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Females growing slower would explain it! Thank you, I’ve been wondering about this.. Even more fascinated now. They are in separate terrariums, so I don’t think he’ll react to her?

After months (MONTHS) of one of them hiding 24/7, they are now both out most days. If it hadn’t been for the occasional sign of molting, we would have guessed one of them died. And check it out: one of them turns out to be a male! We are ecstatic to finally see them both. Question though: the...

I’m becoming more and more certain that I’ll NOT clean the inside of their enclosure. They are crazy fast, one of them tries to say hi every time I add some water.

Another year to see if they are indeed female, and if not they’ll probably change color before that. Thank you. I wouldn’t clean it either, I just wondered if anyone had a way I didn’t think of. Our water has a lot of lime, so it is starting to turn a little white. I’ll avoid cleaning them...

Hi! I have two beautiful P. Irminia, and they appear to be doing well. As this forum has given good advice before, and I feel a lot of websites appear outdated, I have two questions: 1) They are fast. Very fast. I mist them every once in a while, and the glass on the inside of the enclose gets...

My p.irminia tarantulas molted today! So cool.

Thank you for clarifying, and for supplying additional information. I always try reading more about these spiders, and have been since I posted this too. My conclusion has been that their enclosures have probably been too dry, I am currently trying to rectify this in ways I see recommended by...

Thank you This is a picture of my other P. Irminia (today is the first time it’s shown itself like this for a couple of months), the difference might explain my doubts.

Thank you for your answer, I conclude that my spider is as healthy as its neighbor. I have done extensive reading on tarantulas and the specific kind I have. The reason I asked was because the belly seemed too large, and a few of the videos and websites I’ve seen (from channels and pages...

I am worried about one of my Venezuelan Suntigers. I have two at the same age, and they are not fully grown. One looks “normal”, the other has a different color stomach that seems very extended. Can someone tell me if I should be worried or not? And, if possible, what I can do? It is hiding...

This one has mesh on top, I can’t use a terrarium with mesh on top with my spiders. They’ll hurt themselves. When adding the new custom lids (I’ll have to buy two), it gets complicated..

Thank you for the tip, I will look for it :)

I suppose we could look for a size in between these two. Buying the nano tall, and then new tops again + all content will take a long time (+things are very expensive in Norway). Thank you for answering, I will find something that is in between the two in size

I have two Venezuelan Suntigers that currently live in what I like to call “temporary housing”. (Something medium sized so they have room to move without drowning.) My “grown up”-terrariums is the Exo Terra Mini Tall. I have changed the tops, put in plenty of substrate and more than a few hiding...

I’ll find some water bowls, sounds like that is the better choice. My spiders can, as of now, hide behind a large root and behind their fake plant. I’ll buy some bark to build a third one, hopefully that’ll do. Thank you.