Recent content by Jeef

Aphonopelma sp. Jalisco. Took long enough! It's had a black shiny butt for almost a month.

Aphonopelma sp. Acapulco. My normally low key spider was a bit sassy post molt.

Another victim of autocorrect. Pics?

At least it wasn't the roaches from Damnation Alley.

Got sent this today. It was too good to not share.

Aaaand today we decided to do a Grammostola rosea. Word on the street is this is a red morph. I'm gonna be waiting a while on that color.

Aphonopelma bicoloratum molted. That explains why it wasn't eating.

I've had a few spiders bury themselves for extremely long times. Completely normal. It is nice when they give you a little window to peek at them. The record holder was an Aphonopelma anax that stayed buried for almost a year. Even then, it buried itself again a few days later. That lasted a...

Much as I hate to admit it, I went to one of the forbidden places for something my Mom and Pop didn't have. They had a juvie B. auratum marked down to a price I wasn't willing to turn down. I didn't really pay attention to the enclosure conditions because there was no way I was walking away...

If it molted three days ago it's fangs won't be hard enough to eat even if it wanted to. I give them a week or two after molting before I offer them any food. Slings harden up quicker than bigger spiders. I wouldn't leave food in with them because they are particularly vulnerable post-molt...

I'll be keeping an eye out for the N. cerradensis. Another floof tarantula! I just found out they moved N. chromatus to Vitalius chromatus. That is funny because I didn't want one because they weren't floofy. I'd be at expos practically tripping over them looking for a N. colloratavillosus. The...

Sorry for the late response. Not sure how I missed this. My N. coloratovillosus has to be around a 5 inch DLS. Funny because my N. tripepii is about the same size and they backfill their hide no matter how many times I clear it out. I could have sworn you'd mentioned having a N. tripepii. How...

Do you have a Mom & Pops store you can buy reasonable amounts of crickets from? I try to get just what I need as I need it. I get the best results out of crickets. Mealworms are ok but best suited to slings. T's outgrow them pretty fast. On the upswing, you can keep them in the fridge or a...

Ooh! Ooh! I have one of those! Wanna see? Here is photographic proof that something lives in the hole that things go in and don't come back out of. To play fair, I know she comes out because she fills her water dish with substrate whenever it gets changed.