Updates On One Of My Oldies :)

[Tongue Flicker]

I wanna introduce one of my oldest tarantula, an eight-year old Samar Cave Tarantula (Selenocosmia samarae). She was staying with a friend til i got back from my overseas work and man, she's an oldie and a fattie lol

This was her during arrival day, looking scrawny and helpless.

Here she is now, fat as a cow (notice the shiny butt)

Love it how her short body-hair can cause a shiny reflection

Warning: NEVER handle/pick-up an Old World Tarantula by force or against its will.
This one here decided it wants to go out, i just opened her enclosure, she crawled out and i let her walk on my hand in her own volition. No stress, no harm done. Again, always be safe.

Photo is to show how big she is now, 5 inches with a nice spread.

She's not as defensive/aggressive as compared to her other native cousin, Orphnaecus sp. but they are skittish if startled.

Happy 8-legged Monday guys!

 

[Josh]

Wow she looks so much healthier than when you got her! Nice work! Great photos. You be safe handling too

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Thanks! She looked like on a death curl for 3 days straight til she rehydrated. Always been a fun old world to work with and the only one who doesn't mind walking on a human hand. Never gave me a threat pose too

 

[HungryGhost]

She looks great!

 

[Christell Erasmus]

I LOVE the photo's!! What a beautiful girl. She looks so much healthier ! Glad she is doing so good.

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Beautiful? You haven't seen/heard her stridulate and make some noise yet, haha! Really hair-raising for a first time listener

 

[Christell Erasmus]

Hair raising wonderful you mean? must be awesome.

 

[The Wormwood]

She looks gorgeous after she's all fed up and shiny!

 

[Tongue Flicker]

She feels velvety but i don't wanna push it too far since she's an OW T and might get all psycho with me haha

 

[Lawrence b]

Shes a nice looker .

 

[Tongue Flicker]

And biter lol

 

[Sabeth]

Lovely! Is she Old World? I've heard of people handling their OW Ts...even the Pokies. I've seen some pretty amazing performances on YouTube. It's fascinating...but, obviously not recommended. Congrats, she looks great!

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Yup, OW.. hence the warning lol.. She's a natural when it comes to wandering around