Not posted anything for a while about my spiders but seeing as they're hitting the news with endless horror stories about totty little things that are totally untrue I thought I'd show you some proper ones instead.
This weekend I was misting the home of my Skeleton Tarantula who lives here
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Now I knew she was near the entrance hole but I wasn't paying attention like I should and as I sprayed water in all of a sudden she charged out and tried to attack the mist. I nearly had a trouser accident too. Here she is after and she stayed there for quite some time too lol.
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Heres a few more from my collection too -
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My female Haplopelma lividium - Cobalt Blue and she's a beauty. Hides away most the time and comes out late at night. Bit feisty too lol.
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My female Haplopelma minax sp "Big Black" and she is very very nasty. She is another who burrows and comes out at night but will think nothing of striking out at anything that passes by. Lovely spider haha.
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My Theraphosa stirmi female who is about 7 inches big now but still has plenty of growing yet to go as she will get to about 10-11 inches fully grown.
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My stunning female Haplopelma albostriatum - she's ace and is meant to burrow but she likes being out on display loads and so i see her lots. Again she's a bit feisty too.
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My Theraphosa apophysis spiderling - just a small baby and only about 6cm at the moment. It will get to a big size fully grown, possibly 10-11 inches.
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My female Psalmopoeus cambridgei eating a cricket. She's a nice 6 inches in size and is really nice. She takes her food off the tongues I use and has never thrown any threat poses at me either. She's arboreal too so she lives high up on trees in the wild so she's kept in a tall enclosure with plenty of room to climb.
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My female Phormicoptus cancerides - Thailand Black - she is another that will strike out and is very feisty indeed. Had great fun when she was delivered to me as she attacked the tongues and wasn't very friendly at all.They aren't all nasty spiders but just lately my newest additions have been the ones kept by "advanced" keepers as they're more interesting and fun.
Fab thanks
Fascinated and terrified in equal measure, ridiculous arachnophobic, thanks for the sleepless night I'm about to have 🙂
No probs 😉 I'll load some pictures up of the more friendly ones next time.
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10-11 inches
10 to 11 inches?! 10 TO 11 INCHES???!!!
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Amazing creatures. Thanks for the pics.
Beautiful creatures and nice photo's.
jambourgie - Member10 to 11 inches?! 10 TO 11 INCHES???!!!
Yeah I know- metric next time!
The Haplopelma albostriatum is lovely... Raver spider!
Scarey spiders!
Thanks for posting.
This is my Mexican Fireleg on her back and moulting. The process takes anything from an hour to a few hours depending on the age of the spider and it's a traumatic process for them and some sadly don't survive. My girl Flick did and so here is the pre-moult and then the actual skin after
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And this is her in her new skin
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No probs, love showing the spiders off. I'll get a video done next time and show how quick some of them are.
What's the appeal of the aggressive ones? Just to look at presumably?
They are awesome, but I think I'd rather have a placid one!
I wouldn't say there's an "appeal" as such. It's just I have a collection of the more "popular ones" and as my interest and confidence is better the feisty ones are the ones I've bought recently. They actually aren't aggressive but defensive and non of them actually go out their way to attack. In a confined space as they are, it just appears they are aggressive and if left alone they are fine. It's a natural reaction they have to show their fangs or rear their legs up as it lets any would be attacker know they mean business.
Urrrrrgh moults. I can deal with the spiders but the moults are weird
Do you ever get bitten? How bad is the venom? I guess it varies...
Urrrrrgh moults. I can deal with the spiders but the moults are weird
Seem perfectly normal to me...
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LOL
Great stuff. Used to have a few when I was a kid. Love the 'just moulted' look on the fireleg.
How do you go about cleaning their living space if they are aggressive?
Those are some impressive arachnids!
Do you really have them in your house - yoiks. I find spiders fascinating but not sure I would want them under my roof. Yes I am a wuss!
How do you go about cleaning their living space if they are aggressive?
Blow a bong into their tank?
Can a spider drive a tank?
Touching wood I've never been bitten and I don't hopefully intend to. Their venom varies from something that feels like a bee sting to some that can give serious long term problems lasting many months and giving you serious pain.
Some of them have the urticating hairs which they fire at you and then you itch like crazy. Again they vary in potency and some give you blisters that itch not so bad and some itch very very bad and if they get in your eyes can be exceptionally nasty.
Yes i do have them in various rooms in my house but I am turning one room into a dedicated spider/snake room. I have to ensure they're all safely housed and cannot escape as I also have a dog and the spiders are lethal to her and if she got bitten it would kill her. The venom to us isn't lethal.
I'm not a massive spider fan, but the local tarantulas ([i]Aphonopelma smithi[/i])are pretty cool. Unlike the Black Widows which are evil looking little things.
They are awesome, but I think I'd rather have a [s]placid one[/s] cat!
Fixed.
I find them fascinating, but couldn't imagine having them as pets.
A bloke I used to work with kept spiders and scorpions.
I was at uni with a guy who had a royal python and a Boa. I wasn't that keen on the boa (she was small, but a bit shirty). The python was lovely though, really docile and you could handle her without any bother.
I have a male Boa and he's really tame. He's just over 7ft too. I also have a Royal Python and Dwarf Boa and again they're very tame. My Green Tree Python is remarkably calm too which is good as they can be very snappy.
Very nice Hadge. Do you have any more photos of the H. minax sp?
cambridgei are great spids too. I have an old girl who must be nearing ten years now and still looking good. Never tried to strike but always pops out to say hello at feeding time.
I think you should tag this thread with all those bike security threads 😯
This one looks great
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looks like an x ray!
sudden she charged out and tried to attack the mist. I nearly had a trouser accident
Man those photo, just knowing [i]your[/i] close to them, almost gives me a trouser accident. Have no inclination towards them or snakes (or scorpions, etc) but I'm glad ppl like you (& roper) do, as they are ace.
<Awaits Roper next thread, to trump this one> (gunna be hard) 😉
please never move next door to me. I've got the spider fear and genuinely feel quite nauseous looking at them, but can't resist looking. Werid or what. Please keep all our doors and windows locked..
My daughter has a couple of snakes and did have a few Preying Mantis, she is now asking for a Tarantula, along with giant millipede, Ball Python and a Western Hognose. As she is 15 you can tell who looks after them.....
Sorry Roper the only picture I have of the minx Big Black is the one below as she's gone into pre-moult now and is all webbed up in her lair. As soon as she's in her new clothes I'll try get one of her.
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This is my juvenile female Ceratogyrus darlingi "Horned Baboon" saying hello. She's made a fantastic web all round her tunnel and it's amazing to look at.
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I now have an X immanis spiderling which looks nothing right now but as an adult they're a stunning purple colour and the only thing wrong with them is they're not cheap. Right now a 2cm sling can sell for £70 but I now have more expensive spiders as my collection gets bigger
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As expected, shattered today at work today having 'slept' with one eye open thinking every silhouette was a monster spider coming to get me.................so where's the video? 😯
That is a properly gangster collection of spiders. Would love just one of those but Mrs Danny won't entertain the idea.
My long term plan is to get babybgoode interested in them and nag her to death until she caves in...
I'm waiting for my delivery of fresh food so I'll upload a video then hopefully.
Haha dannybgoode that's a great idea. If you finally get one DON'T get a Chile Rose which are always recommended as beginners T's because they are bullet proof, get a Curly Hair Tarantula instead as they too are very easy to keep but they feed really well and don't have fasting periods like the Rose which when that happens really worries the new owner as they believe something is wrong. Curly Hairs are much better and look good too.
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My snakes are a male Commom Boa "Dave" who is 7 feet long and a gentle giant, my Green Tree Boa and my female Dwarf La Bahai Boa "Maria"
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what do you do with their moults?
do they "keep" or do they degrade over time?
Your very lucky if you can get a moult out in perfect condition as some spiders tend to shred them. The good ones I try save and then show my friends and then I usually throw them away. Some people do save the very good ones and you can mount them in a frame.