This is a fantastically informative video. I just got into the hobby of keeping tarantulas about five months ago. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.
My aviculara aviculara sling at 1/2" is my first spider. I have it in a room thats 25C and 60%-70% humidity. The room is primarily my snake room and my sling enclosure is a 4.5" deli cup upside down with another one with the top cut out and the lid on to make the soil layer. I have a bottle cap for drinking. I dont have to do anything on the top since its bottom opening. The sling made a web 4 days after being in the new enclosure and is eating great. I hope it will grow to adult i was primarily trying to get an aviculara caribena versicolor but they didnt have any. I was told that they are extremely hard to keep as slings but i really wanted to try and figured the room is ideal already for thats species. My first enclosure the breeder said to keep it in was similar to yours but half the size and in that room the sling kept circling the vial and looked uncomfortable after 3 days. So i made a new one with massive amount of cross ventilation and since then it circled for 2 days and since settled down. It has always eaten regularly 2 times a week. I hope im doing everything right i did 4 months prior research on multiple youtube vids and a few breeders before buying the spider. I have gotten later on a bracipelma hamorii as a worst case so i at least have a spider and dam it eats ALOT. I accidentally put in 5 crickets and they were all gone in 3 hours!!
Hello ma'am, i was wondering if I could have an update on your homeoma sp. blue Tarantulas? I ordered a couple and saw your comment on Tom Moran's video, are they still cute and inquisitive little guys lol?
Hey Rachel! Great video! :) I bought an olive female so I now have a gold and olive female and I believe I might have a male who will mature on his next moult so hopefully I can pair those 2 😊
I really wish someone had told me about how flighty they are as slings when I purchased it. Just got it, love it, and I hope it survives. Scares me sometimes with how fast they are.
I’m pretty recent to watching these videos and had wondered about the term true spider a lot. Thank you for clearing that up. I would love more informative videos you could throw our way.
@@rachaels8-leggedwonders160 Awesome I appreciate this. It eases my concerns considerably. Right now the substrate is moist with water in a shallow bottle cap for it.
Educating video, you explained things very well. And I also liked that it's not just a typical feeding, rehousing or husbandry clip. Your content is very informative and interesting. Would love to see you doing RU-vid videos again!
Male T: Hey girl how you doing - Female T: hey Im great thanks wbu? Male T: cool wanna smash, Female T: sure ok be quick or Ima eat you lol, Male inserts - Ok see you again hopefully lol
Great video. I just paired my Lasiodora parahybana with a mature male i got from Deen's Tarantulas on a breeding loan. I'm trying to get my room set up to start doing videos. Now once my CV make a web i spray the web. They will drink from the web.
how big should they be as a juve, i've brought one of these from a local shop and they told me he is a juve but when i look at him/her they can't be no bigger than 3/4cm . is this right or have i been sold a sling. plus do they start getting their purple hairs as a juve or is that just as a adult..... as you can tell i'm quite new too owning T's
@@rachaels8-leggedwonders160 thanks for getting back to me, yeah just as I thought it was. That's not a problem it's just nice to know how old he or she is
I wish you'd make more videos! I've had a tough time finding care notes from a Tom-approved/scientific source on YT, obviously there's a ton of care info for more common species, but 5 of mine have not been recorded on YT in a husbandry notes fashion. Incei, Y. diversipes, N. Chromatus, P. cambridgei, you can find some care info but nothing more than a sentence or two. So, definitely a gap you fill! Thanks!
I found an interesting looking spider that made a funnel web and I am having a debate with my brother-in-law he doesn't think it's a tarantula but I'm not sure, I have a picture if I could send it to you. I am very curious to know what you think. I found your video after trying to find information about spiders versus tarantulas online your video was the best and very clear explanation!
If anyone can help me quickly that’s great.. I have a juvenile pink toe and I had 3 different enclosures for it - I originally got a tub because I didn’t realize it was so small so I put it into a pickle jar with dirt and a piece of wood to climb - and a water dish.. the only thing I’m worried about is it not finding it’s food in a shorter enclosure.. I have a third one which isn’t tall but it’s a bit longer and idk what to do - I want to make sure it’s healthy and I’m fretting too much about it not finding it’s crickets
You are so kind to ask! ❤️ Yes, I am fine, I’ve just had to take a break from YT due to my job. I travel often which makes devoting many hours to video recording difficult.
Hearing that they're a very delicate species is mighty discouraging. I've done my reading on standard T care beforehand, but when I went to get mine today and came across this variation; I was told they're decent starters. Ack.
