Recent content by m0lsx

Hello & welcome to the forum.

Everything depends upon the size of your enclosure & the size of your T. A large T needs a larger tube, as most like to web the top & hide inside. If a branch looks good in the enclosure, then use it. But remember, you ideally need to be able to fill the water bowl, even with webbing. The...

I largely use cork tubes with artificial trailing plants around it. But a large vertical piece of bark does much the same. Especially when the vertical bark is against the back of the enclosure, with some trailing plant there too. I do have some mossy branches is a few enclosures too. But I...

That is fine. Keep the substrate largely dry. Move the water bowls around & dampen a small & preferably different area each week. As like that you avoid mold & your T will be happy. I use a well washed peanut butter lid in many of my enclosures & I also have a coffee jar lid which is halfway...

I feed weekly & I mainly use crickets. But you could also use roaches. This site's language filter will not allow the full word for roaches. If at all possible, remove any uneaten food after 24 hours & do not panic if your T does not feed for a month or more. They can go many months without...

That looks great. But expect it to look very different in a week or two. GBB's can be heavy webbers .

An ideal hide for a T that likes climbing would be a tube of cork bark. But for ground level hides you could cut a terracotta flower pot in half. Use a terracotta garlic pot. Use half a coconut shell, use a piece of cork bark & simply make a slight hollow under it, in the substrate. Use an...

A GBB likes high webbing points. And it is just personal choice, but that wooden hide looks like Cedar, or similar. Cedar & other similar trees contain a natural insecticide. It can also kill other animals, for example it should not be used with rabbits, Guinea pigs etc. I have never heard of...

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Welcome to both the hobby & the forum. One of my Christmas presents was a bottle of Tennessee's finest. A bottle of small batch Uncle Nearest. And for those who do not know, Nathan 'Nearest' Green, was the black distiller who taught Jack Daniels.

Black Soldier Fly larvae are also known as Calci Worms, due to their high calcium levels. So do not feed them the larvae regularly. As inverts do not have bones & do need calcium. In fact too much calcium in thier diet can cause issues for them, as they cannot process it properly. But as a...

There is no need to gut load for Tarantulas. But giving your feeders some fruit or veg to gain moisture from & thus remain healthy, is far from a bad idea. I use currants & rasins, as they tend not to go mouldy. But I used to use carrot. With roaches crush the head, as they will remain alive...

The date for the 2026 Mildenhall Invert Show is Saturday 31 October at 11am. The location is the Jubilee Centre, which has plenty of free parking & is very easy to find. Mildenhall is in Suffolk. And a 2 minute drive from the free flowing A11 dual carriageway between Newmarket & Thetford...

Phil has not used the forum in well over a year.