Recent content by Eighth Eye Blind

LOL. It's so fluffy!

I have an A. avicularia that's now in her eighth month without eating. I think it's some sort of religious thing she's doing. You're a long, long way from having to worry about it. It's not uncommon for T's to go on months-long hunger strikes.

Cool. You're being a good spider momma. These guys like to dig burrows with lots of separate tunnels so having deep substrate is important for their quality of life (assuming that T's even experience quality of life, of course). Sorry to use 2,000 words in this reply but your question about it...

:eek::eek::eek: Yikes! In case you don't know (and for the benefit of others who may not), some commercial insecticides that "don't work on spiders" actually do work extremely well on spiders and we just didn't know it. We're just learning that pesticide resistance in spiders is highly...

Pre-molt or not, that T is not going to be very happy without a deep substrate to dig in. It's hard to tell from the pic, but it sure looks like you need some deeper dirt in that enclosure. How many inches of substrate do you have in there?

Here's an interesting theory that I've heard - and I personally don't believe a word of it but take it as you will. I've been told that feeding Brachypelma sp. and other types that have red markings on crickets loaded with foods like carrots and sweet potatoes significantly strengthens the red...

Per my earlier reply, I still think that's way too much fan for this setup. Keep it turned down to low until you see how your T reacts to the wind. Most don't like it. The design does look interesting, though. I hope it works out!

As I said, though, check the size of the hole saw and make sure that it's gonna match whatever grill you end up getting. All of my tools are metric so I can't be certain whether a 4" is the proper size for the grills that I linked to.

No need to get fancy. They sell special carbide saws for acrylic but they're not needed unless you're going to be making 200+ cuts. A regular high speed steel or bimetallic saw is fine. Like I said, though, go slow. You want it to cut, not melt. Some people spray a little soapy water on the...

A standard 4" hole saw works fine (check the size - I work in metric). Go slow. $5-10 at a hardware store or Amazon.

Here's something that will save you A LOT of time and effort instead of drilling acrylic covers: https://www.amazon.com/TTRWIN-Upgraded-Stainless-Protector-Anti-Slip/dp/B0DK1JKNXS/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20 Just cut a proper sized hole in the acrylic, remove the silicon ring from the grill, and...

FYI, if you really feel like building it out here's what we use in the lab to ventilate small enclosures: https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-Cooling-Blades-Bearing-NF-A4x10/dp/B009NQLT0M/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20...

When you're an attorney billing $800/hr you quickly learn how to use lots of words.

Don't let your spiders read The Wheel of Time books! They'll get all sorts of crazy ideas from them.

I guess Tynan had the day off and nothing else to do.