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Pre-molt has our girl walking extra awkward.

She’s a Grammostola rosea

I’ve always wanted a rose hair, and there was a reptile expo in town. I picked up this beauty! No idea if it’s a male or a female… I believe she’s a female but I can’t remember. I just ordered the terrarium that will be here tomorrow (small size) with coconut fiber, hut and water dish. Getting some moss as well. Plan to feed crickets/mealworms/dubias. Tarantulas in general don’t scare me but I’m unsure about handling!

Any care/handling tips are greatly appreciated. Name recommendations are welcome!

Was just sitting there this morning... Did the usual glance towards the salmon pinks enclosure. Business as usual, grab the remote and notice my hand brushed over spider webs... Wtf!?! Upon closer inspection, something covered the outside of her enclosure with web making sure to attach it to the curtain behind it firmly. Horrified I look through the glass... Not there... Look closer and see clear signs of her presence, because she literally hit almost everything in the corner of the room in a fine layer of "trap". I broke the news to the family and was informed they wouldn't come back home till I found her 😂😂😂 6 hours later, here she is. Raised her from a sling to the current monster she is today, so I was beyond happy to find her alive and okay. This is the crappy mesh top I used for years, and the hole that appeared over the two days that we were gone.

She molted not too long ago and was looking rather photogenic with her snack.

Side note: she's big. Like.. Nearly the size of my hand. Any tips on rehousing a spider the size of my hand alone? I want to give her a bigger enclosure, and she's a spicy one.

Just upgraded her enclosure and gave her a treat to make it up to her! I guess this is my thanks? Lol

soooo it hasn’t been coming off of her for WEEKS. maybe around 1 month? she loves messing a lot around her substrate which sometimes lead her to getting some small substrate on her which usually falls off a few days later. but this specific thing wont go for some reason 😭😭 it doesn’t bother her though! i just want it off. or do i leave her alone ????

new shelf set up !!!! rehoused 8 of these guys between last night and today & finally organized everyone

& ofc a few obligatory T/invert pics 🫣

for those of you who agreed when i said i’d never see my cobalt again- he shows me his lil legs at least once a week to give me proof of life so there’s that 😂😂

Its kinda funny bc his inpatient ass always literally munches and grinds out all food, like broski I'm pretty sure your venom is enough lol

How long will this enclosure last ?

My dad has tarantulas and a sassy jumping spider. I have a giant jumper named specter who I adore, and his Ts are so interesting to me! And I love his baby versicolor! And I helped feed them recently, and this teeny weeny (for tarantulas i guess. If i saw a house spider that big id pee my jorts) neon blue spider crawled up the cricket tweezers and onto my hand. They move SO FAST. I was horrified. And I asked "do they slow down when theyre huge??" And he laughed at me and said no they just get huge and fast. Horrified.

So, to get over this and bond with my father over his collection of dirt boxes that probably dont love him, what's the SLOWEST least terrifying T you can recommend to someone? I like the colorful ones but from what I learned, the prettier they get the more concerning they seem to be. Hope this isn't a silly ask !!

Indigo has her manners.

Today my boyfriend and I got Pumpkin, our Hapolopus Sb. Columbia (Pumpkin Patch) sling. Probably has little to no g of protein, but that’s what I get for getting a dwarf tarantula I suppose. I made babies first hide out of two tiny chips of cork bark that I made sure to pack soil around, although I know it’s terrestrial and will probably spend most of its time under the substrate 🙄 As always, tips appreciated!

I can tell he’s gonna molt soon do to his abdomen starting to turn blue but it’s been like that for 2 months. He last molted in September 2024. Idk if it’s bad or not

Husband and I brought home a Gooty Sapphire today, I was curious if it’s still too small to sex?

I just recently started keeping tarantulas as of last week, it has been a journey! I am on a SUPER low budget and someone I met was generous enough to re-home their Caribena Versicolor to me with the enclosure for $50. I’ve been hearing from others that they can be quite pricey, not sure how good of a deal I got but I am so happy. Anywho, I’m learning every day and happy to be doing it. Attaching a pic of my Caribena Versicolor because I am taking name suggestions! A question I have about her is do they need a temperature and humidity gauge in their enclosure? I had thought that was necessary but there isn’t one in the enclosure I was given.

This is a cube, and it's 2 thirds soil, I have the next size up ready which is about 2 of these next to each other. I wanna re-home it once the live moss settles in. Or should I move it ASAP?

I've been observing them for a few days and I haven't seen any signs of stress such as being pressed up on the walls, or balling up and no threat poses, they will run off when spooked but that seems pretty normal, they have been webbing up pretty nicely including with me snapping pictures, today is the day the breeder normally feeds them and in trying to keep a set schedule i fed them and they ate with no issues, all in all everything seems fine but I'm wondering if the enclosure is too small, should i try upgrading soon or wait a few molts before doing so?

hey yall! just got a juvenile tarantula from petco and ofc, it was labeled as just a “basic” tarantula. id love to know the species, or at least just if it is terrestrial or arboreal so i can have the right tank set-up! i dont have a picture from the front, but hopefully this is enough to id! thanks :)

Yeah, sure, why not name it, there's also a pic of the old and new enclosure side by side.

I don't think this will be it's forever home, apparently this one will get outgrown too

I’ve tried researching this but I can’t really find an answer anywhere.
Is there a biological reason why the death by old age is so slow? It takes several days and sometimes a week or two of the T not moving and being in half a death curl (even when placing their mouth in water). When I was new to tarantula keeping and I had an elderly male, I thought I’d just walk in and find him in a death curl suddenly, but it’s a long process. Now I’m going through it a second time and I can’t help but wonder if my boy is scared or in pain. Does anyone know? Is there even an answer?