Recent content by m0lsx

Welcome to the forum.

Hello & welcome to the forum. I too like dwarf species & really want a Phlogiellus baeri. Philippine Dwarf Tarantula. One of the few arboreal dwarfs. And I have to say my Dolichothele diamantinensis, is not very dwarf. Not that I see it very much.

On Tuesday when I fed my gang. I had a couple pounce on food like a really good feeding response & then immediately back off, leaving the cricket alive. I had one go on tiptoe, so the cricket could walk under her. Plus a multitude of other responses. What yours is doing sounds like what goes...

This heating source is given as infra-red. So it is not about heat rising. It heats what is below it. But yes, closeness is an issue. My understanding is that infra-red heating, does not warm the air, but it does warm people/animals. Thus, it is good for animals/ people. But it needs to be...

Your T looks like a Theraphosa. Either a blondi or a stirmi, I would guess. And if so a high humidity enclosure, is what they like. Especially after a molt. And high humidity, means moist substrate. So just buy some springtaails & a tub of dried yeast, as used for baking & get rid of the mold...

I guess it depends on how many T's you have. Can you put them all on shelves where none are on the top shelf & thus not going to get direct heat? But like you. I would be cautious of placing them under that style of heating. Until, I had found out, what it is like for them.

That looks really good.

Hello & welcome to both the hobby & the forum. Place a few pieces in your enclosure, to give your avic avic something to climb other than the sides & some high webbing points. Some cork bark, trail some artificial plants from the top, get some appropriate old looking branches, that sort of thing.

It is also worth mentioning. Mildenhall Halloween Invert show. On the Cambridgeshire/Suffolk boarder. This years was the third show & it's good, but not large show. Although I belive they are hoping to get a larger venue this year. The venue used during the past 3 years is a 5 minute drive...

Some T's are more active that others. My wifes 7 legged P smithi was doing the wall of death backwards a few days ago & my C lividus which has been in a burrow for months suddenly decided to become a very active terrestrial a few weeks ago. As for our V chromatus, that is positively manic.

The Eastern show is in Gillingham! That is more like a London show, than an Eastern show.

Welcome to the forum & the hobby. I am sure members from your side of the Atlantic will be able to advise of reputable suppliers.

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