Kael's Avicularia avicularia Journal!

[Arachnoclown]

Curious...how many Avics do you have?

 

[Avicularia Kael]

Just one. My brother has a younger one also.

 

[Arachnoclown]

The reason I'm asking is because you posted a picture in the gallery. The one with the Avics hands up....That spider is a Avicularia avicularia morph type 1 (original pinktoe) not morph type 6(Metallica). Just want to make sure there isnt two different spiders here.

 

[Avicularia Kael]

That's my brothers not mine. I took the pic but he uploaded it.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Ok...his is a morph type 1

 

[Arachnoclown]

Did you buy yours as a metallica??

 

[Avicularia Kael]

Yeah, I know. I could tell something was different with mine. Now I know what morph type mine is, and what his is.

 

[Avicularia Kael]

No. It was sold as A. avicularia. Should I call it A. metallica?

 

[Arachnoclown]

Can you take some good pictures of its abdomen...With and without the flash. @CEC is the best at identifying Avicularia sp.
I dont know if they even call them metallicas anymore. I think it's just Avicularia avicularia morph 6. If CEC chimes in he will be able to tell you.

 

[Avicularia Kael]

You may be able to tell in my profile pic. There is absolutely no red on it. It looks exactly like morph type 6.

 

[Rs50matt]

Tom Moran (Tomsbigspiders) has one that looks EXACTLY like mine and he calls it that.

There was a recent review and shuffle in the avicularia genus. His video might have been before that

 

[Avicularia Kael]

He called them that after. I know that mine is morph type 6. There's no disagreeing with that.

 

[Avicularia Kael]

She died today... :'( (There is no crying face so...)

 

[Avicularia Kael]

She was hanging by one leg from her wood piece. All of her other legs were curled.

 

[Enn49]

She died today... :'( (There is no crying face so...)

I'm so sorry but please don't let it put you off.

 

[Dave Jay]

Sorry to hear of your loss Kael. It does happen though, they have hundreds of babies in the hope that at least one will survive to maintain the population, we can't expect them all to survive in captivity. As Enn said, don't let it put you off. There's bound to be a member here that can post you a nice plump sling or juvie, it sounds like you started with a skinny sling that wasn't feeding properly, there may have been little you could have done to change things.

 

[shaun]

How do I identity my avic?
It's definitely a black pinktoe but sometimes it's back appears a reddish brown

 

[Arachnoclown]

How do I identity my avic?
It's definitely a black pinktoe but sometimes it's back appears a reddish brown

Start your own thread with photos of your T for identification.

 

[Whitelightning777]

She refuses food still. She is SO skinny. I am kind of worried.

Are you using an elevated waterdish? They will NOT often go to the ground to drink. You can also try directly guiding him into the waterdish. If it stops and faceplants itself, you've solved the problem. Obviously make sure that the water is not to hot or to cold. If it doesn't work, no harm done. If it wants to walk away, oh well

In my ExoTerra nano enclosure, I literally user a cheap Walmart wine glass as the waterdish. My versicolor can often be seen chilling out by it.

 

[Arachnoclown]

All avics will come to the ground to drink...this female is in a oversized arboreal tank and has no problem finding water. All my adult Avics and versicolors drink from water bowls on the ground.

Elevated water dishes only aide the keeper. When you have a top loading enclosure you dont have to reach to the bottom. I only glue top water dishs for sling/juveniles in enclosures with screw tops like this

Regardless where your water dish is it needs to have water in it. They will drink from what ever is available. They will even drink from moss and substrate...they dont have dishes in the wild.