seen about a week or two earlier. This time, it had just molted the night before and looked beautiful. The lady working at the pet store proceeded to throw in a cricket about 2/3 the size of the tarantula, see that it was not interested in eating ( Read more... )

So on Friday I got a call from my tarantula mentor with a huge favor. Huge because he had a G. rosea rescue that needed a home and fast. He already has over 50 tarantulas in his personal collection, and his wife told him she would make him take up golf if he got any more. Trust me, golf would be torture for this man. So I now sit here the proud ( Read more... )