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I was a bit weird and got a Rosie after already owning several other species. I know Rosies can be weird and go into very long pre-moults, but my Snuggles (juvenile) moulted weeks ago and still has not eaten. It used to be a very voracious eater and was quite active (especially for a 'pet...
Oops, just realized I put regalis in the title. Haha! Two hours of sleep will do that, especially after watching tarantula videos on YouTube all night. It's a subfusca.
First ever transferring of an arboreal finished! That was a bit nerve-wracking, I must admit! This is our first old world...
Mystery solved! There was a mix up in the sale. I didn't get a good look at him before because I was setting up his tank and letting him settle in. It's a G. grossa male. I saw the tibial hooks and knew it wasn't the right one, because my husband said they were selling a juvenile. They're...
It's too dark to be rosea, no hint of red on the rump other than the slightly lighter hairs that are all over (also why I am thinking grossa). ihiringi and alticepts are probably out. Doesn't look quite dark enough for pulchra. I would be tickled pink if it turns out to be a grossa! It's a very...
While they are likely to hide away, when my B. vagans sling got out, I found it all the way up a shelf under a potted plant. It started out on the lowest shelf...
My husband just brought this little one home for me. It was labeled as "Cameroon Tawny red" which I think would make it an H. gigas, if the LPS was correct. I think it looks a bit fuzzy to be an H. gigas, and there might be a patch of hair missing on the back, which would indicate NW species...
I am one of the outreach coordinators for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Entomology Graduate Student Association. We recently lost some of our tarantulas, and we have a big outreach event called Insect Fear Film Festival coming up at the end of February. We are looking for...
It's a bit too far of a drive for us to go too regularly. It's 2.5 hours for us, plus we really shouldn't get more pets. LOL! We came home with a crested gecko, too. Oops.
I just got back from Scott's All Animal with two new slings from Evil's. :)
Avic. purpurea (got his last one!) and a P. subfusca. First ornamental for us! It's darling in its little dram vial. I'm stoked!
Yeesh! No kidding! My A. Hentzi not shown any defensiveness, but he is quite an aggressive feeder, too. Not do much that his prey gets splattered about, though. Haha!
So apparently Albus, my curly hair, decided that I am a terrible architect. Between the time I moved him to his larger enclosure with the wood hide and the time I checked him before bed, he had managed to almost block of the side I had left open for him and create a new little opening in the...