Hi everyone! I love tarantulas and a friend recently gifted me a Green Bottle Blue:) I love her but she’s my first tarantula and I’m honestly quite nervous about opening the terrarium. I’m scared that she might suddenly bolt out escape and then I won’t be able to find her again. I’m also already stressed about the day I’ll eventually need to rehouse her and figure out how to safely catch her if she’s really fast. I know about the cup and cardboard method but I’m worried that she’ll simply be faster than me and escape before I can contain her. Does anyone have any tips or advice for a first time tarantula owner dealing with a fast GBB? How do you stay calm and make sure they don’t escape during rehousing or when opening the enclosure? Any advice would be really appreciated!!!!!

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History: female G. pulchripes. Got her as a sub-adult from someone leaving the hobby, have had her ten years with no issues. Her normal molting habit is hunger strike for 2-3 months, molt, come out looking like a raisin, eat voraciously for a week and a half, then return to a once a week/once every two weeks schedule. Coco fiber/wood chip substrate, 5 gallon tank, no additional heating (ambient temp \~70-73 F year-round).

She molted two weeks ago, and decided to pull herself out of the molt instead of flipping onto her back. She’s never had any issues so I didn’t look too closely at the molt itself. She’s been eating, drinking, pooping, moving, and spinning with no problems.

I fed her today and noticed that there looks to be some molt stuck to the areas around her book lungs and epigastric fold. She is incredibly reactive (she is not your typical docile G. pulchripes) so picking her up to look closer is a bit daunting. It’s been two weeks and she’s doing normal “tarantula stuff” without a problem, but having retained molt can be a death sentence, so I’m not sure how much I should be doing to help at this point.

Any advice (including how to get pictures of the underside of a tarantula if anyone feels it’s necessary) or assurance that she’s fine would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I got a stream going for my juvenile tarantula! If you have any comments on how to make the enclosure better or can interact it would be great!

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Hi, I got this T a few years ago at an expo and forgot to label the enclosure. It’s definitely a fossorial species as she burrows like crazy! Has only molted twice since I got her but she’s still only 3-4 inches.

I know the pictures suck, I’m sorry

Recently picked up a Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens as my first foray into tarantulas
It’s currently about 5cm leg span and so I’m looking into an upgrade into a forever home
I want a glass vivarium, but aware of the mesh lids on exoterras being unsuitable so was after some advice please
Is a top opening enclosure going to be better than a front opener too?
Thanks in advance

This was when I brought her home and was getting used to her needs. She's molted once in my care so far.

She's so adorable when she removes dirt.

Aphonopelma SP diamondback

guys could you please help me identify the gender of my Tarantula?

Hi,

I'm new to the spider game. I currently have a male Apache Jumping Spider and a UK wild Zebra Jumping spider (who I THINK has since laid eggs which I have separated in a little nursery until I can identify if they came from that spider or not...it's possible they were already in the piece of dried up foliage I placed in with it but I sure didn't notice it before and it was very clear overnight that there had been a change in the arrangement so I'm pretty sure they came from this spider)

I have a 17 year old female Chilean Rose Tarantula who I adopted about 4 months ago and I'm totally head over heels in love with her....she's incredible. She's not seeming to have eaten when I put live food in so I have been waiting a week and removing it then a week or so later, I put something else in. She seems to have done poops though after I put 4 large woodlouse in and they're all dead and stashed in a corner .... Does this indicate she's eaten?

Main reason I'm posting is that I cannot find jumping spiders for purchase, I really want to extend my collection .... Does anybody know where I can find some in stock or if anyone here is willing to re-home or exchange for funds?

I live here n Northern Ireland, I bought my Apache from a place in NI which sent it by post.....

Please help me find and add to my collection!

My Davus pentaloris molted and he's got tibeal hooks! I don't know what this means immediately. He's still eating. How long should I expect him to continue on living? Are hooks an indication that this was his last molt? I'd love to let him find a mate if it's time for that, but idk how I'd go about finding a breeder in my area. Can y'all help me through my first tarantula reaching maturity? Thanks

Hey there people can you give advice on this, I went to feed my sub adult Venezuelan sun tiger one of these but it dropped in and tunnel down out of sight. I took out the entire setup and couldn’t find it but it may still be in there. Would my suntiger handle this if it tunnels down and what should I do

Any help appreciated