So I went for it!

[NorseDad]

I think you mean 15, that the landlord can see...

My wife once capped me at 3 a year ago. 23 tarantulas later and she hasn't divorced me...yet.

 

[LookMomASpider]

So I went to feed the new arrivals tonight. G. pulchra and A. seemanni ate with gusto. A. seemanni even took down a roach that was a little too large for its tiny 1/2" frame. I imagine it will take quite a while for it to finish that one off. However, when I went to feed the C. versicolor it pushed the roach right off the little webbing it has made so far. I tried again and it did the same thing. I have to guess that either it is scared of the feeder prey (new food item) or its just not hungry even though it looks, and is acting like it is. Always perched in its hunting position with a relatively skinny abdomen. It is 1" exactly so live prey shouldn't be anything new for it.

I am going to leave the roach running around on the substrate for the night and see if it will come down and get it. I have raised a C. laeta from 1/2" to almost 1 1/2" now. It has never pushed a prey item off its webbing. It will come down off its web to hunt if it is hungry enough and I would think the C. versicolor would do the same. Anyone with any experience with C. versicolor can let me know if this is just normal behavior would be much appreciated.

 

[menavodi]

So I went to feed the new arrivals tonight. G. pulchra and A. seemanni ate with gusto. A. seemanni even took down a roach that was a little too large for its tiny 1/2" frame. I imagine it will take quite a while for it to finish that one off. However, when I went to feed the C. versicolor it pushed the roach right off the little webbing it has made so far. I tried again and it did the same thing. I have to guess that either it is scared of the feeder prey (new food item) or its just not hungry even though it looks, and is acting like it is. Always perched in its hunting position with a relatively skinny abdomen. It is 1" exactly so live prey shouldn't be anything new for it.

I am going to leave the roach running around on the substrate for the night and see if it will come down and get it. I have raised a C. laeta from 1/2" to almost 1 1/2" now. It has never pushed a prey item off its webbing. It will come down off its web to hunt if it is hungry enough and I would think the C. versicolor would do the same. Anyone with any experience with C. versicolor can let me know if this is just normal behavior would be much appreciated.

It looks to me like she is not hungry right now...in nature they get all different insects all the time... Try again in a week.

 

[LookMomASpider]

It looks to me like she is not hungry right now...in nature they get all different insects all the time... Try again in a week.

I think you are 100% right. I came home from work and the roach is still doing circles around the substrate. I pulled it and will try again in a week. Just confusing me that it definitely is acting hungry but doesn't want food.

 

[LookMomASpider]

Didn't even need to wait a week, figured I would try again after a few days. I decided I would try something new. I have self modified Jamie enclosures and if you know her enclosures the spiderling/juvenile arboreal open from the bottom. I usually flip the top over to feed. Tonight I decided to put it in a plastic container (incase the spider bolted) and put the enclosure on its side. Coaxed the roach toward C. versicolor and exactly like my C. laeta.... BAM took the roach super fast. It has been staying in the exact same spot for days in its hunting position. I knew it was hungry. I don't know why it was pushing roaches off its web, but once I coaxed a roach into the position it has been in for days it took it immediately.

 

[smallbike]

I feel like I am on cloud nine, welcome to the spider room my newest editions!

Grammostola pulchra
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Carabina versicolor
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and the tiny tiny little Aphonopelma seemanni!
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Omgggg the seemanni! Mine was a “rescue” and already an adult (or close to it) when I got her. Wish I’d been able to see how when she was little

 

[LookMomASpider]

Came home from work and checked the spider room because tomorrow is feeding night and I wanted to gut load some roaches of differing sizes. As I was looking over the enclosures I noticed that my G. pulchra has completely sealed w/ substrate both entrances to its hide. This spider never even used the damn thing till now. Its must be getting ready to molt. Looking forward to seeing it when it reappears.

 

[LookMomASpider]

Very sad morning . At some point during the night my C. versicolor tried to molt and got stuck and died. I have no idea how such a small sling got stuck, but from looking at its position it looks like it didn't have enough pushing force to do the job. Super upset as this is my favorite tarantula species. Hopefully I will be able to find another one come spring time.

 

[menavodi]

...sad news.

 

[LookMomASpider]

I saved the spider from death! It is missing both pedipalps and a front leg. I cannot believe I was able to save this spider with so little loss. Picture is its first meal ( just now) since its rescue.

 

[LookMomASpider]

I stuck the dead roach above the water dish and if you look, you can see a leg where the spider used brute force with its legs and fangs to drag it up. Picture is blurry because spider is moving : /. The light blue object next to the moss in the middle of the cork bark, is its worthless leg that it tore off.

 

[LookMomASpider]

3 molts today, all must have happened while I was at work. Unfortunately I have no pictures, my camera is in the shop because the focus and flash stopped working. My tiny little A. Seemanni is not so tiny anymore it has jumped up quite a bit. My T. albopilosus is much larger and is way harrier, even before it fully hardens than it was before. I am pretty sure it is no longer a sling and is now a juvie. G. pulchra has molted as well and is also quite a bit larger, and it looks like my C. laeta will molt again any day now.

 

[LookMomASpider]

C. laeta is currently molting looks like I called the "any day now" correctly.