Of course it can! And if it bites you, it'll just be fulfilling your wish to experience the venom!

What's AFS? African Farting Snails?

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Added on July 26, 2009, 5:21 amThis is one of the more intriguing pics...What were you doing here Dennis? Stuntman looked a little nervous.


"Ladies and gentlemen, I will now attempt to pull a tarantula out of my ear!"



This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jul 26 2009, 05:21 AM

Ahh- now it makes more sense.

Could the palp be from her old exo? Anyway it'll grow back eventually when it molts which shouldn't take very long at that size.

^^^ lol^^^

Just saw this-
Dubia roaches for sale in KL( I think)

Anyone breeding roaches for their T's?

This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jul 27 2009, 01:01 AM

Doh! From Andrew's comment, I thought dubias were hard to come by over there!

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Added on July 27, 2009, 5:52 amFreshly molted male MET- my little guy is all grown up now


And here's the female that molted a week or two ago, also showing adult colors




This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jul 27 2009, 07:22 AM

If you were here -sure!

This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jul 27 2009, 11:05 AM

One of my favorites too!

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Added on July 27, 2009, 12:12 pmAndrew, have you ever bred these before?

This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jul 27 2009, 12:12 PM

^^^ WOW is right! Gorgeous spider!

This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jul 27 2009, 01:27 PM

Andrew, Are you gonna breed the buggers?
ETA: NM- you answered my question.
Good luck with em- hope you succeed in breeding them!

This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jul 27 2009, 03:01 PM

BTW, what do the female L. malayanus look like? I ordered one a while back and it had a red butt. Was wondering if they sent me the wrong thing!

If I remember correctly the butt was red and black. The pics showed a black spider but when it arrived it wasn't all black, thought it might have been a juvie. Anyway, the thing died a while back.

Nice pics! Thanks for sharing!

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Added on July 27, 2009, 8:49 pmCongrats on your first T! There's no need to chop the mealworm, just make sure it is dead so it won't burrow into the substrate. Don't worry too much about it, most beginners overthink it which can cause more harm than good. Just give it food, water, a place to hide and clean up the leftovers; and let it do its own thing. Welcome to the hobby!

This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jul 27 2009, 08:49 PM

Don't know what species it is but care for a sling is pretty much the same as any other sling. Keep it humid but not wet. You can start a burrow for it with the flat end of a tweezer or a pencil. Hole should be just big enough for it to crawl into. They will take to the hole and expand on it. Eventually they will seal themselves in and molt. Which should be around once a month for that size (for the non slow growing species) Slings will stop eating when full and often won't eat again till after they molt. They will normally reappear a few days(sometimes much longer) after they molt. If you are comfortable in the room, the temps are fine. Keeping it slightly on the warm side will speed up their growth. Don't disturb it when you find it on its back- it is molting. Don't go digging it up to check on it if it disappears for a while (if you start the burrow all the way to the bottom of the container, you might be able to check on it without having to disturb it) That's all I can think off right now. I'm sure the others will chime in if i missed anything. Good luck.

Your dad 's doing a good job taking care of the T's! What's the second T with the blue leg? GBB?
My guess for the first T is female(just a guess)

This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jul 27 2009, 10:25 PM

Just making a guess based on distance between the anterior book lungs and the lack of a bump near the EF. Not very scientific I know.

Interesting article on sexing

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Added on July 28, 2009, 1:25 amMore venom....
Freshly molted P. regalis- thought this one was a male based on the dorsal markings but the pattern in the white area of the butt seems to be getting lighter with each molt. What do you think? Male or female? I have a skin - will try sexing it later tonite.

Old pic- prior to most recent molt


Another pic of my KB- right leg IV is messed up.


Juvie female H. mac


This post has been edited by Oldfart: Jul 28 2009, 12:34 PM

Good job- looks like it is on its way to settling down nicely. The webbing is a good sign.
As for providing moisture- use a spray bottle and give the side a squirt. Every once in a while, eyeball the substrate- if it looks dry, give it a little squirt.

Well your sling definitely has those big @ss spinnerets that Chilobrachys are known for. And they are big time webbers. Give it a couple more days and the whole enclosure should be covered with webbing. Still have no clue what species your sling is. Talk to the guy you got it from- see if he knows which country it is from. Might have to wait till it is considerably bigger before trying to ID it.

Bookmark the following link, it might help you ID your sling when it is all grown up.

Some info to ID some of the more common Chilobrachys in the pet trade.

I like!