When you rehouse the more feisty Ts use a small deli cup or some kind of catch cup to move them, it's waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy easier than chasing it all over and it's less stressful on the T as well. Otherwise you have amazing set ups and gorgeous Ts.
obts are fossorial you need about 5 more inches of sub. In those enclosures. Subtract the decor and water dish and your fine misting once a week is all it would need.
I find that they do just fine in this set up. They have used the decorations as anchors for webbing. They have formed tube dens and seem to be quite content. Neither has dug down to the bottom. To make any changes at this point would only add unnecessary stress to these animals.
Living and thriving are two different things. You can ask those who have kept for more years than I have and will receive the same reply I have given. Ease of care for yourself and a pretty setup are signs you haven’t researched the species well enough or care that it has the appropriate setup to thrive. As to not digging your sub looks to wet in the “new” enclosures a dry arid species will stay st the top where it won’t be subjected to wet sub.
I maintain that my set ups are fine. Again they haven’t attempted to burrow in the substrate they have. If they had 6 more feet underneath them it wouldn’t matter. They decided to creat the web tube scrapes and there they have stayed. I am suspecting that they are both in premolt because they are both plump and they have sealed off their tubes. Rehousing them would only stress out the animal more than necessary. If they had dug down to the plastic, it would probably be a different story.
Rick Grimes you are talking baloney (well if u want to use 5 inches go for it). I have my adult OBT on around 3 inches or so of subs but I have put in a load of moss. As long as you have something for them to hide in or web up like cork bark they are fine. They are opportunistic and have seen them making their homes wherever they feel like it. In fact one decided it was going to make a home in the small crack between the lid and a bit of bark rarther than the nice hole I had made for it...took me several attempts to force her down to a nicer hole below. So Sam your setups are fine! If they werent I would be the first to tell you. And misting is also something I never do. A monopoly house for Babs when small and occasionally water the subs...and then bottle caps and am now onto a nice big peanut butter dish. My King bab is different as I keep him/her a little bit more moist...actually drop water down to where he/she is because they can have a habit of staying put and have never seen mine come out for a drink even thought there is a water dish there! (I have two OBTS/two H macs/One king bab/P Lugardi).
The tops of toy compasses as shown here: czcams.com/video/vzNe-Od2Y6U/video.html The larger ones are these: www.dollartree.com/Stacking-Color-Coordinated-7-Day-Pill-Reminders/p338646/index.pro
Vladimir Rep your comment conveys no more than a personal attack. There’s not much I can do with your message aside from judge the quality of your character...
I hate to harp on your communication skills again, but your messages tags you as a complainer. Try being less hostile and then offering some advice. People will like you a lot more and you will get better reception. (Try: "Beautiful animals. I do have some suggestions though. Try changing _____________, _______________, and _______________. I think this would improve your success in keeping them.)
Someone offered you advice below and you completely dismissed it. It's very sad to see keepers put their ego before the health of their animals. You need to understand, there is a massive different between an animal thriving and surviving. You could keep a Pterinochilus murinus in a plastic tub without any substrate and it probably won't die. It'll web the whole thing, and treat the entire container as it's burrow. So, it's not dead, does that mean the husbandry is correct? No, it isn't. You will see it when every time you open that container the spider goes crazy and rears. Why is it doing that? Because every time you open that container you are basically putting your face down it's burrow. Now, if you take the same spider, you put it in a container with 7-9 inches of substrate, a starter burrow and then you give it some time, it will dig out a tunnel or create some sort of den where it will feel safe. Every time you open the container the spider will most likely be down the tunnel or in its den and it wont be startled when you remove the lid. I have two 3 OBTs, two females and a immature male. One of the females is sitting on a sac, the other one gravid. They both are kept in 12x9x9 acrylic boxes where they have built massive dens. They never rear, they never bolt. I can open the containers and clean their water dish or food remains and the don't care because they feel safe down their little tunnels. This applies to any fossorial species, OW or NW. People always say how E. murinus (Skeleton leg) are so scary or aggressive or flighty. Mine is also in one of those 12x9x9, she has a huge tunnel across the entire thing, all the way down to the acrylic on the bottom. I see her once in a while because she doesn't usually come out. She recently had 98 slings. Pairing was a breeze, same with the OBTs. Without deep substrate the pairing could go really bad. If a female considers the entire container it's burrow, a male walking into it would be asking to get killed. Look, I come off as rude because I'm a really blunt person and I don't care about other people's feelings. I care about these animals. I have over 200 tarantulas. I have an entire climate controlled room dedicated to them. I check on them countless times a day. My office is like 10 feet away so I'm constantly walking into the T room to see what's going on. It's particularly awesome at night, I have red LEDs lights on the ceiling (tarantulas can't see red light) so I get to seem them in the "dark." I breed tarantulas too. I've bred several species and I'm working on many more. If you are interested on what I'm working on you can check my page: facebook.com/VikingInverts/ or my IG instagram.com/vladscreatures/ I'm just trying to help.
This is terrible all the way around. Couldn't waste my time watching the whole thing. Most of the video was blocked. What's the point? Also next time use a catch cup with holes in. Tune to Dark Den for education. The poor little devil.
Your feed back is almost useless to me. "Terrible" is an extremely vague term, as you used it, and it holds little meaning in your sentence besides communicating to me that you lack communication skills. Try and explain your points of contention next time and give constructive feedback and/or solutions if you are going to bother criticizing at all. I agree that catch cups with holes are a good idea. However, I didn't not use a single catch cup in my video, because I did not have any escaping spiders. None of my spiders were even close to being injured in this video. Considering the species I transferred, I believe it went smoothly. I do watch the Dark Den and I believe, he has many great ideas; however, if you follow him closely, you would know he is not perfect and has made mistakes such as stepping on his new P. cam and killing it on camera. I'm not criticizing him for it, only illustrating that he is not perfect, nor am I, nor is any tarantula keeper.
Very nice Transfers
Your videos are very helpful for a beginner like myself! Thank youuuuu
I love it when the little ones show attitude
I know, right. My 1" DLS G. porteri threw a threat at me the other day and I couldn't help but laugh. I think I have psycho rosie on my hands.
I've really enjoyed making Hobby Lobby display case enclosures after watching your videos. Thank you very much for the great ideas.
same here I have 18 now in the past 5 months thanks Sam!
Have you ever thought about housing them in a 3 gallon bugarium?
I was curious what you’re using for water dishes in those new enclosures.
The top part of the party compasses sold at Dollar Tree. You get like 6 for a dollar. Haha!
When you rehouse the more feisty Ts use a small deli cup or some kind of catch cup to move them, it's waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy easier than chasing it all over and it's less stressful on the T as well. Otherwise you have amazing set ups and gorgeous Ts.
The foam core stick is a great idea! More than just a skinny prodding device, it's a good blocker.
I like it because if they bite it, it won't hurt their fangs.
Smoooth, brother! Wish I could get those boxes in Norway. Hobbylobby don't ship to Old World.
I'm 12yo but I handling obt
we cant see what your up to...
obts are fossorial you need about 5 more inches of sub. In those enclosures. Subtract the decor and water dish and your fine misting once a week is all it would need.
I find that they do just fine in this set up. They have used the decorations as anchors for webbing. They have formed tube dens and seem to be quite content. Neither has dug down to the bottom. To make any changes at this point would only add unnecessary stress to these animals.
Living and thriving are two different things.
You can ask those who have kept for more years than I have and will receive the same reply I have given. Ease of care for yourself and a pretty setup are signs you haven’t researched the species well enough or care that it has the appropriate setup to thrive. As to not digging your sub looks to wet in the “new” enclosures a dry arid species will stay st the top where it won’t be subjected to wet sub.
I maintain that my set ups are fine. Again they haven’t attempted to burrow in the substrate they have. If they had 6 more feet underneath them it wouldn’t matter. They decided to creat the web tube scrapes and there they have stayed. I am suspecting that they are both in premolt because they are both plump and they have sealed off their tubes. Rehousing them would only stress out the animal more than necessary. If they had dug down to the plastic, it would probably be a different story.
Rick Grimes you are talking baloney (well if u want to use 5 inches go for it). I have my adult OBT on around 3 inches or so of subs but I have put in a load of moss. As long as you have something for them to hide in or web up like cork bark they are fine. They are opportunistic and have seen them making their homes wherever they feel like it. In fact one decided it was going to make a home in the small crack between the lid and a bit of bark rarther than the nice hole I had made for it...took me several attempts to force her down to a nicer hole below.
So Sam your setups are fine! If they werent I would be the first to tell you. And misting is also something I never do. A monopoly house for Babs when small and occasionally water the subs...and then bottle caps and am now onto a nice big peanut butter dish. My King bab is different as I keep him/her a little bit more moist...actually drop water down to where he/she is because they can have a habit of staying put and have never seen mine come out for a drink even thought there is a water dish there! (I have two OBTS/two H macs/One king bab/P Lugardi).
Dude you make this look easy, lmbo. Almost makes me want to get an OBT. I think they're very beautiful indeed 🤗
Can hardly hear you...
I have been struggling with my mic. I have tried to resolve this in more recent videos.
Awesome video!
LOL!
What do you use for water dishes?
The tops of toy compasses as shown here: czcams.com/video/vzNe-Od2Y6U/video.html
The larger ones are these: www.dollartree.com/Stacking-Color-Coordinated-7-Day-Pill-Reminders/p338646/index.pro
Wow that was awesome
Classic way to re-house. Great stuff. Keep up the good work! (absolutely nothing wrong with your setups ignore the trolls).
Scary? Lol
Piss poor husbandry.
Vladimir Rep your comment conveys no more than a personal attack. There’s not much I can do with your message aside from judge the quality of your character...
TarantulaSam you could improve your husbandry
Are you serious? Excellent husbandry? I feel sorry for your animals.
I hate to harp on your communication skills again, but your messages tags you as a complainer. Try being less hostile and then offering some advice. People will like you a lot more and you will get better reception. (Try: "Beautiful animals. I do have some suggestions though. Try changing _____________, _______________, and _______________. I think this would improve your success in keeping them.)
Someone offered you advice below and you completely dismissed it. It's very sad to see keepers put their ego before the health of their animals. You need to understand, there is a massive different between an animal thriving and surviving. You could keep a Pterinochilus murinus in a plastic tub without any substrate and it probably won't die. It'll web the whole thing, and treat the entire container as it's burrow. So, it's not dead, does that mean the husbandry is correct? No, it isn't. You will see it when every time you open that container the spider goes crazy and rears. Why is it doing that? Because every time you open that container you are basically putting your face down it's burrow. Now, if you take the same spider, you put it in a container with 7-9 inches of substrate, a starter burrow and then you give it some time, it will dig out a tunnel or create some sort of den where it will feel safe. Every time you open the container the spider will most likely be down the tunnel or in its den and it wont be startled when you remove the lid. I have two 3 OBTs, two females and a immature male. One of the females is sitting on a sac, the other one gravid. They both are kept in 12x9x9 acrylic boxes where they have built massive dens. They never rear, they never bolt. I can open the containers and clean their water dish or food remains and the don't care because they feel safe down their little tunnels. This applies to any fossorial species, OW or NW. People always say how E. murinus (Skeleton leg) are so scary or aggressive or flighty. Mine is also in one of those 12x9x9, she has a huge tunnel across the entire thing, all the way down to the acrylic on the bottom. I see her once in a while because she doesn't usually come out. She recently had 98 slings. Pairing was a breeze, same with the OBTs. Without deep substrate the pairing could go really bad. If a female considers the entire container it's burrow, a male walking into it would be asking to get killed.
Look, I come off as rude because I'm a really blunt person and I don't care about other people's feelings. I care about these animals. I have over 200 tarantulas. I have an entire climate controlled room dedicated to them. I check on them countless times a day. My office is like 10 feet away so I'm constantly walking into the T room to see what's going on. It's particularly awesome at night, I have red LEDs lights on the ceiling (tarantulas can't see red light) so I get to seem them in the "dark." I breed tarantulas too. I've bred several species and I'm working on many more. If you are interested on what I'm working on you can check my page: facebook.com/VikingInverts/ or my IG instagram.com/vladscreatures/
I'm just trying to help.
This is terrible all the way around. Couldn't waste my time watching the whole thing. Most of the video was blocked. What's the point? Also next time use a catch cup with holes in. Tune to Dark Den for education. The poor little devil.
Your feed back is almost useless to me. "Terrible" is an extremely vague term, as you used it, and it holds little meaning in your sentence besides communicating to me that you lack communication skills. Try and explain your points of contention next time and give constructive feedback and/or solutions if you are going to bother criticizing at all. I agree that catch cups with holes are a good idea. However, I didn't not use a single catch cup in my video, because I did not have any escaping spiders. None of my spiders were even close to being injured in this video. Considering the species I transferred, I believe it went smoothly. I do watch the Dark Den and I believe, he has many great ideas; however, if you follow him closely, you would know he is not perfect and has made mistakes such as stepping on his new P. cam and killing it on camera. I'm not criticizing him for it, only illustrating that he is not perfect, nor am I, nor is any tarantula keeper.