She's a [i]Theraphosa stirmi[/i] and she's a Goliath Birdeater and is one of, if not the largest spiders in the world with a leg span over 10 inches and up to possibly 12 inches. Mines just a baby at about 5 right now but she will grow much bigger with a few meals in her.
These spiders not only have very large fangs but also have the worst type of urticating bristles (type 3) which can cause blindness and severe itching if they come into contact with you. It is a defence mechanism purely but you have to make sure you cause as little disturbance when cleaning her out or feeding etc. I've been tagged by one of the lesser type bristles and boy do you itch after. I originally went to buy one of these 2 years ago but was let down by the seller and they don't come up for sale that frequently so when I saw this girl I took the plunge and glad I did.
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What do you feed it?
Does it have a name?
In your home out of choice 😯
How much does something like that cost?
These spiders not only have very large fangs but also have the worst type of urticating bristles (type 3) which can cause blindness and severe itching if they come into contact with you.
WTF would you buy that for?
Are you mental?
Cool, not seen a creepy crawly thread for a while.
"Hey Terri it's din dins time PLEASE DON'T BLIND ME!"which can cause blindness ... make sure you cause as little disturbance when cleaning her out or feeding etc.
nice...
Do you have to feed it still-living things, or is it happy with tinned crickets?
Serious question... what's the appeal?
I guess wi something like that you feed it whatever the hell it wants as long as it doesn't grab you by the arm.
Here's an idea?...When you're cleaning it out can you not just vacuum it beforehand to remove the bristles?, most vacuum's have a boost button so that'd take care of that problem, #pissedoffbaldspider
I do think they're remarkable creatures, but personally wouldn't want to own one. Each to their own and all that.
How many spiders do you have now, Hadge?
Just thinking aloud, but do you have to have a license, or register them...with erm....I honestly don't know. The Spider Police?
The Spider Police?
Utterly hopeless at solving crime, they just make webs out of the police tape...
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Here's an idea?...When you're cleaning it out can you not just vacuum it beforehand to remove the bristles?, most vacuum's have a boost button so that'd take care of that problem, #pissedoffbaldspider
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Awesome creature, but really, what does it do? I imagine it'd be a useless trail-spider?
njee - the appeal is I love animals, all types. If I had the space and money I would have birds of prey and one day I hope to have an Eagle Owl.
Spiders are fed such things as crickets and yes they are alive as spiders don't take dead food generally but these as adults will take dead baby mice but I'll never feed them that as it's very messy.
She's called Bella as well.
Cost wise she cost me £70 which isn't bad as they live for 20-30 years with some species, some even more. There's known cases of Red Knee Mexicans going over 40 years old and they can cost anything from £8 to £40 for an adult female.
I've not counted how many I have but it's a few he says lol. Seriously it works out cheaper to keep more as when you buy a tub of crickets at £2 a pop you don't get any wastage feeding a lot of spiders instead of just one - if that makes sense.
I've not counted how many I have but it's a few he says lol. Seriously it works out cheaper to keep more as when you buy a tub of crickets at £2 a pop you don't get any wastage feeding a lot of spiders instead of just one - if that makes spidey sense
FTFY.
I sincerely hope beyond all hope that you don't live in East Yorkshire. No issues with you having them but that picture just makes my skin crawl and I'm not particularly scared of spiders as a rule.
This is Pertunia, she's my [i]Lasiodora parahybana[/i] Salmon Pink Foot Birdeater and she's about 9 inches span at least, now she is big and bulky too. She once turned over a ceramic water bowl in her RUB (really useful box) chasing after a cricket which is quite impressive for a spider. She's more like a bulldozer lol. If you think her leg span is over 9 inches you can work out how big her body is and it's big. I'd like to try hold her to give you an idea but her bristles make you itch so I might have to get a rubber glove first lol.
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You should get a wee dog suit made for it then take it for a walk on a lead round the streets. You could make a fortune by betting people you could prove your dog was a spider. Lure them into betting a gazillion pounds then simply remove the dog suit before making good your escape.
I forgot I'd got this picture. Here's Pertunia on her former owners hand and she's grown since then haha
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This is one of those threads I can't help looking at, although its making me a little uneasy. I'm going to have nightmares tonight about giant hairy spiders blocking busy roads in the ASL
They are very impressive and fascinating though Hadge, I can see the appeal in a bizarre kind of way
Good God. The size of the thing!
Am I right in thinking that they have hollow skeletons, so if you dropped her she'd be damaged?
as someone petrified of spiders i seemingly cannot help but looking at your threads hadge! i dont understand why.
i couldnt for the life of me have one of those near me, but each to their own!
nice pics.. make me shake but nice pics!
If you dropped her she would split open and die. Basically they are soft, no external hard skin and so full of fluids etc. This is why handling them is dangerous to the spiders not you as they are more likely come to harm by running off your hand. I have held some of mine but always close to the ground or over a table and I only handle those that aren't skittish. Some of my arboreal spiders are so quick that you have to be very careful when opening their enclosures and you must be aware where they are. They are also the most toxic and their venom can do serious damage and have long lasting side effects.
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ****ing run.
Rob is a legend. There's one video where he gets bitten by a "pokie" an arboreal spider which I have lots of and you can feel his pain from the bite. It's sort of funny in a twisted way lol.
Very Nice Hadge.
This is my [i]T.apophysis[/i]
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Not quite adult yet but a good size. Very active and always hungry.
I got hit by the hairs once, never again. 😀
My mate is a freak like you, he's got a few T's.
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HIT IT WITH A SLIPPER!
Man, I admire your love for nature, but seriously mate, ffs you could have just got a rabbit. 🙂
dandax - freak??? How rude pmsl.
I remembered you had the [i]apophysis[/i] Roper and you never see them up for sale here in the UK, your a lucky fella indeed. How did it feel getting hit by the bristles?
Someone I know was taking some pictures of his [i]T blondi[/i] in the bath as it was white and made the spiders stand out and his missus had a bath after and the spider had "flicked" a few bristles in it and sadly she got tagged by them - he didn't say where on her body but it doesn't bare thinking about.
The Spider Police?
Utterly hopeless at solving crime, they just make webs out of the police tape...
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Q) What steps do you take with spiders like that?
A) Bloody great big ones, in the opposite direction!
These spiders not only have very large fangs but also have the worst type of urticating bristles (type 3) which can cause blindness and severe itching if they come into contact with you.
What the best-dressed arachnid owner wears about the house...
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On another note, I'm like a girl when it comes to spiders, it's the way they move.
But because T's are bigger I'm not so bad with them.
ffs you could have just got a rabbit
He did buy a rabbit.
He introduced it to his other pets.
RIP Mr Flopsy 😥
Yay arachnids 😆 great stuff. Fascinating beasts.
Don't get me wrong:
They look lovely on the telly and house spiders are welcome guests.
But when I saw that picture above my testicles retreated into my body so quickly that they rebounded of my spleen.
I've had her (not sexed yet) since she was a sling, so a few years. The symptoms of the hairs were a bit flu like, runny nose, sore throat, slight loss of voice, but the irritation to my hand was immensely itchy. A bit like nettles sting for a few days but a desperate need to scratch. I used lots of tape to remove most of the hairs, but I think some of the barbs broke off and stayed in. Even washing the area made the area sore and itchy again. I had to just leave it alone until it cleared up. It took about 3ish days I think.
This is fairly new and by far my fastest spider
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Just a baby, but looks female, but it appears she teleports from one place to another rather than running. Beautiful up close and still though.
I do have a dog as well and I'm ultra cautious and think of her well being too as a bite from any of my spiders would be lethal to her. She did watch them as they moved in their homes at first but she's used to them now, same with my snakes when she sees them but whenever I am re-homing the spiders or when I've put new ones in homes I've always kept the dog out the way. I've only had one "accident" and that was my own stupid fault.
I've had her (not [b]sexed[/b] yet) since she was a [b]sling[/b], so a few years
...and for those us who don't speak Spider Jive?
sorry, baby spider or spider-ling. I have not determined her sex, I need to look with a microscope or lens up close. Normally with the exoskeleton, or exuviae. They moult their outer exoskeleton to grow, and this includes their sex organs.
The above photo is a [i]cupiennius salei[/i] too.
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sorry, baby spider or spider-ling. I have not determined her sex, I need to look with a microscope or lens up close. Normally with the exoskeleton, or exuviae. They moult their outer skeleton to grow, and this includes their sex organs.
Cheers.
Ahhh a Wandering Spider - so she's venomous and a DWA spider here in the UK? That's a Dangerous Wild Animal here in the UK for those not in the know. It's what you need for keeping things like Cobras, Crocs and Black Widow spiders. Here in good old Stoke there's quite a few DWA keepers, especially of snakes but it's something I'll never do as I just don't want take that risk.
Lovely spider though and ouch to those symptoms too. I'll remember that for the future.
Fantastic spider pics 🙂 Tonight at our camera club we will be doing some spider,snake and insect photos 😆
Stoke 😯 I visit there quite often
