Recent content by Wayne Rowley

Out and about and looking good!

Enclosures prepared and ready:

Hi there, My c. versicolor moulted recently. I tried to save the moult to look at but the abdomen section was so shrivelled and distorted I couldn't salvage it to see. So here is a picture. I'm hoping it will at least give me an idea of whether this T is male or female. I'm no expert, but...

Here he/she is after the moult! Looking good!

He/she moulted last week and has just started eating again. Would love to get some updated photos, but she is staying in her web for now.

I made this out of an air-tight food container. Its 9cm x 9cm x 20cm (though 2cm is lost with the lid. I drilled the sides to provide cross ventilation. They look nice, the plastic is clear and the top is nice and wide to work with. Moved my juvenile c. versicolor in a few days ago (5cm) and...

Here is the enclosure after I built it, but before I added the water pot and spider: It is 9cmx9cmx20cm including the lid. The T has moved behind the cord bark and webbed up one side and the top, between the cork bark and the side. I can open the lid without affecting its web, at the...

Thank you. Here he/she is:

Hi there, My wife, a lifelong arachnophobe has now said that I can have a T! I've been interested and researching T husbandry for a year now, and over the last 6 months she has also shown a lot of interest. So a couple of days ago we went to the pet shop and came home with a 5cm c. versicolor...

Hi there, Just saying 'hi' as a new member. I have been researching T keeping for a year now and my arachnophobic wife has finally agreed that I can keep one!! So I am now the happy owner of a 5cm c. versicolor! I'll post more info and some pics in a different thread. Wayne