Vendor name is on the sheet in the pic.Are you kidding with this title? Unpacking new slings is better than my best Christmas morning for me!
What a nice new bunch. Congrats!
May I ask where you got them? I'm looking for M. robustum and that seems a good price for such a large sling. Please message me if you don't want to announce it on the open forum?
Had to zoom in for that one. Thank you.Vendor name is on the sheet in the pic.
Sounds like a blast to me!
I have a theory that rehousing/shipping spiders causes them to molt. Ive had many molt right after a rehouse, and many more right after shipping. Could be coincidence. Stress molting seems farfetched, but it nags at me..Really... Slings are my favorite to work with. I fed all Ts as soon as I rehouse them. In 36 years ive never had a T refuse food after a rehouse unless it was in premolt. There's no need to wait, Unless owever there's a fresh molt in the shipment too.
In the last couple of weeks I've had 20 new spiders shipped to me. My Psalmopoeus pulcher is the only one who has molted so far, and the gbb is in pre-molt. The other 18 are eating and going about their tarantula business.I have a theory that rehousing/shipping spiders causes them to molt. Ive had many molt right after a rehouse, and many more right after shipping. Could be coincidence. Stress molting seems farfetched, but it nags at me..
Totally agree with you...I have also had Ts molt after rehousing or during shipping. I think the T realises something is going on and it needs to molt now quickly. I don't think it's stress. Actually I don't believe in "stress" in tarantulas. I think it a hobbiest term used because someone doesn't know how to take care of a T. The so called stress position is just a unhappy T in its environment. Not stress. Tarantulas are not supposed to feel emotions right??? Stress is a emotion. They don't get anything from being held...wouldnt that be an emotion??? The tanks too large it's stressed out....are all wild Ts stressed??? It's flicked all its hairs off because it's stressed...Its a defensive instinct to flick hairs however they also line their burrows with the hairs to keep predators out. Lol I can go all night on stress...sorryI have a theory that rehousing/shipping spiders causes them to molt. Ive had many molt right after a rehouse, and many more right after shipping. Could be coincidence. Stress molting seems farfetched, but it nags at me..
Agreed, and I could go all night on what we think we know about the invertebrate "brain". Have you read the theories? They actually know very little, if anything, about how they "think", what they "feel", emotionally or physically. They have theories, from very bright folks, no doubt..but they're educated guesses. They have pictures of invert "brains" which basically look like clusters of nerves in a ball at the center, with main branches coming out of the ball like legs..(freakin cool..) I think this hobby has become remarkably advanced, and filled with knowledgable people, amateur and professional, but we still know very little about tarantulas, other than husbandry. No matter how long we keep them, they're little aliens..which is part of the appeal to meTotally agree with you...I have also had Ts molt after rehousing or during shipping. I think the T realises something is going on and it needs to molt now quickly. I don't think it's stress. Actually I don't believe in "stress" in tarantulas. I think it a hobbiest term used because someone doesn't know how to take care of a T. The so called stress position is just a unhappy T in its environment. Not stress. Tarantulas are not supposed to feel emotions right??? Stress is a emotion. They don't get anything from being held...wouldnt that be an emotion??? The tanks too large it's stressed out....are all wild Ts stressed??? It's flicked all its hairs off because it's stressed...Its a defensive instinct to flick hairs however they also line their burrows with the hairs to keep predators out. Lol I can go all night on stress...sorry
O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!Agreed, and I could go all night on what we think we know about the invertebrate "brain". Have you read the theories? They actually know very little, if anything, about how they "think", what they "feel", emotionally or physically. They have theories, from very bright folks, no doubt..but they're educated guesses. They have pictures of invert "brains" which basically look like clusters of nerves in a ball at the center, with main branches coming out of the ball like legs..(freakin cool..) I think this hobby has become remarkably advanced, and filled with knowledgable people, amateur and professional, but we still know very little about tarantulas, other than husbandry. No matter how long we keep them, they're little aliens..which is part of the appeal to me
Lol, very good DaveO day and night, but this is wondrous strange!
And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.
There are more things in heaven and earth, MassExodus,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy!