New Additions Thread

[Jenniferinfl]

Local petshop had T. stirmi captive bred spiderlings, P. victorii and X. immanis.. So, my bank account is mad at me this evening. Oh well.. lol

 

[prince charmless]

Local petshop had T. stirmi captive bred spiderlings, P. victorii and X. immanis.. So, my bank account is mad at me this evening. Oh well.. lol

I abused my bank acct. earlier this month to attend an expo. I am determined to finish repairing /refitting my boat before buying any more slings. Hobbies are expensive.

 

[Jenniferinfl]

I abused my bank acct. earlier this month to attend an expo. I am determined to finish repairing /refitting my boat before buying any more slings. Hobbies are expensive.

Yeah, unfortunately, having tarantulas again reminded me that I also used to love plants. I used to have quite the butterfly garden outside, but, spouse kept 'accidentally' mowing it. I bought a few houseplants to use in tarantulas enclosures and that's been a slippery slope into a houseplant problem.. lol It turns out there's fancy ones that are crazy expensive, not just Lowe's houseplants.. lol You know, then it also turns out you need a macro lens now and so on.

I'm trying to come up with a reasonable hobby budget after being pretty spend-happy the last couple months. In my defense, I spent the last several years finishing a BS degree and moving straight into a grad degree while working fulltime and spent no hobby money during that time.

With what I do, there are some periodic gigs here and there I could take reviewing university materials, so, I finally quit being lazy and signed up. I figure maybe the gig money will be my hobby money to sort of keep a handle on it.

Good luck finishing your boat! I have some family members refurbing a sailboat right now. I tried to convince spouse to move far enough north to be out of gator range. Unfortunately, my style of boating is a 5 AM kayak paddle- but, tired of bumping gators, the stress will kill me.. lol I don't mind all the water snakes and so on, but, I'm never kayaking in Florida again. You don't know if it's something lovely like a manatee playing with your kayak or an alligator. I live half a mile from a boat ramp on the St Johns river, so probably should just get into bigger boats, but, I'm definitely done kayaking/canoeing here.

 

[prince charmless]

Yeah, unfortunately, having tarantulas again reminded me that I also used to love plants. I used to have quite the butterfly garden outside, but, spouse kept 'accidentally' mowing it. I bought a few houseplants to use in tarantulas enclosures and that's been a slippery slope into a houseplant problem.. lol It turns out there's fancy ones that are crazy expensive, not just Lowe's houseplants.. lol You know, then it also turns out you need a macro lens now and so on.

I'm trying to come up with a reasonable hobby budget after being pretty spend-happy the last couple months. In my defense, I spent the last several years finishing a BS degree and moving straight into a grad degree while working fulltime and spent no hobby money during that time.

With what I do, there are some periodic gigs here and there I could take reviewing university materials, so, I finally quit being lazy and signed up. I figure maybe the gig money will be my hobby money to sort of keep a handle on it.

Good luck finishing your boat! I have some family members refurbing a sailboat right now. I tried to convince spouse to move far enough north to be out of gator range. Unfortunately, my style of boating is a 5 AM kayak paddle- but, tired of bumping gators, the stress will kill me.. lol I don't mind all the water snakes and so on, but, I'm never kayaking in Florida again. You don't know if it's something lovely like a manatee playing with your kayak or an alligator. I live half a mile from a boat ramp on the St Johns river, so probably should just get into bigger boats, but, I'm definitely done kayaking/canoeing here.

My boat is an old fiberglass bass boat with a soft transom.I am estimating a cost of between $500-$600 to repair the transom (materials and tools,$220 of that will be for an engine hoist to pull the outoard). Next species to obtain once boat is functional again, Chilobrachys Fimbriatus.

 

[AphonoMel]

I will be adding a 2.5-3 inch Aphonopelma Johnnycashi in a couple of days.

 

[Glen b]

You have any Aphonopelma johnnycashi for sale?

 

[AphonoMel]

I have a 3--4 unsexed juvi for $175.

 

[Glen b]

Any slings?

 

[AphonoMel]

Any slings?

I don't have any but I might know someone who does.If he still has,I remember him selling them for $50.Not too sure about the price,it's been a while.

 

[Glen b]

Ok thank you

 

[Kazegal]

There was a show today (I couldn't attend, I'm sick at home with a nasty cold) where a friend picked up an order for me:
B. cabocla (which I believe was renamed to B. horrida)
M. robustum
Holothele sp. "Saint-Martin"
P. muticus

And last but not least, X. immanis:

It's only the second molt so far, which means it will be great to see grow up in time. Hopefully female!

 

[SingaporeBlue]

There was a show today (I couldn't attend, I'm sick at home with a nasty cold) where a friend picked up an order for me:
B. cabocla (which I believe was renamed to B. horrida)
M. robustum
Holothele sp. "Saint-Martin"
P. muticus

And last but not least, X. immanis:

It's only the second molt so far, which means it will be great to see grow up in time. Hopefully female!

woah, such a cool looking T

 

[x_raphael_xx]

4 new spoods today!
3 ordered from Skinny Legs Tarantulas, and one unplanned acquisition when I popped into the pet shop for feeders.

From SLT -
T.vagans
A.purpurea
C.elegans

From petshop -
B. hammorii

 

[NorseDad]

No new tarantulas this month, but I did pick this H. silenus this week. Never had a scorpion, but she's feisty and interesting.

 

[x_raphael_xx]

No new tarantulas this month, but I did pick this H. silenus this week. Never had a scorpion, but she's feisty and interesting.
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I got mine a couple of weeks ago, only named her today.
She was cleaning herself and she reminded me of the xenomorph from Alien with the 2nd mouth. So I've called her Xena.

 

[x_raphael_xx]

I got mine a couple of weeks ago, only named her today.
She was cleaning herself and she reminded me of the xenomorph from Alien with the 2nd mouth. So I've called her Xena.

It won't let me add the vid.

 

[NorseDad]

Just placed an order since my favorite vendor is having a Halloween sale. Going heavy into some old worlds this time: C. fimbriatus, C. sp. electric blue x2, E. murinus, H. pulchripes, P. sazimai, and freebie H. maculata. I'll definitely post pictures when they come in.

 

[x_raphael_xx]

New addition arrived today, in time for Halloween...Pumpkin patch

 

[Blackdog]

Finally got one. A pink toe Avicularia avicularia from Fin and Feather in Lakeside VA. Couldn't pass up the price for the size and such a chill T. Picked up yesterday and devoured a cricket today. I have a shelf inside my leopard tortoise enclosure so it's 82 degrees and 70% humidity. I figure I gotta start preparing for a bigger enclosure for the T after the next molt. Appreciate all the info y'all have offered up here

 

[octanejunkie]

70° humidity, inside another tank.. no bueno, that spider would do better at room temp with more cross ventilation. Keeping avicularia at high humidity was a fallacy that killed lots of spiders and has been proven not necessary.

Here's something to consider

Keeping Avicularia species - Updated with Pictures

I keep several different arboreal species of tarantula but not all of them require the same care. The general care and keeping of the various avicularia-type arboreal species differs from all other arboreal and terrestrial species; but it's not complicated. A little history I lost my first...

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