Show me your LPs!

[Breeze]

I would like to see your L. Parahybana and your setups!

 

[Enn49]

I started my 2 off as 1" slings in tubs the size of a cricket tub with a tiny hide, small piece of plant and water bowl


They are both now in 9 litre Really Useful boxes both with a large piece of cork bark, plastic plant, a slab of slate (which they both love to sit on) and untipable small animal bowl for water. I gave them the untipable bowls because Mole insisted on spilling water everywhere.

Mole


Pip

 

[MassExodus]

Here's my big female and Livingenzyme's mature male..I'll be switching her enclosure up after I breed them so I didn't do what I wanted to do, which is line it with plants and rocks and take the hide out. She doesn't use it, but she may if she drops a sac.

 

[MassExodus]

Here's the male

 

[MassExodus]

My female looks very pre molty...I wish she would HURRY UP so I can breed her..

 

[Breeze]

Enn mole and pip are really awesome!

 

[Enn49]

Enn mole and pip are really awesome!

Thank you. I'm so glad I bought them when I did.

 

[Breeze]

Exodus good luck on the breeding! Im really hoping i have a female!
It looks female but im waiting for a molt.

 

[MassExodus]

Exodus good luck on the breeding! Im really hoping i have a female!
It looks female but im waiting for a molt.

Thanks

 

[Fuzzball79]

I also have a Pip(squeak).
He/she arrived like this last December....

..and now looks like this

Lovely spiders they are.

 

[MassExodus]

lmao, what a monster in the first pic !...too cute. Fuzzball you should consider that a female...in that amount of time I believe a male would be twice that size, or three times, depending on the temp you keep it at...just a theory though

 

[Fuzzball79]

lmao, what a monster in the first pic !...too cute. Fuzzball you should consider that a female...in that amount of time I believe a male would be twice that size, or three times, depending on the temp you keep it at...just a theory though

I've considered that, compared to others' slings. I feed him/her every couple of days (not really on a strict schedule, just when it suits). He/she seems to get fat really quickly, which I suppose is not an issue for a sling/juvie. Fingers crossed (although I don't really mind if they turn out male. My B. Boehmei is 90% sure male and he's still one of my faves).

 

[MassExodus]

I've considered that, compared to others' slings. I feed him/her every couple of days (not really on a strict schedule, just when it suits). He/she seems to get fat really quickly, which I suppose is not an issue for a sling/juvie. Fingers crossed (although I don't really mind if they turn out male. My B. Boehmei is 90% sure male and he's still one of my faves).

Agreed, same with my boehmei as well. I just feel pressured to find my males adult females so they can fulfill their roll a few times before they go..which is going to be expensive for a few of them, but they're worth it, and breeding is a very exciting aspect of the hobby Unfortunately, it seems like every time I buy a sling of the species that I have females of, the slings turn out to be females...weird, and frustrating, but I can't be disappointed in a female

 

[Fuzzball79]

Agreed, same with my boehmei as well. I just feel pressured to find my males adult females so they can fulfill their roll a few times before they go..which is going to be expensive for a few of them, but they're worth it, and breeding is a very exciting aspect of the hobby Unfortunately, it seems like every time I buy a sling of the species that I have females of, the slings turn out to be females...weird, and frustrating, but I can't be disappointed in a female

I think I will send him away with a heavy heart as a breeding loan, because I just don't think my husband would be happy with having hundreds of tiny slings around. I could just picture me losing some...

 

[MassExodus]

I think I will send him away with a heavy heart as a breeding loan, because I just don't think my husband would be happy with having hundreds of tiny slings around. I could just picture me losing some...

Lol, you seem pretty knowledgeable..I think you'd do fine. I encourage people to breed every chance i get though..I'd love to see tarantulas competing with reptiles as pets! Imagine how cheap and easy it would be to get all the spiders you want..and I'd be willing to bet it would kick some taxonomists in the butt too, and get some long awaited identifications done.

 

[Entity]

my LP i just got last week.

 

[Fuzzball79]

Lol, you seem pretty knowledgeable..I think you'd do fine. I encourage people to breed every chance i get though..I'd love to see tarantulas competing with reptiles as pets! Imagine how cheap and easy it would be to get all the spiders you want..and I'd be willing to bet it would kick some taxonomists in the butt too, and get some long awaited identifications done.

Aww, thanks, I'm still a proper newbie (only started keeping March (?) last year), but love learning about the animals I keep. It would be nice if spiders were considered more of a normal pet and you didn't get looked at as some sort of freak for keeping them, but on the other hand too many cheap species can also lead to too many idiots buying them, if you get what I mean.

 

[MassExodus]

Aww, thanks, I'm still a proper newbie (only started keeping March (?) last year), but love learning about the animals I keep. It would be nice if spiders were considered more of a normal pet and you didn't get looked at as some sort of freak for keeping them, but on the other hand too many cheap species can also lead to too many idiots buying them, if you get what I mean.

Yeah, I get you. I also get tired of the odd looks when it's revealed that I have 31 spiders and a roach colony. Most times I laugh it off, other times it can be a little offensive. Good thing I have a little bit of self restraint and manners. A little bit.

 

[Breeze]

Should have my first molt soon! Then i will know sex forsure! Unless it destroys it lol

 

[Breeze]

Fingers crossed!