So excited

Wayne harper · Oct 27, 2015

I have noticed my brachypelma albopilosum has been webing in one corner today manicly. Just come down from bathing the kids to find it upside down in the classic moult position. I'm so excited I have only had a sling moult and that was a surprise to wake up to one morning it did none of the classic signs.
It's a shame I have to go out tonight I want to sit in the dark and watch how it goes.
:T:

Enn49 · Oct 27, 2015

It's great to watch them, shame you have to go out still you'll have a shiny new T to come home to.

timc · Oct 27, 2015

I love watching them molt. During the summer my OBT started molting in the 2nd inning of a phillies game and I spent the next 4 innings watching a pitch then the spider, then a pitch, then the spider. By the 7th I had a fire colored spider but the fightins were losing (rare). I hope you have as much fun with your new big guy/gal as I did!

MassExodus · Oct 27, 2015

Greg Rice on youtube has some very cool time lapse videos of molting spiders...excellent videos, including a few who molted upright. I highly recommend them.

Wayne harper · Oct 27, 2015

Well just got home and it's still upside down. Getting a bit worried now it's been 4 hours and I cannot see any movement

Entity · Oct 27, 2015

Give him time...a watched pot never boils...lol

Wayne harper · Oct 27, 2015

Entity said:
Give him time...a watched pot never boils...lol

I know. My wife says I wasn't this excited at any of our 3 boys births. I'm going to bed soon hopefully have a shiny new tarantula in the morning

MassExodus · Oct 28, 2015

Wayne harper said:
I know. My wife says I wasn't this excited at any of our 3 boys births. I'm going to bed soon hopefully have a shiny new tarantula in the morning

Thanks Wayne, I found that comment incredibly funny..lol.

Wayne harper · Oct 28, 2015

Good news. It made it and it looks lovely and black. Going to try getting the moult out later. I am going to try sexing it myself I will try putting pics up to get other people's opinions.

Kymura · Oct 28, 2015

Wayne harper said:
Good news. It made it and it looks lovely and black. Going to try getting the moult out later. I am going to try sexing it myself I will try putting pics up to get other people's opinions.

So happy it all went well

looking forward to the pictures, don't think I'll ever quite get that part of things.

Entity · Oct 28, 2015

Wayne harper said:
Good news. It made it and it looks lovely and black. Going to try getting the moult out later. I am going to try sexing it myself I will try putting pics up to get other people's opinions.

Glad to hear it. congrats on ur molt.

Wayne harper · Oct 29, 2015

I have just managed to get a proper look at my curly hair that moulted Wednesday I am sure it's a mature mail it has hooks on its front legs that point forwards near the first joint and it's pedipulps are enlarged. Now not sure what to do with him, from what I have read it's cruel to not let them find a mate

Fuzzball79 · Oct 29, 2015

I don't know if it's cruel, but if he had his ultimate molt he won't live for that much longer and will very likely spend the remainder of his life looking for a mate. It shouldn't be too hard for you to find someone who would take him on a breeding loan. I think, Curly Hairs are a very popular species.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do with him.

Wayne harper · Oct 29, 2015

Fuzzball79 said:
I don't know if it's cruel, but if he had his ultimate molt he won't live for that much longer and will very likely spend the remainder of his life looking for a mate. It shouldn't be too hard for you to find someone who would take him on a breeding loan. I think, Curly Hairs are a very popular species.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do with him.

Thank you fuzzball79 I am new to the hobby. How does a breeding loan work?

Fuzzball79 · Oct 29, 2015

I'm relatively new myself, but I think you could place and advert for it. You'd probably have to send your spider, unless the owner of the female lives near you and could pick him up. If everything goes well and he survives the "date" you should actually get him back, too. Maybe start a thread on it to ask the more experienced keepers? It would be interested for those of us who will be in your situation, too, one day (I think I have a male B. Boehmei juvenile).

Wayne harper · Oct 29, 2015

Fuzzball79 said:
I'm relatively new myself, but I think you could place and advert for it. You'd probably have to send your spider, unless the owner of the female lives near you and could pick him up. If everything goes well and he survives the "date" you should actually get him back, too. Maybe start a thread on it to ask the more experienced keepers? It would be interested for those of us who will be in your situation, too, one day (I think I have a male B. Boehmei juvenile).

Cheers I will have a look about. My other option is to get a female and try breeding myself not sure what the wife will think of that though

MassExodus · Oct 29, 2015

Wayne harper said:
Cheers I will have a look about. My other option is to get a female and try breeding myself not sure what the wife will think of that though

Get a female

Or loan him out if you're not ready to breed, but I suggest you breed him yourself. No better time than the present to jump in with both feet man. A mature female curly hair shouldn't be that expensive. And there's a whole lot of videos, posts, and guides on breeding. You should search it and read up on it, then decide

Imagine a few hundred baby curlys..that would be heaven to me..even the work of separating and packing most of them for shipment is interesting and fun. I've only ever bred my porteri, and I'm trying to breed my Lp right now, so I'm not exactly an expert on it, but it is an experience most people in the hobby would be thrilled with if they decided to get into it, I promise you

Just my two cents.

Wayne harper · Oct 29, 2015

MassExodus said:
Get a female Or loan him out if you're not ready to breed, but I suggest you breed him yourself. No better time than the present to jump in with both feet man. A mature female curly hair shouldn't be that expensive. And there's a whole lot of videos, posts, and guides on breeding. You should search it and read up on it, then decide Imagine a few hundred baby curlys..that would be heaven to me..even the work of separating and packing most of them for shipment is interesting and fun. I've only ever bred my porteri, and I'm trying to breed my Lp right now, so I'm not exactly an expert on it, but it is an experience most people in the hobby would be thrilled with if they decided to get into it, I promise you Just my two cents.

Thank you. My only issue is trying to persuade my nearest and dearest it's a good idea

Enn49 · Oct 29, 2015

Wayne harper said:
Thank you. My only issue is trying to persuade my nearest and dearest it's a good idea

Tell her you'll share the proceeds of the sale of babies with her

Wayne harper · Oct 29, 2015

Enn49 said:
Tell her you'll share the proceeds of the sale of babies with her

What do you mean share she controls the purse strings in our house otherwise we would have enough guns to start a war and every available space would be filled with tarantulas and dogs. But no bills would be paid

So excited

Active Member

Moderator

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Active Member

Well-Known Member

Active Member

Well-Known Member

Active Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Active Member

Well-Known Member

Active Member

Well-Known Member

Active Member

Well-Known Member

Active Member

Moderator

Active Member