Adult T's vs Slings

[clutchnasty]

I prefer getting them as adults or subs. Im not a very patient guy so i cant wait for years to see the final form. I do own about 5 sling, and they drive me nuts. They only eat when they feel like it, this stops me from doing routine feeding. Grr!

Thats my opinion whats yours?

 

[Tomoran]

When I first got into the hobby, I didn't have the patience to wait for slings to grow to adult size. I also didn't like rolling the dice by hoping that my slings would turn out to be females. During this period, I bought several juvenile and sub-adult females.

Now, most of what I buy is slings. I have found it incredibly rewarding to watch my first slings mature, and the color changes some go through are reward enough for the wait. With others, it's amazing to watch the size gains between molts (Phormictopus, Pamphobeteus, and Poecilotheria species are great for this). Sure, I'll probably have grand kids by the time my little G. pulchripes or B. auratum slings mature, but I'll enjoy watching them grow.

 

[Ghost]

I prefer to get slings as I like to watch them grow plus you have them for longer especially if they turn out female,although I do get sub adults now and then as long as they are sexed females.

 

[clutchnasty]

For now that may be the reason. But i guess eventually i will start buying slings because *******! Adult females are diamonds. I dont even spend that much on my GF -_-.

 

[MatthewM1]

Its slings all the way for me, love watching them grow. When I can I try to get 3-4 slings of a species. Then once they are large enough to be sexed you can keep the female you really wanted and sell/trade off the males and or extra females and then get even more slings =D

 

[DVirginiana]

My first one was an adult female, but the next one I got is a sling. Haven't had it for very long, but knowing what the adults look like I'm excited to work with it until it reaches that size. In the future I think I'll probably try getting several slings at once so I have a better chance of getting a female.

 

[clutchnasty]

Another thing I have a possible problem with keeping slings (tiny) is their diet. I am only limited to super worms and adult crickets, not alot or at all any- sell pin heads or any other tiny feeders (in my area). What i do to my sling is chop up the super worms (gross). I really dont like doing that because i want them to eat live prey. But meh.

 

[Fuzzball79]

Out of my 6 Ts 3 are slings. My GBB and T. Gigas are great because they're good eaters (luckily I can get ahold of 2nd instar crickets here and they take down reasonably big prey, neither touch pre-killed for some reason) and always visible. Neither of them have molted yet, but I think the GBB is getting there as it's not eating at the moment and webs a lot (more).
My B. Boehmei is quite frustrating. I can count on both of my hands the occasions it has actually been out and about (maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but it seems that way, lol), other than that it's been through 2 veeeery long premolt phases (currently still in its second phase) - about a month or more - where it's just hiding and fasting.
I don't think I'd get another Brachy sling. I don't want to be on my deathbed when they've finally reached adult stage, lol.

 

[Fuzzball79]

And just as I was writing about my Boehmei sling it appears to have gone on its back, lol (hard to see through the little peep hole in its hide). Ooh, fingers crossed all goes well.

 

[clutchnasty]

haha that was hillarious! you should increase the humidity for your brachy, maybe it will help with the pre molt? yeah, if you want fast grower, i think a lasiodora is a good choice. they are amazing eater, slings molt almost every other week or month and they love to stay out in the open.

funny storry about my b. smithi, i was doing maintenance and noticed that all the legs on my b. smithi were pointing up. i thought it was dead for sure , because it tried to move it gently and it didnt budge. i had a feeling it was in pre molt so i left it alone. soon enough i came back the next morning to check and it molted (DOI!).

lesson learned, do not be so fast to throw away slings if they dont look right. they have odd behavior. ( another reason i dislike owning slings)

 

[Fuzzball79]

LOL! I can imagine your worry. Good job you didn't chuck it out.
When my subadult A. Genic molted she had me worried because she sat in a curled up (the "right" way round) position for ages afterwards. I actually got up in the middle of the night to check on her, but she had moved by then.
I made a mental not to myself never to use google to search for behaviour like that, as the results were all doom and gloom.

P.S: My little Brachy has moved, and I can only see what I believe is its molt. I'll check on it maybe later on or tomorrow and lift the hide. I don't want to disturb it yet.

 

[clutchnasty]

You should post a photo when you can!

 

[Fuzzball79]

There you go. Some size difference now.

Look at those little fangs

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

There you go. Some size difference now.

Look at those little fangs

I can't almost even see the little body,now you want me to see the fangs ? Haha just kidding.

 

[clutchnasty]

Awe look at that little bug! its so cute! haha! btw what type of substrate is that?

 

[Fuzzball79]

Awe look at that little bug! its so cute! haha! btw what type of substrate is that?

Hi there, sorry was out until now.
I'm using untreated topsoil for my Ts. Good for digging and taking in moisture or keeping dry depending on needs.

 

[clutchnasty]

Bout molting, I looked my female juvi P. Regalis just molted! LOL damn, and this is a big molt :S

 

[Fuzzball79]

I wonder if molts come in 3, lol.
I'm pretty sure my GBB has just started molting, albeit not on its back but more ore less upright in its web. It looks rather freaky like something out of "Aliens", lol. Can't get any decent photos yet. Only my Versi and Gigas to go (I'm not expecting my Rosea to go anytime soon and my Genic has just molted a couple of weeks ago and is back to her ravenous self).

 

[clutchnasty]

Yeah, my p regalis just had a massive molt, shes double her size now. i love these kind of molts! you actually see a huge dif

 

[clutchnasty]

O M G, GBB molted aswell confirmed female