gotta love that intro

[Whitelightning777]

So that's what happened when those hamsters didn't meet their quota selling those Kia soul cars!!

 

[MassExodus]

If theres just fuzz where your hamster was...rofl

 

[Tortoise Tom]

Intro was funny, but I want the other 10 minutes and 30 seconds of my life back...

 

[Arachnoclown]

Funny intro but lost interest when he mentioned care sheets.

 

[Whitelightning777]

The caresheets are nothing more then one person's success story with one or two individuals of that species.

I like how the tarantula keepers guide breaks down the types of care each group needs.

 

[Dave Jay]

Nail your sling enclosures to a board?
Gee that must be convenient when you need to empty and clean one!

Btw, the square enclosure is the ones I include in my kit for baby scorps or slings @Whitelightning777 , @MassExodus

 

[Whitelightning777]

I thought that was odd but it makes sense if you want to control it's distance from a heat source.

I don't do my slings that way but to each his own.

 

[SpellKaster4]

I made it four minutes in before I had to stop. Was I the only one that was hoping that the second he opened that enclosure that the sling would just freaking bolt and disappear off camera?

 

[Whitelightning777]

I said the intro was funny, not the entire video.

 

[SpellKaster4]

The intro was hilarious. Though it does make me wonder. As I've mentioned in other threads I work at a pet store. I deal with hamsters a fair amount because of that. Dwarf hamsters would make a nice meal for larger tarantulas like my Peter once he's full grown. Now a bear hamster on the other hand, those are the size of medium rats. I dunno if a tarantula could take one of those down.

 

[Whitelightning777]

Feeding vertebrates is often done but never a good idea. Some feel that the calcium in the bones can cause molting problems or wet molts but no one has proven it.

The main reason not to is that they can fight back and injure the tarantula. Pinkies would therefore make more sense then adults.

If you want to use a slightly larger then normal feeder, try an Earth worm. My Pamphobeteus and my Lasiodora both love those. My scorpion also appreciates them as well, but usually just likes to kill hissing roaches at the same size she is.

The other benefit of Earth worms is that they lack any ability to bite or nibble on a tarantula.

Still, they aren't probably a good thing for regular feedings, just the first feeding post most and maybe once a month as a treat.

 

[MassExodus]

They dont need mammal meat, they do great on inverts. Even the giants. Vertebrates are stinky, messy prey anyway.

 

[SpellKaster4]

That's what I've heard. My personal thought is that people feed their spiders stuff like mice more for the novelty of saying they have a spider that can eat mice.

 

[Dave Jay]

Back to the song, I looked it up last night, very easy to play, I'm going to have to record a metal/thrash version!

 

[SpellKaster4]

Back to the song, I looked it up last night, very easy to play, I'm going to have to record a metal/thrash version!

Yes! We need this.

 

[TheVez2]

Maybe y'all should just watch the whole song, instead of the video in the OP.

 

[Whitelightning777]

Hopefully the writer agrees to let you do a thrash version. That would be awesome.

 

[Whitelightning777]

That's what I've heard. My personal thought is that people feed their spiders stuff like mice more for the novelty of saying they have a spider that can eat mice.

I've got one video where this guy actually feeds a bird to his L klugi in order to prove that the name bird eater isn't a myth, like his own myth busters video.

Then something weird happened. People started saying it was MY L klugi. The cage is totally different and the spiders are the same species but obviously 2 different individuals with very different personalities. I don't link to that one unless someone asks because it's.... disturbing.

 

[SpellKaster4]

I've got one video where this guy actually feeds a bird to his L klugi in order to prove that the name bird eater isn't a myth, like his own myth busters video.

Then something weird happened. People started saying it was MY L klugi. The cage is totally different and the spiders are the same species but obviously 2 different individuals with very different personalities. I don't link to that one unless someone asks because it's.... disturbing.

That's kinda crazy!

 

[MassExodus]

Link? Lol