Where I live there’s a shop kinda like a dollar store, in the uk, they sell these jars, perfect for fast aborials, there’s no need for a catch cup, the lip of the smaller ones fits in the next size I need up, with enough room for tongs
Enjoyed the video very much Alex. That was mighty thoughtful for Karen to give you all those Tarantulas , but she knew they would be in very good hands. Yes this Covid thing has everyone making adjustments.. it can be very stressful in these times making decisions. Love the Tarantula Haven masks. they are a great design in the fabric and style. take care.
yesssss, another long video!! I'm excited to see that N tripepii grow! I have one juvenile and she's super skittish but my best eater. Great video as always. Congrats on the new additions :)
You can also use a step drill to drill the holes in the plastic Step drills are made for drilling in thin plate material, they don't chip, crack or damage the plastic, and you don't need to use masking tape
Good explanation on how many is too many, it’s different for everyone. I have around 60 and that’s enough for now. Congrats with the new ones! always sad when you need to give away some of your collection because of work or whatever but it’s the smart thing to do. Great long video, love it
Too many is when my husband says no more. Right now we have 10 and he hasn't told me to stop. If your comfortable with shipping I would love to take one of the Tlitocatl Ablaplmosa from you. If not then I know you'll find them good homes. I just ordered masks from your wife as well. My daughter needed one for when Karate opens back up next week. Looking forward to wearing them.
That’s so nice of you to take them in! Bless her, it is easy to get loads of slings quick and then they have to grow! Also trying to keep up with large collectors like yourself is a bad idea. I’m good with my 14 for now 🤷🏾♀️ although I might change my mind in the future! I just love to enjoy their little lives and take good care of them so it’s been a great first year of keeping.
I keep for two years now and i'm sitting at a cozy 12 rn. :-) I got 3 Adults , 3 Juvies and the rest are slings. For me it's def. a matter of space i have in my apartment and i like to provide Glas enclosures, so you can imagine that's taking up a bit more. Imma wait till my slings grow into juvies and give them their finals as soon as it makes sense and then work from there. If i have room for 2-3 more adults then i can get them. That's a mistake a lot of people make sadly, getting a ton of slings , not thinking forward about growth and space.
Tobi Taktlos that’s a really responsible way of keeping, I like to give mine room too so that’s takes more space! I can’t wait until mine are adults, I’ve got mostly slings and a couple of grown on slings/juvies. I can’t wait to have them in glass enclosures I’m jealous 😂 yeah I agree you have to consider the size of an adults enclosure not just stack up on slings blindly! Don’t you think some people are trying to just collect them all too? They live far too long to have hundreds of them 🤦🏾♀️😂
Omg the container store took almost a month to send 4 Amac boxes, and then when I got them they weren’t packaged with any protection and 2 had big cracks and chips. Luckily they were still usable but that wasn’t cool!
It’s too many for me when the wife said “NO MORE !” Lol I have never used amec boxes but I will never use hobby lobby display cases again, came home last night to my A Chalcodes on my living room floor, she had pushed the cover off. Was extremely lucky to find her, I would have been heartbroken.
hi Allen , if you find loose lids on your enclosures you might want to get and try to get some cribbage board pegs and use those to form a lock... something along those lines. have a good day.
Another good one Alex ! How many are too many ? Hmmm . I'll let you know soon . T albopolosum molted a month ago . G actaeon last week . T Stirmi yesterday . All need rehoused . I'm going to be rearranging my living room shortly .
Lol well those masks sure went quick! But I already have several so I'll be alright. Great video as always. I unfortunately have gone down from 5 tarantulas to just one just because of lack of space but my one, an A. geniculata, is going to grow into a monster so she has a nice large terrarium that I had fun decorating with lots of plants and moss and other pretties so it's not a terrible trade off I suppose
How many is to many? When i can't hold up the standards of keeping that i've set for myself anymore. E.g. providing less good enclosures compared to my other ones or getting a Tarantula for the sake of getting it, having those thoughts like "well if i rehouse specimen A way before it has to be rehoused, i can use the enclosure or "if i get a critter keeper it can sit in that, with no advanced thinking about space in your home, Happens with people getting a Ton of slings VERY often, suprise! They grow! I think we've all been to expos with our buy list and ended up with something more, no problem if you can hold your standards but if not then thats bad.
How many is too many? depending on the space in your spider room/bedroom/house, for me personally I am going to cap at around 35, at about 25 at the moment though.
That's a point a lot of people tend to overlook I personally believe you have to give your tarantulas a bit more space even if you don't see them use it we keep them in container's or tanks least we can do is to give them some spare space to move about.
@@werner1 Yes! I 100% agree. I see so many people keeping their tarantulas in tiny little enclosures that have no room at all for them to move. I give all my t's plenty of space and I believe you always should. As long as they have placed to hide where they can feel safe, you can never give them too much room. I'd much rather them have too much than not enough.
@@chloewright1 I frequently feel guilty, they did not ask to be in our care. So i'll give them the best quality of life that I can. merry christmas / happy holidays and may 2021 be awesome for you!
@@werner1 exactly! It really upsets me when I see t's in enclosures that are too small for them. I see it frequently, even on certain channels with lots of subs (I'm not going to mention any names, but there is one in particular that regularly shows off his t's in extremely small pots) like you said, they never asked to be put in this environment and I'm sure if they had the choice, they'd rather be in the wild, so we should do everything we can to replicate their natural habitat to make them feel as happy as possible. Happy holidays to you too🎄🎇🎉
Personally....as many as you can care for. So, in essence there isn't too many tarantulas. At one point I had over 400. Care wasn't an issue as feeding is relatively cheap and for that many only take 6-8 hours every 2 weeks. Water was automated. The only reason I still do not have them was because of outside influences (bat crap crazy ex). So as many as you can care for and have room for and that you can honestly devote the time to 😃. Good video man.
My pink toe just molted and looks just as gangly as that one. Believe it has matured male. Because it looked large and fat and fluffy, and now it's mostly legs and runs up and done the enclosure in bursts
I love the P.irminia I had to order a 3rd, perhaps just my luck but but all 3 are calm and slow moving still calm in pre-molt and not molting and they are out a lot now my 3x t.albopilosum's are a different story. (t.albopilosum did they change the name again? sorry) I now have 42 I lucky have a lot of time but slowing down, but like most of us I want them all waiting for 2x Heteroscodra maculata not my first old world's also have 2x p.metallica and 5x m.balfouri. Take care and be safe!
Hi Alex! Was wondering where you get your pixie boxes? I am new to the hobby and just starting out so looking to purchase supplies for slings and such. Thank you in advance for your help. 😃🤗 Oh, forgot to ask, I've looked at the container store but cannot seem to find the smaller Amex (sp?) boxes where do you find them on the their not too user friendly site? Also what size drill bits do you use for the ventilation holes? Thanks. 🤗🙃☺
Hi Linda. I get my pixie boxes from Walmart. Staples and Office Depot have some as well but might be more expensive. The clear plastic AMAC boxes I get from The Container Store.
@@TarantulaHaven Thank you Alex! I appreciate your help. I'm a retired RN and am so excited about this hobby. I just love the It's and have always been interested in spiders of all kinds. And since I am retired I have lots of time to care for the T's. I am still doing my research to be prepared for setting up enclosures and about the T's themselves before I purchase my choose babies. 🤗 Again, what size drill bits do you use for the slings? 1/8 inch seems a bit too large. Just wanting to know. 😃 Thanks again. Love your show btw.
It's really easy to get carried away when you first get into the tarantula hobby. You can find the excitement of buying t's and all the stuff that goes with them a bit addictive and then find yourself with a large collection and feeling a bit intimidated by it all. I'm glad that this woman did the right thing by contacting someone she knew could and would look after these animals in the best way possible. One thing I will say though, is I hope she wasn't keeping the avic in that empty container! Hopefully it was just moved into that temporarily, for transportation or something.
Every time I start to do maintenance I think that I have way too many tarantulas. Afterwards, when I realize it takes about 2 hrs total per week to do upkeep, I start thinking about all the species I’d like...
Cool video dude! "Dont want to deal with butthole"...lol! Nice additions, I'm sure they're in great hands.
Now I'm curious about your food factory! Do you breed dubia? Crickets? Do you have a video? I'd love to see it!
thanks for taking care of her spiders
they are in good hands now
Where I live there’s a shop kinda like a dollar store, in the uk, they sell these jars, perfect for fast aborials, there’s no need for a catch cup, the lip of the smaller ones fits in the next size I need up, with enough room for tongs
Enjoyed the video very much Alex. That was mighty thoughtful for Karen to give you all those Tarantulas , but she knew they would be in very good hands. Yes this Covid thing has everyone making adjustments.. it can be very stressful in these times making decisions. Love the Tarantula Haven masks. they are a great design in the fabric and style. take care.
Nice to see you back at it
yesssss, another long video!! I'm excited to see that N tripepii grow! I have one juvenile and she's super skittish but my best eater. Great video as always. Congrats on the new additions :)
You can also use a step drill to drill the holes in the plastic
Step drills are made for drilling in thin plate material, they don't chip, crack or damage the plastic, and you don't need to use masking tape
I wish I could say I have to many T’s but I just started my collection and so far I got 2. Would love to have a hole room one day!
God, why is everybody's spelling and grammar so bad nowadays?
@@chloewright1 because I’m lazy haha miss Perfect
Great video. You aren’t lying about the Container Store, ha. It took me nearly 2 months to get 10 dollars worth of boxes. Great boxes though.
Good explanation on how many is too many, it’s different for everyone. I have around 60 and that’s enough for now. Congrats with the new ones! always sad when you need to give away some of your collection because of work or whatever but it’s the smart thing to do.
Great long video, love it
Also awsome video
Too many is when my husband says no more. Right now we have 10 and he hasn't told me to stop. If your comfortable with shipping I would love to take one of the Tlitocatl Ablaplmosa from you. If not then I know you'll find them good homes. I just ordered masks from your wife as well. My daughter needed one for when Karate opens back up next week. Looking forward to wearing them.
That’s so nice of you to take them in! Bless her, it is easy to get loads of slings quick and then they have to grow! Also trying to keep up with large collectors like yourself is a bad idea. I’m good with my 14 for now 🤷🏾♀️ although I might change my mind in the future! I just love to enjoy their little lives and take good care of them so it’s been a great first year of keeping.
I keep for two years now and i'm sitting at a cozy 12 rn. :-) I got 3 Adults , 3 Juvies and the rest are slings. For me it's def. a matter of space i have in my apartment and i like to provide Glas enclosures, so you can imagine that's taking up a bit more. Imma wait till my slings grow into juvies and give them their finals as soon as it makes sense and then work from there. If i have room for 2-3 more adults then i can get them. That's a mistake a lot of people make sadly, getting a ton of slings , not thinking forward about growth and space.
Tobi Taktlos that’s a really responsible way of keeping, I like to give mine room too so that’s takes more space! I can’t wait until mine are adults, I’ve got mostly slings and a couple of grown on slings/juvies. I can’t wait to have them in glass enclosures I’m jealous 😂 yeah I agree you have to consider the size of an adults enclosure not just stack up on slings blindly! Don’t you think some people are trying to just collect them all too? They live far too long to have hundreds of them 🤦🏾♀️😂
Great video, as always 😊
Lovely rehouse video mate nice ts
Omg the container store took almost a month to send 4 Amac boxes, and then when I got them they weren’t packaged with any protection and 2 had big cracks and chips. Luckily they were still usable but that wasn’t cool!
Cool mask! Had to get one 😀
I thoroughly enjoyed this rehousing video of the donated T’s !!!!
It’s too many for me when the wife said “NO MORE !” Lol I have never used amec boxes but I will never use hobby lobby display cases again, came home last night to my A Chalcodes on my living room floor, she had pushed the cover off. Was extremely lucky to find her, I would have been heartbroken.
hi Allen , if you find loose lids on your enclosures you might want to get and try to get some cribbage board pegs and use those to form a lock... something along those lines. have a good day.
How sad for her but cool for you and the wheel keeps turning
My wife and I may or may not be buying one of those masks right now.... ;D
... Okay, make that two!
I ordered my mask :)
Wow so many new additions. Great video.
Nice haul! some awesome looking and obviously well cared for spiders. I would say as many as you have time to care for
Thank you for all this informative videos Alex!!! You really help me with you re content . Best CZcamsr
Another great one Alex!!
We missed you !!
beautiful spiders
Welcome back! I missed you! :)
Another good one Alex ! How many are too many ? Hmmm . I'll let you know soon . T albopolosum molted a month ago . G actaeon last week . T Stirmi yesterday . All need rehoused . I'm going to be rearranging my living room shortly .
Lol well those masks sure went quick! But I already have several so I'll be alright. Great video as always. I unfortunately have gone down from 5 tarantulas to just one just because of lack of space but my one, an A. geniculata, is going to grow into a monster so she has a nice large terrarium that I had fun decorating with lots of plants and moss and other pretties so it's not a terrible trade off I suppose
I've found all my amac boxes on eBay. I was able to buy them in bulk and they arrived in less than a week.
I would love to have 1 or 2 of them.
How many is to many? When i can't hold up the standards of keeping that i've set for myself anymore. E.g. providing less good enclosures compared to my other ones or getting a Tarantula for the sake of getting it, having those thoughts like "well if i rehouse specimen A way before it has to be rehoused, i can use the enclosure or "if i get a critter keeper it can sit in that, with no advanced thinking about space in your home, Happens with people getting a Ton of slings VERY often, suprise! They grow! I think we've all been to expos with our buy list and ended up with something more, no problem if you can hold your standards but if not then thats bad.
How many is too many? depending on the space in your spider room/bedroom/house, for me personally I am going to cap at around 35, at about 25 at the moment though.
That's a point a lot of people tend to overlook I personally believe you have to give your tarantulas a bit more space even if you don't see them use it we keep them in container's or tanks least we can do is to give them some spare space to move about.
@@werner1 Yes! I 100% agree. I see so many people keeping their tarantulas in tiny little enclosures that have no room at all for them to move. I give all my t's plenty of space and I believe you always should. As long as they have placed to hide where they can feel safe, you can never give them too much room. I'd much rather them have too much than not enough.
@@chloewright1 I frequently feel guilty, they did not ask to be in our care. So i'll give them the best quality of life that I can. merry christmas / happy holidays and may 2021 be awesome for you!
@@werner1 exactly! It really upsets me when I see t's in enclosures that are too small for them. I see it frequently, even on certain channels with lots of subs (I'm not going to mention any names, but there is one in particular that regularly shows off his t's in extremely small pots) like you said, they never asked to be put in this environment and I'm sure if they had the choice, they'd rather be in the wild, so we should do everything we can to replicate their natural habitat to make them feel as happy as possible. Happy holidays to you too🎄🎇🎉
Personally....as many as you can care for. So, in essence there isn't too many tarantulas. At one point I had over 400. Care wasn't an issue as feeding is relatively cheap and for that many only take 6-8 hours every 2 weeks. Water was automated. The only reason I still do not have them was because of outside influences (bat crap crazy ex). So as many as you can care for and have room for and that you can honestly devote the time to 😃. Good video man.
i didn't know avic avic had morphs hahaha
Great vid as usual! If you’re looking to part with any let me know.
Put me on the waiting list for rehome
My pink toe just molted and looks just as gangly as that one. Believe it has matured male. Because it looked large and fat and fluffy, and now it's mostly legs and runs up and done the enclosure in bursts
I love the P.irminia I had to order a 3rd, perhaps just my luck but but all 3 are calm and slow moving still calm in pre-molt and not molting and they are out a lot now my 3x t.albopilosum's are a different story. (t.albopilosum did they change the name again? sorry) I now have 42 I lucky have a lot of time but slowing down, but like most of us I want them all waiting for 2x Heteroscodra maculata not my first old world's also have 2x p.metallica and 5x m.balfouri. Take care and be safe!
Hi i love your vides
Hi Alex! Was wondering where you get your pixie boxes? I am new to the hobby and just starting out so looking to purchase supplies for slings and such. Thank you in advance for your help. 😃🤗
Oh, forgot to ask, I've looked at the container store but cannot seem to find the smaller Amex (sp?) boxes where do you find them on the their not too user friendly site? Also what size drill bits do you use for the ventilation holes? Thanks. 🤗🙃☺
Hi Linda. I get my pixie boxes from Walmart. Staples and Office Depot have some as well but might be more expensive. The clear plastic AMAC boxes I get from The Container Store.
@@TarantulaHaven Thank you Alex! I appreciate your help. I'm a retired RN and am so excited about this hobby. I just love the It's and have always been interested in spiders of all kinds. And since I am retired I have lots of time to care for the T's. I am still doing my research to be prepared for setting up enclosures and about the T's themselves before I purchase my choose babies. 🤗 Again, what size drill bits do you use for the slings? 1/8 inch seems a bit too large. Just wanting to know. 😃 Thanks again. Love your show btw.
How many tarantulas is too many? Trick question. How many enclosures can I possibly fit with the space I have, that’s the REAL question
Hey jc do you still have those curly hairs my male is getting old and u mentioned getting rid of some
Can you drop a link to become a Patron of Tarantula Haven ?
Would you sell anyone of us a 1 or 2 of the curly's
Can I have a curry hair lol
Hopefully I wouldn’t be dealing with buttholes right now, hopefully she’ll be chill. -Tarantula heaven 2020
What do you mean are you mad there no such thing as to many tarantulas
there is no such thing as "too many tarantulas"
You should never draw the line. I don't think I'll ever stop....
it is a shame that is allowed for you to keep this poor animals ... you place a P. Irmina in a new place who is to small already.
It's really easy to get carried away when you first get into the tarantula hobby. You can find the excitement of buying t's and all the stuff that goes with them a bit addictive and then find yourself with a large collection and feeling a bit intimidated by it all. I'm glad that this woman did the right thing by contacting someone she knew could and would look after these animals in the best way possible. One thing I will say though, is I hope she wasn't keeping the avic in that empty container! Hopefully it was just moved into that temporarily, for transportation or something.
Every time I start to do maintenance I think that I have way too many tarantulas. Afterwards, when I realize it takes about 2 hrs total per week to do upkeep, I start thinking about all the species I’d like...