Arachnoclown breeding

[Arachnoclown]

Separating 2nd instars

 

[sdsnybny]

"I love it when a plan comes together" wait till you have an arboreal sac they are lots more fun. Its like herding ants without a leader.

 

[Whitelightning777]

Interesting. Have they fed yet?

I'm seriously thinking about getting 2 or 3 of them. I'm still not completely sure.

 

[Arachnoclown]

I fed 281 of the slings fruit flies yesterday...took just about 1.5 hours to do so. I still have to seperate more today (still have some late molters).

 

[Dave Jay]

Separating 2nd instars

Fun! I had a hell of a time unpacking slings last night, a bunch of little jack-in -a-boxes, some I put in their enclosures three times! Good to see your little guys growing!

 

[Arachnoclown]

After all the blood sweat and beers I've ended up with 325 2nd instars. I lost a few along the way due to various unknown reasons, infertile eggs, molting issues and cannibalism.

 

[Arachnoclown]

 

[Whitelightning777]

Where do you get that many pill jars that quickly? I'm sure that the other sellers like Casey K, fear not tarantulas and Jamie's will take them off of your hands.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Where do you get that many pill jars that quickly? I'm sure that the other sellers like Casey K, fear not tarantulas and Jamie's will take them off of your hands.

500... 2oz. Plastic Deli cups with lids $7.00
If I sell wholesale alot of dealers will only give $1.00- $2.00 per sling. Im more interested in trades then selling...but I will sell some.

 

[sdsnybny]

Where do you get that many pill jars that quickly? I'm sure that the other sellers like Casey K, fear not tarantulas and Jamie's will take them off of your hands.

Almost any local restaurant supply store will carry deli cups and condiment cups in many different sizes for cheap. Near me it's called Cash N Carry, I recently picked up 25 32oz delis and lids for under $10

 

[Whitelightning777]

What prices are you going to be charging?

 

[Whitelightning777]

How much are you selling them for now that they are eating?

 

[Arachnoclown]

Because my local trade access for tarantulas is so good I'm reluctant to ship slings. However I'm going to offer my friends in this forum 10 packs for $100 plus shipping. I haven't checked on shipping prices yet.

 

[Metalman2004]

Because my local trade access for tarantulas is so good I'm reluctant to ship slings. However I'm going to offer my friends in this forum 10 packs for $100 plus shipping. I haven't checked on shipping prices yet.

Thats awesome that the hobby does so well locally. I live in one of the largest cities in the nation and there’s barely anything here! I don’t understand it.

 

[sdsnybny]

Because my local trade access for tarantulas is so good I'm reluctant to ship slings. However I'm going to offer my friends in this forum 10 packs for $100 plus shipping. I haven't checked on shipping prices yet.

Cool I will have Hapalopus sp Columbia lg and if good eventually P. cambridgei slings for trade as well as a big list of my horde that is yet to be added to any classified add

 

[Arachnoclown]

Cool I will have Hapalopus sp Columbia lg and if good eventually P. cambridgei slings for trade as well as a big list of my horde that is yet to be added to any classified add

I'll definitely be over trading at your house real soon.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Thats awesome that the hobby does so well locally. I live in one of the largest cities in the nation and there’s barely anything here! I don’t understand it.

The hobby here in Oregon and Washington is pretty big.

 

[Arachnoclown]

I'll do a 5 pack for $60 plus shipping too. Ill figure out shipping this week.

 

[Arachnoclown]

So I think it's due for a update...
The slings are roughly 10 months old from the eggs with legs stage. @sdsnybny has been able to sex some of his that we traded. Out of the 325 I'm down to 80 left. I have only lost 3 to unknown reasons, however they were all much smaller then the others (runts). They are all between 1.5"-2" in length and eating furiously. I'll have some for sale this spring...my ad will be exclusively on tarantula forum first.

Heres a feeding video from August. They were around 5 months old eating roaches the same size as they were. Little beasts!!!

I have a new feeding video coming out in a few more days that show one of my largest beasts taking down full grown redrunner roaches. I'll update again when the video is complete.

 

[WolfSpider]

What a proud papa!!