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    Acanthoscurria geniculata slow motion

    Did she really miss it or was she just comin' for ya?
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    B. Hamorii won't stop biting ventilation holes

    I have a G. pulchripes who does the same thing. She's otherwise fat and happy. She's been doing it for months with no apparent ill affect. I think she's just trying to annoy me.
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    My Golden Knee Sling arrive in rough shape and now i need to set up a better enclosures

    So it's basically the same as getting on an airplane. We all know how bad that is these days.
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    African Land Snail Food Question

    What's wrong with them is that they are a known intermediate host for a family of nematodes that are 100% fatal to tarantulas. This is why zoos (well, good zoos at least) keep T's in a separate area with the insects and away from snails and other gastropods. Other snail species also host these...
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    I can't find the remaining insect carcasses.

    Just so everyone knows what they're looking for, I present to you: Bolus '26 Miranda (T. vagans) Digested Cricket on Coir
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    African Land Snail Food Question

    Species? (Please don't say L. fulica.)
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    Can someone tell me if this is impaction

    OK. Thanks. I think you're way ahead of the time to worry. A "striped-knee" usually refers to the species Aphonopelma seemanni. (You should get used to using the species name. The common names vary dramatically across the world so when you say "striped-knee" nobody can really be certain what...
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    Can someone tell me if this is impaction

    More info needed. Species? Age? When was the last molt? Is it eating? Is it drinking? I don't mean to be pessimistic, but sadly, if it is impacted there's a very poor prognosis. I've never heard of anyone actually saving a T once it gets bad enough to notice. Not to say that it hasn't...
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    New to this

    I have an A. chalcodes that does the same thing. She even eats on top of her water dish. She'll grab a cricket and carry it over there like a raccoon. Who knows?
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    New to this

    Totally agree with everything Trooper says. Just wanted to add that T. verdezi normally doesn't dig deep burrows. In the wild they tend to prefer a silk-free dugout under a rock or log. They're more of an "artist's studio" than a "Palace of Versailles" type of spider. If your T is digging deep...
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    I can't find the remaining insect carcasses.

    T's may eat some prey all the way to the last nibble. With other types they may leaves the bones. My A. seemanni doesn't leave any evidence of crickets except for the occasional poop spot on the glass. For roaches, though, she just sucks out the tasty filling and leaves the crunchy shell for me...
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    Cutting Cork Bark Rounds Into Half Rounds

    An oscillating tool works wonders if you happen to have one. In the lab I use an oscillating bone saw that we "borrowed" from veterinary surgery (don't tell them where it went). It does an amazing job on soft materials like cork. Nothing like having a five-thousand-dollar tool for a fifty-cent job!
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    Best Tree Dwelling T ?

    LOL. I warned you to go slow! Nice job on the vents. They look great. Just think of how much time you saved versus drilling all of those little holes.
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    Dying versicolor or a double molt?

    Welp. Pretty sure she's not dead then.
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    Do you see the spider in the pic????

    LOL. It's so fluffy!
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