Avic project thread

[octanejunkie]

Hi
Where yours leave the boluses.Mine always leave them in the web.Do u put feeders in top part or just leave them on the bottom?
Regards Konstantin

Good questions.
I updated the post with the answers. Thanks!

 

[menavodi]

One Month Update

They are very shy/tidy with their poop, unlike my tapi. That guy is an assh0le, shoots poop on the front door and goes back to it's hide. lol

He likes to keep his house clean!

 

[octanejunkie]

Feeding update
Fed #3 first since it's molt this past week, 1/2"+ roach, slam-o-matic! Hit it hard.
Here's a pic of it holding the roach through webbing

#1 and #2, good strikes and easier pics to see

#4 is where is got interesting. This guy must be close to premolt as not only did it not eat it threw a threat post at the roach and attached it, driving it away. So that's basically the do not disturb sign right there. I give it a week or so before molt. Let's see if that hold true.

 

[octanejunkie]

#3 was hanging out of its web hammock this morning, I assumed that meant it was hungry so I fed all 4 of these guys

#4 still refusing to eat, even tried a smaller roach than last time.

#3, already molted to 6i a few weeks ago, got a larger roach this time and nailed it instantly.
#1 and 2 both took 1/2" roaches, same size as last time, and pounced on arrival.

 

[octanejunkie]

First time I was able to catch #3 out of it's webbing and maneuver the enclosure to take a few pics without the T retreating

 

[octanejunkie]

Found #1 mid molt a few mins ago

 

[menavodi]

Showing off for you! That’s nice!

 

[octanejunkie]

#4 molted overnight.
This fellow hasn't eaten in 14 days unlike #1 who molted yesterday but ate 4-5 days ago.

Now it's up to #2, last one of 4 to molt

 

[octanejunkie]

Fed #1 and #4 their first meals since molting last week. 1/2" cricket each. Quick and easy.

Fed #3 a 5/8" cricket. It came out of its web-hammock to snatch it up. I see this fellow out of its webbing more and more.

#2 still has not molted.

 

[Grandsouls]

What fantastic enclosures! Loved looking through this.
cant wait to get more avics they stole my heart haha haha

 

[octanejunkie]

Fed these guys today, decided to try and feed #2 a small, medium sized cricket and it attached it, so still not eating and has yet to molts.
Dang, T. Let's do this already

 

[octanejunkie]

#2 decided to molt early this morning after fighting off a feeder yesterday afternoon lol

See you for a feeding a week from tomorrow!

That brings all of these to 6i but I have not tried to molts sex any of them as the exos were left deep in their webbing and I'd have to wreck them out

 

[octanejunkie]

Noticed the "older" slings starting to tear down their webbing. This morning #3 was actively ripping its web-tube hammock down. The enclosure almost is clear now!

 

[octanejunkie]

Fed all 4 of these slings (now 6i, so pretty much juveniles) their first mealworms today

A few pics

And a failed video of the drop

 

[octanejunkie]

Fed these guys again, about once a week now, and got a few shots of Mikey with his roach slurpee

I'll post a few enclosure update pics soon. These guys have been with me for a just about a year, coming up in about a month, and they will be ready for a rehouse by then I think.

 

[octanejunkie]

Last one of 4 of these avics molted overnight; still looking like a pile of teenage hairy leg wax beans

 

[Phobik1]

I must say, this has been a pretty informative thread @octanejunkie. Answered a bunch of questions for me. I do still have a few though
1: when feeding mealworms to slings, do you crush heads or no?
2: There is a website offering different morph types that I have yet to see here like A. sp. Columbia, A. sp. Peru, Pedersoni and a few more. Are these just localities or variants of Avic Avic?
Im thinking about getting the sp. Columbia.

 

[octanejunkie]

I must say, this has been a pretty informative thread @octanejunkie. Answered a bunch of questions for me. I do still have a few though
1: when feeding mealworms to slings, do you crush heads or no?
2: There is a website offering different morph types that I have yet to see here like A. sp. Columbia, A. sp. Peru, Pedersoni and a few more. Are these just localities or variants of Avic Avic?
Im thinking about getting the sp. Columbia.

Sorry for late response, @Phobik1

1. no
2. I don't know of a single site that has 100% conclusively accurate info in all species in the genera Avicularia, but there are several you can consult, this one is pretty good, and sciencey:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314192700_Taxonomic_revision_and_cladistic_analysis_of_Avicularia_Lamarck_1818_Araneae_Theraphosidae_Aviculariinae_with_description_of_three_new_aviculariine_genera01

Here's the specifics on the top/popular morphotypes, with pics

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Figures-36-43-Avicularia-avicularia-Linnaeus-1758-morphotypes-36-37-morphotype-1-36_fig9_314192700

 

[octanejunkie]

Starting to get conclusive molts

#2 Michelangelo, or Mikey, is a girl

 

[Phobik1]

So how old is michaelanhelo?