Recent content by Gizalba

I am awful at judging the sex but I hope someone else can confirm a girl! :)

My Ruby says hi :) She seemed to do lots of webbing for Halloween :P She wasn't as small as yours when I got her, maybe 5cm leg span but grew fast. Would love to raise one from a sling one day!

I am curious, what is the arachnoboards vibe?! Ahaha, never got round to joining that site.

Very interesting analysis of the possible social psychology of humans/spiders ahaha! :D

Thanks very much for the reply and info! Yeah I did think that about the acrylic enclosures and the vent holes, also many of them in the uk aren't even water-tight so a nightmare for humidity loving arboreals. I end up putting them on top of another enclosure and letting the water leak through...

I use it for increasing moisture retention without mould forming but I think moisture itself helps the structure of the burrow, keeping the coco fibre firmer?

For fossorials I mix the coco fibre with vermiculate, and also add in moss for the moisture dependent species :) that mix seems to work well.

Thanks for this info! So glad you caught her in time. Yeah I see such controversial views on this subject, some people saying they've never seen in happen, DaveLittleBeasties on youtube says mesh is fine and better for ventilation. However you're right that it might be too late once you finally...

Hi, thanks very much for explaining why the wooden one is unsuitable! Moving the water dish around is a good idea, as yes I did end up with mould around it. I thought that the enclosure should be around 3 times the legspan length for terrestrial tarantulas? With the A.genic getting to about...

Hi, I am really struggling to decide on an enclosure for Ruby (below). I think she will be moulting again soon so want to get her into her adult-size forever home ideally before she gets way too big for her current enclosure. I have asked Swell reptiles and they have advised me to get the...

You say 'high ventilation, high humidity' but I thought the high humidity was big NO NO in avic care now, after it killed so many early on in the hobby? I think in the wild they do have high humidity but my understanding was that we can't replicate those conditions, high up in the tree with wind...

Thanks very much! :)

I always wondered what the difference between a disease and a disorder was, thanks!