food

[newtots]

i have 2 t slings, and i've been feeding them pin head crickets... problem being that they only eat 2-4 a month. i can only buy pin heads 100 at a time and have to order them online. how do i either get rid of the extra 96 crickets??? i thought of buying another creature to eat the crickets but honestly i think the added cost my kill my budget. i want another tarantula at the end of the month, but i really doubt that another t would eat all the extras. is there any way around this??

 

[Logan D]

just raise them into bigger crickets and start a colony so then you don't have to worry about buying them ever again

 

[MatthewM1]

As they out grow your T's you can just crush their heads and leave them in with the sling they'll eat em. if you can get slightly larger crickets locally you can just feed like this and save yourself some money.

 

[hellknite]

Do you really prefer crickets? Crickets are short lived. If you maintain a colony it will tempt you to get more T's. So I go for a go..

 

[Logan D]

Do you really prefer crickets? Crickets are short lived. If you maintain a colony it will tempt you to get more T's. So I go for a go..

some people cant get there hands on dubias or other feeders just something to think about

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Its sad to see things like rosehair mentioned not being able to get all feeder types,I feel things like this limits our hobby. Not only feeders,I mean everything that's limited even T selection. Hopefully in time,things might change.

 

[Logan D]

like having to have the right paper work to ship a t over seas or recieve a t

 

[Logan D]

ts are harmless just stupid to have to have permits

 

[hellknite]

Having said that, we really need to have permits here to legally own a T, but having a permit still limits having a local genus.. so can't have the beautiful native T's..

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

like having to have the right paper work to ship a t over seas or recieve a t

I believe that its necessary, since that stops illegal trafficking a bit. Let me be honest,most T's in collections probably originated from illegal collecting in the wild. If it wasn't for this no matter how sad,we wouldn't have a hobby today. I think when we as hobbyists and nature conservation all over the world could work together,that will be the way forward. Look at a prime example,Poecilotheria Metallica its not primarily illegal collecting making wild numbers drop but human encroachment on natural habitat and deforestation. We can see all over the world,not just in one area or one type of specie how humans are taking away natural habitats due to population growth.

 

[hellknite]

I believe that its necessary, since that stops illegal trafficking a bit. Let me be honest,most T's in collections probably originated from illegal collecting in the wild. If it wasn't for this no matter how sad,we wouldn't have a hobby today. I think when we as hobbyists and nature conservation all over the world could work together,that will be the way forward. Look at a prime example,Poecilotheria Metallica its not primarily illegal collecting making wild numbers drop but human encroachment on natural habitat and deforestation. We can see all over the world,not just in one area or one type of specie how humans are taking away natural habitats due to population growth.

I was just curious to ask reading along this thread.. Is it legal to collect native T's in your country?

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

I was just curious to ask reading along this thread.. Is it legal to collect native T's in your country?

Hello
No its not legal,there is one member here who actually has a legal permit to do so.

 

[hellknite]

But it's legal to have non-native T's? Maybe that's really one of the limitations we have to accept..

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

But it's legal to have non-native T's? Maybe that's really one of the limitations we have to accept..

Yes its legal,except the Obt since it belongs to a genus that's protected in South Africa.

 

[hellknite]

It's really an odd thing in the hobby, it's like, for instance that obt is protected but it is abundant in the market like in here. And it goes the same else where. There are this T's of the orphanaecus genus that are protected here but I see them available in the US..

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Also available in South Africa,3 of that genus is available.