ok ryo.. i took it out cos i think it may harm the T but i left the other one in.. the tall one

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Added on December 8, 2009, 8:10 pmbtw.. nice MET.. wait for me.. im getting 2

This post has been edited by yltanisaac: Dec 8 2009, 08:10 PM

Nice tanks and tarantula guys

Boehmei... (3 inch ++)


B.auratum



P. rufilata




Avicularia.

Thanks issac!
Anw, personally i think small pebble looks nicer in enclosure compare to those big one
Nice moss u have there, where did u get it?

it's a mixture of exoterra moss and some sphagnum moss (got it as a gift from someone)

Wooo, lucky u to have sphagnum moss
Im still looking for it tho

guys,juz wanna ask, is it ok if i feed my T every 2 days?
seems to me lately that my rosea is eating like a pig?will it kill it if i overfeed it?coz,seems to me u guys been feeding for at least once a weel..oh, and btw, my T is still small..just molted past 3 weeks..

I got a plastic bag of sphagnum moss,but dried 1

depend on T keeper,
you can even feed them everyday if you want to / if it eats

Do notice if the abdomen too fat, chance of it injured from fall are way higher

I wonder who said that feeding everyday is okay. This is cruel towards the tarantula. Just imagine you eat a meal every one hour (tarantulas have slower metabolism than us, hence feeding them everyday is like feeding a human being every 1 hour, *just for example). They will eat because the prey keep on appear in front of them (small container), and they feel stress, doesnt mean that they are hungry.

and yes, you might killed it if you powerfeed them. There are lots of example that tarantula died because of powerfeed, not directly. For example, stuck during molting, fall and hurt the abdomen, internal "bleeding" and so much more.

I never powerfeed my tarantulas. I feed them around 2-3 weeks once depends on their abdomen size. I couldnt give any solid example about cons of powerfeed, maybe somebody share their "experience" to warn the rest?

This post has been edited by *FallenAngel*: Dec 8 2009, 10:18 PM

erm,
I din say is ok,
what i mean is just that you can.
Depends on T keeper = how much he feed you also dunno
if he knews powerfeed will "pump" their growth rate

This post has been edited by tunemystylez: Dec 8 2009, 11:02 PM

yltanisaac: Not a good idea to have large loose stones in an enclosure with a small base- if by accident someone knocks the enclosure on its side and it rolls, the stones might crush your slings.

naruto_kun: Feeding your T every 2 days won't kill it. But when the abdomen gets to a certain size you don't want to continue feeding it (even if it will still eat). Abdomens that are too big are not good for the T- a couple of the reasons have been mentioned already. I stop feeding my T's when I think they are fat enough.

ok guys..i guess in order for u to feed,u have to take into consideration the ab of the T then huh?last time my T's abdomenwas like raisins..now i think slightly bigger than his upper body..i decided not to feed it anymore..maybe next 4 days la..

Hey guys, would like to ask.. if there's a T's died in your enclosure, afterthat do you re-use the substrate inside, or you will straight away throw it ?

reuse if the T died not because of mites / no mites around,
straight away throw the substrate if there are mites around even the T is still alive.

depends, but I'll nuke and let it cool before reusing it

If there was a NW T in the enclosure before, or if there's a lot of old webbing present then I would toss the old substrate out and wash the enclosure completely. NW T's sometimes will lay down a carpet of U-hairs before molting. Anything such as old U-hairs and old webbing may signal to the new T that there is another T nearby and prolong the time it takes for the new T to settle down. Since substrate is not too expensive, I usually toss the old one out and use new substrate.

those white mites u mean?...it will kill the T or wat?

Hmm.. no sure got mites or not though, but i saw once got a tiny fella that runs fast, is that mites?

O.o

I didn't know that before that NW T will leave some of its U hair when molt. Thanks for the information

1 might not, but if a lots it will.



Anyways, Thanks all.. I think i will throw all the substrates out for safety pre-cautious, it got a lots webbing inside.