Recent content by NottsM

Believe it or not, my B auratum is my best feeder. She is absolutely nuts, mid air take downs etc. Very strong as well, she grabbed the plastic lid on her tank when I was taking it off to feed her the other day and ended up in a tug of war with her trying to pull the whole lid back into her...

With bowel mover, I was referring to the owner!!

Yes, Scolopendra! also a good candidate for best bowel mover....

Let me know what your top six is..... (copy and paste:)) Best bulldozer: Best eater: Most Pretty/handsome: Best bowel mover: Most bolty: Biggest badass: Here is mine..... Best bulldozer: Grammostola pulchra Best eater: Theraphosa Stirmi Most Pretty/handsome: Caribena versicolor Best bowel...

I'm at 95 at the moment, and I've put the collection together in about six months. I am planning on about 100, that will be enough to keep me busy for the foreseeable future.

I did try Google first, but there is lots of mixed information. The link to Casey's advice was exactly what I needed, thanks. I'll let you all know how I get on.

I have a wild caught A chalcodes. She had been digging and moving stuff a lot recently, then webbed herself into her burrow a couple of days ago. I checked her yesterday expecting to see a molt, but she has dropped an egg sack!. Anyone have any experience breeding Aphonopelma that can offer any...

She is a handsome chap!!

I have had a disaster! My female red knee looks like she has been eaten. I don’t know how, but there is ANOTHER red knee in her tank, a bigger one that looks like it has sucked all the fluid out of her and just left an empty shell!! What shall I do??

I forgot to add - I'm at about 80 now, a mix of slings, juvies and adults and I dedicate about 5 to 6 hours a week to them.

I presume the OP already has a collection - so you just keep building on that a few at a time until you feel like you are busy enough. Space wise you will need more as your spiders grow on, but time wise you may need less as adults don't need as much time dedicated to them as slings do - I...

OK, very entertaining thread, but on a serious note, there are probably lots of hybrids already in the hobby. What about T albopilosum, hobby form and wild type? I'm sure they get cross bred all the time. I have T vagans, T khalenbergi, T epicureanum and T sabulosum - all very very similar in...

For sale £40 plus £9 RMSD or swap for something of similar value. Will include heat pack if needed. Thanks!

Can we ask how much you paid for the egg sack?

As long as the spider does not appear to be crushed or leaking fluid from anywhere, I wouldn't worry.