Are you a Tarantula hobbyist? If so, we invite you to join our community! Once you join you'll be able to post messages, upload pictures of your pets and enclosures and chat with other Tarantula enthusiasts. Sign up today!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="MatthewM1" data-source="post: 36124" data-attributes="member: 3019"><p>To preserve him; set him on some paper towel, and stretch out his legs. The claws on the tips of the feet will catch on the paper and hold them in place. Then place that in a container and put him in the freezer for a few months. That will slowly dry out the insides. Then once you take him out to thaw the Abdomen will likely collapse a bit so you'll want to use a sharp razor and make an incision on the ventral side. Q-tip out anything not dried out in it, and replace with a little bit of cotton, then seal it back up with super glue. I haven't done that last part with a T yet( I have a female A. avic in my freezer drying) but I have done it with adult hissing cockroaches to preserve them for a women who owns a small shop around here's son for a school insect project.</p></blockquote><p></p>