Recent content by Jbyd

Welp, I am going to need a new name. Upon closer inspection, this was the maturing molt and we now have tibial hooks. Any suggestions? It appears that I have a mature male. :)

@Marija Thank you! She is very red and just stretching out for now.

The after is around 12 hours after she went through a smooth molt.

Gorgeous T!

@Trew321 Hey! She is a Grammostola rosea, or commonly Chilean rose tarantula.

Hanging out in her enclosure

@Marija Thank you so much!

Time to look around!

My new Rosie

Hey everyone, It's been a while but I wanted to thank everyone again for the support with the previous T. Just the other day things fell into place and I met an awesome employee at a local pet shop who was looking to re-home her Rosie. I'd like to introduce Elvira. Name given but I like it, and...

Thank you very much Tomoran for responding and sharing experiences. I am very sad so say Nikki has passed. I came home from work today and she was close to the end. All of her legs were curled under. I kept her with me and tried to offer water but at that point she could barely move her legs. We...

While I did make sure everything was clean for her, and I guess it could be possible I can't think of a time that this would have happened. Usually I would take out the fake plant, water dish, and fake rock (cave type hiding spot) I would brush any substrate off of them by hand and rinse under...

Hopefully the video shows up well. Before this happened I kept her tank nice and dry, with a medium sized water dish that I cleaned and filled every day. I would usually clean off the furniture or hiding decorations in the tank every week or two. I always felt like I was doing what I could...

Hi, I would like to start by saying this is the first post to a forum, I apologize for anything done incorrectly but I am hoping for some input. My first tarantula is a Rosie, I haven't had her for a long time either. I picked her up from a local pet store. She moulted without any issues a few...