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I had a G. rosea that had a bad molt where it’s sucking stomach didn’t molt out and it lived for nearly 2 years before it finally died. It hadn’t been able to drink or eat the whole time. Sorry about your spider.
Hey Kitsu. I’m studying wildlife resources so I have a special interest in these types of things as I want to be in law enforcement for fish and game. Apparently tarantulas aren’t even considered wildlife in arizona and have no restrictions aside from where you can take them from...
Every time my reduncus comes out from its hide I just like to say “that’s reduncus!” Such a funny name. They’re good spider. I have more in this genus than any other genera. The irminia, pulcher, cambridgei and reduncus.
For slings I buy Amac boxes at thecontainerstore.com they cost at most like $3? For my adult A. Avic I was able to make a 12x18 plexiglass enclosure for under $50. Maybe you should consider buying larger sheets and then cutting them? I bought one big sheet and then was able to cut it down to...
All millennials have vinyls now. Definitely considered one of the better and cooler ways to listen to music nowadays. Mp3 is so lame. Thought I would chime in because I’m definitely younger than 30 or 40 and I have more records than I have tarantulas which is really saying something.
I also recently watched a video on YouTube by Nat Geo WILD where they said the exact same thing! Like I swear they’re supposed to know their stuff but I guess not.
This is what I read online.. in retrospect it isn’t believable at all. It’s unfortunate that these websites are misinforming people that are considering getting tarantulas as pets.
I read an inaccurate article, one of those “so you got a tarantula” kinda things. Upon further research I see that you’re correct. If you think about it it doesn’t really make sense, since nobody has ever died from a tarantula and there isn’t an antivenom for tarantulas. :oops: Shoulda thought...
New world tarantulas would rather flick their urticating hairs on you or flee than bite. If you are bitten by your B. Smithi (I assume it's a B. Smithi, I'm not great with common names) it would be similar to a bee sting. Apparently if you are allergic to bee stings then it is more likely that...