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I recently went to college and left my dad in charge of my tarantula when I’m away. He takes care of her well and checks on her every day, if not every other day. When I come home for the weekend to check on her, every now and then when I’m either watering her enclosure or just getting a look at...
Thanks for the response! It was, to my knowledge, captive bred and they weren’t sure of the sex so I’m sure they wouldn’t try pairing it if they didn’t know it’s gender. Do you by any chance know why they make phantom sacs? Also is that common?
So my Avicularia Metallica has webbed itself off from the enclosure. This is my first tarantula and I’m pretty sure it’s premolt however as of yesterday it made a thick ball of web that looks like an egg sac. My T hasn’t been bred with another and this is the only one I own. The pet store told...
Also I should note that this is the first time I’ve actually tried prodding him with the tongs. Could’ve just been a bad time to do so, but I never prod him. Last time I did it was late January.
My Avic Metallica hasn’t taken his food for the last week or so..and normally I haven’t been worried about him because he’s been moving around every day to different spots on the wall, etc. I tried feeding him today though and not only did he refuse the food, but he hardly reacted to me dropping...
Very well said. I started watching his videos and was terrified to see the T’s bolt and such but over time as I watched feeding videos, watering, etc I started to see that T’s were very interesting creatures and eventually it peaked my interest enough to get one myself. So far this forum has...
He actually inspired me to get a tarantula too! I think he’s a pretty good tarantula owner, he seems to take good care of his T’s as well as being informed on all of them. Sometimes I think he gets his phone with the flash a little too close to the T’s and that he waves his hands around them too...