Weirdest videos I've seen lately.

[Whitelightning777]

Why would you do that in the first place!!

You don't see that everyday. Maybe he thinks tarantulas are his cats. Still, that's flat out amazing.

I'd use a catch cup or some other method not involving physical contact, but that's just me.

 

[Arachnoclown]

I want a minnow fishing T...that will be my next project this summer after I move.

 

[Enn49]

That's great , I've heard of people giving Ts a table tennis ball to play with before

 

[Metalman2004]

Yeah the first time I saw Cain I got very close to grabbing a couple H gigas. Somehow never got around to it though.

 

[Whitelightning777]

I also posted another one in the scorpion section about an enclosure which allowed H spinifer to go totally underwater.

I wonder if Justina (L Klugi) would play with a cat toy like that. My only concern would be getting her legs stuck in the slots.

 

[Whitelightning777]

So?

Tell them the goldfish are feeders for an Oscar cichlid or a lungfish, even an electric eel etc. It's really none of their business!!

 

[MassExodus]

Save the goldfish! Tarantulas are forcing them to the brink of extinction! Cool video.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Heres on I like...

 

[Whitelightning777]

I love it.

 

[MassExodus]

Heres on I like...

Lmao

 

[Arachnoclown]

@Shampain ....thats so awesome!!!

 

[Arachnoclown]

 

[MassExodus]

Proudly listing all his inverts that have bitten him..smh..

 

[Whitelightning777]

This is someone that shouldn't own a wandering spider. I wouldn't sell him anything.

 

[Whitelightning777]

What's wrong with a paint brush and a slurpee cup anyway? Plus, he's using a trick for that centipede. He's probably cooling them off to about 60 or 65 degrees. Of course, once it warms up it gets feisty and bites him. Watch the video carefully.

This is another illustration. This is the first picture of my scorpion before I finished the purchase. She was sold as docile to me at the repticon in Baltimore. It was about 58-63 or so degrees.

In fact, she was sold as the selfie scorpion!! Inverts do not belong on your ex girlfriend's friend!! (Who btw won't speak to her anyone either.)

I prefer them as nature intended, or at least kept in somewhat natural conditions.

 

[Dave Jay]

Cain is a Hysterocrates Gigas who fish in the wild lol I actually spoke about doing this with mine with a few members but I hit a wall when the pet store refused to sell me a goldfish when I explained what it was for lol! I could catch minnows at the local river but who knows what parasites you could expose your T too? Enjoyable videos all the same hehe

Goldfish (and some other species, there are lists but I'm not on my pc) contain thiaminase which breaks down thiamin in their flesh and in the flesh of the animal/fish that eats them, including people but cooking destroys thiaminase, freezing does not. This is why goldfish are not good for feeding predatory fish or reptiles, they can lead to liver failure and other problems if used as a primary food source. In a wild situation predators eat the whole fish, including the gut contents loaded with food high in thiamin (plant material mostly.) so the effect is minimal. I wonder if this is an issue with these tarantulas? And what are the chances of anyone testing to find out? Pretty slim I'd say !

 

[Whitelightning777]

I thought vertebrates were too high in calcium to feed to tarantulas. Still, a fish can't do as much damage as a mouse can.

 

[Whitelightning777]

The mature mice might cause damage. I can sorta see doing a pinkie if the T is in decline and nothing else works. I've heard that in some cases it helps. I haven't had the need to feed any to my animals yet.

 

[PanzoN88]

I’d never feel the need to feed mice to any T... It’s not only cruel (to me anyway lol) but it seems people who know their stuff advise against it...

I agree, it does sound cruel, although giving already frozen mice to dnakes i understand (my favorite pet store was sut down two years ago because they fed frozen mice to the snakes), i am one of those who advise against feeding mice to tarantulas. They don't need them, especially alive, as mice could do some physical harm to the tarantula. I amgoing on 4-5 years in the hobby and my opinion has not changed, nor will it.

 

[Whitelightning777]

Some of those hissers are massive. My L Klugi also likes earthworms. They are big, probably have a different mix of nutrients then typical insect feeders and are totally harmless to any spider, even if molting. It's probably a good idea to drop the worm into water of a moderate temp to clean off debris first. I haven't tried offering them to any other spiders yet. They might have a slight laxative effect but I'm not 100% sure about that.