It’s strangely comforting to know you’re freaked out by tiny slings. I got K brunnipes slings and lost them and worried about them constantly. They’re still itty bitty, but they’re starting to look like k brunnipes now, and they don’t get lost under dirt specks. It makes me feel oddly proud, but maybe I should save that feeling for when I actually see them through to adulthood. I hope you had a lovely birthday.
Oh, TOTALLY. I have the most difficult time keeping track of them! I totally get it! Hopefully, your K. brunnipes continues to put on the size for you. And I don't blame you for feeling proud! Thank you!
had to stop the video i was laughing so hard, "you can chew it", think you might underestimate how good it is for us newbie to watch an experienced keeper doing rehouses it really helps nail down the little things that help us all alot.oh and happy birthday for whenever it was
Hello, Samuel! So sorry for the delay...I missed a bunch of comments! hahahaha It was SO bad. Haha I love hearing that the rehousing videos are helpful. Thanks so much!
@@TomsBigSpiders I'm pretty new to keeping, so B. Hamorii, T. Vagans, G. Actaeon, C. Cyaneopubescens, and E. Rufescens. I love my A. Seemanni, G. Pulchra, and G. Pulchripes so much I had to get more new world terrestrials ❤️
🤣😂😃😅🤣 dog farted!!! THANKS for sharing... the BDAY PRESENTS, I MEAN. I would never think of it as bragging. It's fun to watch you get trantula presents. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy birthday Tom. By the way , at the 5 min mark, the correct pronunciation for “birupes” is “bee-roo-pez “. “biru” means “blue” in the Malay language of Malaysia which is where the spider originated from
Hello, Desmond! Thank you so much for the correction! I was so focused on trying to get the species part right, that I didn't even think to check the genus. Thank you!
Happy Birthday Tom!!!!! I can't think of anything better than a horde of T's for one's bday, lol. Billie is a wonderful wife and Tanya is a wonderful lady. Looking forward to updates and husbandry videos on some of them. Tyfs God bless you
Hey, Debbie! It's the gift that always fits! hahah Billie is AMAZING, and Tanya is a fantastic friend. I was truly floored by this one. Thanks so much!
Absolutely awesome!!!!! Dog farts ...the worst!!! Unboxing birthday stuff...Awesome!!! I love bow and birthday box super cool of them. What a present Congratulations!! Happy old farts day.
How's it going, Jimmy! Thanks so much! Man, these were so bad that they almost smelled good at some point. hahaha Yeah, that was so awesome. What a fantastic gift all around. Thanks again!
Happy Birth Day! May you and your family have more happy days to come. I pray your crickets does not have parasites in them or they are fully breed and raised in captivity where parasites won't get in.
Happy belated birthday Tom! Love your videos. I actually prefer slings, nothing better than watching them grow, and they are so cute when they are so tiny. As I'm from Australia, I can only get aussie tarantulas and the most affordable ones are slings. I got my first sling in December and it's already doubled in size. Can't wait to see future videos of your cute babies.
Hello, Janice! Thank you very much! I agree with you 100%...slings are all I buy because I love growing them up. I LOVE your Aussie Ts, and wish that we had more in the states. Which species did you get? Congrats on joining the hobby, by the way! Thank you!
Hi Tom! Thank you! If it wasn't for your informative videos I wouldn't be so confident with owning a T. I would also LOVE to own some of the beautiful T's that you do, however, our laws here don't allow it. Actually I'm lucky I live in Victoria, and not Tasmania, they don't allow T's there at all. I bought a Selenotypus sp. Exevale, as when I was looking at what I could buy, wanted something smaller than a Phlogius T, I also had a little fear to get over. At the start of this year I bought a Phlogius sp. Goliath, I nickname this one Golly, this little dear just loves galloping across the container and up the walls in a blink of an eye every time I feed it. I probably should have a smaller container for this sling, but with how fast it is I'm glad that at the time I got it, could only house it in a too big container. I've also noticed the Selenotypus T's have a more chunky abdomen compared with the Phlogius T's which is probably why it's so fast. I have also become a little obsessed with the different colours you can get in both types and now have 9 Phlogius species and 11 Selenotypus species with colours that range from blonde to black. I did buy one juvenile a Selenotypus sp. Champagne Robusta, I only see this T at feeding time whereas the slings I see a lot more. Thank you again for your great videos, when I noticed my Exevale was going to moult, I wasn't as nervous as I might have been had I not watched your moulting video.
Sending you birthday wishes Tom, I hope all of them thrive! I can’t wait to see their progress 🤩 it was nice to see an unboxing from you 👍🏾 I always look forward to your content 🙌🏾
Hey, Queen SheezaGB! Thank you so much! I'll look forward to doing updates on them. Yeah, I honestly don't do too many of them. hahaha Thanks again! :)
Happy birthday Tom! keep doing what you're doing, you've been my go-to person when it comes to keeping tarantulas. so, thank you so much! love the channel, love the podcast, I actually downloaded so many of your podcasts to listen to in my free time awesome stuff! great work! oh yea, congrats on the new additions haha! 😁😁😁
Thank you so much, Tink! Yeah, this was an amazing haul and MUCH more than I thought that I was getting. Hahaha. That once has caused quite a bit of shock over the years! lol
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and a big Happy Birthday to you ! You made the statement that if you rehoused all of them that people would get bored - no way - I would watch for as long as it takes because I have a blast listening to your pronunciation of the species LOL and I totally enjoy listening to you because you have a wonderful knowledge of the T’s and a marvelous sense of humor !!!
Well, thank you very much, Angie! :) And that's really good to know. I always feel like the rehousings are a bit long a boring. Hahaha. Man, I wish I had a chance to practice those ahead of time! lol Thanks again!
Awesome video. Because of you, I got my first tiny sling a few months back (Hamorii) from Fear Not. Tanya was wonderful! I had e-mailed her all nervous about Abbey being so tiny. I felt much better after the email an now have a healthy growing baby!
Well, congratulations on finally getting a Emilia. Mine is a bit of a pet hole "allways in the burrow" see it briefly after each molt, then just legs when its hungry. Goes through some nice color changes as it grows. Oh yeah belated happy b/day.
Go ahead brag it up about all your new T’s. JUST KIDDING!!!! Happy belated Birthday, and look forward to seeing future videos of all your new additions. It’s good to treat yourself on your Birthday, and Christmas!! I’ll be treating myself at a expo in June for my birthday also!! 😂😂
Enjoyed the video very much. Happy Birthday Tom. Very nice birthday haul on the slings. Looking forwards to updates on all of these when you have time. Your videos can be as long as you want them. We enjoy long videos from you :D
Hello, Ed! Thank you so much, bud! That was a heck of a birthday gift. And I always feel like they are getting too long and boring at times. haha I'll definitely keep that in mind.
Happy birthday dude! Hope you had an awesome time!! 🤘🤘🤘 I've had my P. cochleasvorax since the January and it's already molted once 😁 such an amazing little species!
Hey, Dan! Thank you so much. I had an AWESOME weekend. Billie also hooked me up with some new hoodies and some awesome Scotch, so I can't complain. Man, what size is yours? My two are already piggies! haha
I just got my first fear not tarantulas order yesterday! I got a tliltocatl epicureanum, a brachypelma emilia, and a neoholothele incei! The brachypelma and tliltocatl are really tiny. 1/2 of a inch is even smaller then I thought! This brings my tarantula collection up to 7! Thanks for all the help!
Happy birthday Tom. I love watching your videos. I just got myself a Cobalt Blue sling as a late birthday present, and thanks to you I have all the information I need to properly care for it. I love what you do. Keep being awesome!
My two tarantula slings I got were from Fear Not Tarantula! They are the green bottle blue and T. Albopilosus (Nicaraguan Curly Hair)! They were very healthy and the service from Fear Not was great! I am very happy with them and will definitely buy future tarantulas from them again! I've also been recommending them to others. :D Also, Happy Birthday!!! I can't wait to see the slings as they grow! I could barely see the legs on the super tiny one you showed!
🥳Happy birthday, Tom 🎂 Hope you had an awesome day with your family. Fantastic birthday gift!🤩 Wish you all the best and take good care of yourself and your loved ones.☺️ Lovely greetings🇩🇪🙋🏼♀️
Happy Birthday ! That was quite the haul with a lot of great Ts. Without a doubt, you'll raise them to adulthood and we'll be getting footage on their growth and life habits. Thanks for sharing :)
Happy Birthday!! I would be very happy about such a gift. Guess you enjoy it as well. There are many species I had never heard of before. And about the video: I like unboxing videos in general very much.
Many happy returns on what we'll call your (ah-hem) twenty first birthday (I've had two and working on three if ya know what I mean) thank you for the videos as I do so enjoy them and they help very much to take my mind off a painful illness im struggling with but when I'm watching you or dark den or Kat or Dan or exotics lair you guys just take my mind right off it so thank you always for sharing your beautiful hobby with us.
Thank you so much, Simon! They absolutely do, and it's a shame. My goal would be to breed these and get some captive bred ones in the hobby. Believe me, I thought long and hard about getting those...
Happy birthday Tom! Thanks for sharing with us what you got! I feel your pain with the dog's snoring and farting too. I'd love to chat to you sometime about some stuff like substrate. Hope you have a wonderful rest of your birthday!
Yep how else are they going to show their appreciation of us if it isnt farting and snoring hahah. And that would be great! Do you have an email? :) I would love to talk over some things like that
Happy Birthday! Love your videos, I always learn so much from you. Funny you uploading a rehouse video. We rehoused our Arizona Blonde today for the first time. We followed your instructions for fossorial rehouses since our girl dug a huge tunnel system lol! Went very smoothly, my hubby literally scooped her up on the spoon he was digging with. She sat still and let him set her into her new home.
You finally got an Emilia! Yay! Thanks for the always knowledge and entertaining video. You’re my favorite tarantula guy. Your videos helped me get into the hobby. 😊👍🏻
Tom Moran If it helps It always made me feel pretty cool whenever you’d mention not having an Emilia. I’d puff out my chest and be like ‘Even Tom Moran don’t have one of these’. 😂😂😂
Happy birthday Tom! Awesome video, have fun with Birupes, i hope i'll get one in near future, also thank you, for inspiring me your passion to phormictopus. I thought i will stay with some standard tarantulas, and here i am, with all available phormictopus, xenesthis and theraphosa's in my country :)
Happy Birthday Tom! 🥳🥳 I knew you’d get a few of those new Phormictopus species, haha. Super jealous of your Cyriopagopus sp. “Bach Ma”! Cyriopagopus/Haplopelma is my favorite genus, and C. sp. Bach Ma” are such a gorgeous species! Congrats! :)
Hey, Ted! Thanks so much, bud! Man, I FREAKED when I saw that she was getting those in. haha And I've been eyeing the Bach Ma for years, so I'm so glad that I finally have one. Just wish that I double checked the genus before posting! haha
Happy birthday!! Congrats on starting genus Megaphobema! They are absolutely amazing and I'm considering driving to Germany to pick up a M. velvetosoma. M. mesomelas should definitely be on your list, mine is my absolute favorite, such a beautiful spider. Also, try to watch out for the (in-) famous kick that robustum does. It is hilarious!
Thank you! Yes, I can't wait to grow them up. I would love a M. velvetosoma as well, and M. mesomelas is DEFINITELY on my list. :) And I have two older specimens, and I've seen it. It's amazing! haha
@@TomsBigSpiders didn't know you had some? Anyway, I am looking forwards to seeing what you'll put them in when they do grow up! Shouldn't be too long a wait, two years?
A few things... First of all Happy Birthday Tom! Secondly, I too have bought several T's from Tanya at Fear Not T's. Excellent experience every time. Simply one of the best places to get tarantulas. And thirdly, I too had found those clear Matchbox car display boxes excellent for slings. Just an idea, to make the lids easier to open on those, I just get a piece of clear Scotch tape and on one end of lid I stick on the bottom side then loop it around and stick it on the top side and press together so you make a tab. It makes it a whole lot easier to get the lid off. And fourth, what an adorable batch of new additions to your collection.
Hello, John! Okay, first...thank you so much! Second, she and her team have been absolutely fabulous to me as well. Love that place! Third, what a great idea...thank you!!! That's awesome! :)
I definitely smell your pain with the dogs! LOL! The smallest slings I've had so far are the Dolichothele diamantinensis. My first was so small it did actually manage to get out a ventilation hole. I have two now that are staying put. Can't wait for that molt though!! I would love to see a video with a lot of nerdy facts about that Phormictopus cochleasvorax. I have a very organic yard and tons of Cepaea I could use for feeders. I know they can eat crickets, but hey - who doesn't want a spider you can watch eat a snail??
Those dog farts...dear Lord. haha Yeah, I almost had that happen years ago with a B. smithi sling! Those guys grow very quickly, so yours should be putting on size soon. And I will definitely do a video on them once mine put on some size. I'll also have to find some snails... :) Thanks, Morgan!
I was working with my Chacho Golden Knee listening to this at the same time and couldn't keep from laughing about the " DOG FARTS " !!!! LMAO !!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY THOUGH !!!!
Oh man... I missed it, I am sorry Tom. A late Happy Birthday! Awesome video. Credit for the smell. :D I love the H. Robustum and my god the Birupes Simoroxigorum, so beautiful.
No worries, Christoph! My birthday was actually on February 21st. I posted this a week later! Hahaha It was SOOOOO chewy! lol Can't wait to grow them up!
Happy Birthday Tom 💕 i love getting new spiders its so exciting to open the little pot for the first time and seeing new spiderfriend and you got nice species those Birupes simoroxigorums are amazing w/ their blue legs and yep super important to have tiny ones in the right size enclosure. I am looking after some small spiderlets atm bcus all my christmas spiders were small but a couple like Dolicothele diamantinensis and Neostenotarsus sp. are especially tiny. its so easy for them to disappear in too big enclosures and I definitely like to be able to check on my small spiderlets
Thank you, Super Loops! I agree completely...there is just nothing like it. Those Birupes simorixigorums were a huge shock. I'm so floored to have them. Yeah, the tiny ones still freak me out. I don't like when I can't find them among the dirt. The D. diamantinensis should put on size for you quickly. Mine were fast growers. Thanks again!
Happy birthday Tom! Can't wait to see the husbandry videos for these spiders. Really interested to see how long your Megaphobema robustum slings stay fossorial. My girl is about 4.5 to 5 inches and is still staying in the substrate.
Happy birthday day Tom. Some very nice spiders there, I understand where you are coming from with the birupes, but let's be honest they are extremely beautiful tarantulas. :)
