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My Lovely Lady!!!
- Thread starter AlyeskaWolf
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I Love her.
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Hi, welcome aboard!
You have a beautiful rosie. If I may make a suggestion.. change the substrate. Wood chips are abrasive and can cause molting issues. Get some eco-eart coconut fiber.
You have a beautiful rosie. If I may make a suggestion.. change the substrate. Wood chips are abrasive and can cause molting issues. Get some eco-eart coconut fiber.
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Its not wood chips, its Jungle substrate, with coconut fiber underneath.
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its actually quite soft. and a VERY thin layer. not even covering the whole tank.
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Oh, and thank you!!! I got her from a Tarantula LOVER, who has 4 different Tarantulas for like 15 years, so I thought since she approved of everything it was ok.
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Ok, better safe than sorry right. lol
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She is a great looking spider.
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Yes! I'll remove more of the jungle substrate just to be safe...I have been wondering how often they molt...I know it is a very dangerous time for them...I dread it, I will probably be scared to death the whole time. I don't want to lose her.
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Thanks!!!
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a big rose molts about once every 2-3 years but yours only looks about 4" so once a year is prob a good estimate.
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Dont be afraid of molting time I have only had 2 molt as I am new to the hoppy as will. But they both went great it was my pink toe A avic both time.
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Yeah she is about 4" Thanks for the info! Is there anything I should do when she molts to make it easier for her, or to prevent anything from going wrong? I'm a worry-wort, I really can't help it. All of my friends call me a Mamma Bear. And I know females can live a long life, I want her to be with me for a long time.
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all you have to do is stop feeding her when she stops accepting food, and when see finally does molt just leave her be for a couple weeks.
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Ok, thank you Right now she is voraciously eating. Very enthusiastic eater. btw.... ALIENS FTW!!!! I just raised a Praying Mantis from a hatch-ling to a giant female adult before releasing her (me and my dad order egg sacks since their population is diminishing, so we do our best to help...We release them all (500 hatch-lings) BUT I kept 1 to raise...Man...That was a fantastic experience. She molted several times and was...oh man...something else. I named her Ripley (Your Avatar) Can I ask you also...how many, ball park, different kinds of Tarantulas do you have, and if you could pick...a couple, as your favorites...which ones? I know this is an interest I will pursue for the rest of my life. I am absolutely in love with Arachnids. The Mantis' I shall also continue. I have a lot of...experience with all kinds of wildlife. From...all over I really should update my biography to explain. Id hate to come off as a newbie. But I'd love to learn as much as I can from you. My Grammastola Rosea is...so refreshing to me. (I recommend a Praying Mantis experience as well, I had great success and it really was wonderful.)
Right now she is voraciously eating. Very enthusiastic eater. btw.... ALIENS FTW!!!! I just raised a Praying Mantis from a hatch-ling to a giant female adult before releasing her (me and my dad order egg sacks since their population is diminishing, so we do our best to help...We release them all (500 hatch-lings) BUT I kept 1 to raise...Man...That was a fantastic experience. She molted several times and was...oh man...something else. I named her Ripley (Your Avatar) Can I ask you also...how many, ball park, different kinds of Tarantulas do you have, and if you could pick...a couple, as your favorites...which ones? I know this is an interest I will pursue for the rest of my life. I am absolutely in love with Arachnids. The Mantis' I shall also continue. I have a lot of...experience with all kinds of wildlife. From...all over I really should update my biography to explain. Id hate to come off as a newbie. But I'd love to learn as much as I can from you. My Grammastola Rosea is...so refreshing to me. (I recommend a Praying Mantis experience as well, I had great success and it really was wonderful.)
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Forgive me if I post many pictures...I am doting like a new mother. She just snatched up food when I took this just now.
About the jungle substrate, I am going to fully listen to you, and remove it all. I only had it in the first place because it was good for having live plants in your tank...and I wanted her to have the most natural habitat I could make...They were just clovers. But...Its going to go, lol.
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If i could pick a favorite it would be and kind of avic. Only cuz it is the 1st kind I have kept.
