#tarantula tw

[l3irdl3rain]

She was busy doing some redecorating last night. I wish I was small enough to go visit her burrow after it’s all cleaned up. But it’s probably safer that I’m not

[watercr3ss]

My army grows ever larger. (army of 1 i only have 1 tarantula)

[gaydexvocaloid]

but i’ve conquered you at last.

[cyanocoraxx]

How often do you handle your pedes and spiders (if at all)? I’m curious because some people say handle them, other people say don’t handle them, others say handle them once in a lifetime and pray lol

there are currently only 3 i handle regularly, iblis my homoeomma chilensis tarantula, exodus the phidippus ardens, and major the scolopendra morsitans!

PEDES:

if you seriously want to consider handling pedes your first port of call is to read hard bite reports. it'll give you a healthy dose of respect for their power and is necessary reading because anyone handling scolopendra should know that eventually they WILL get bitten. don't expect painkillers to save you. there's also the fact that if you have other pets in the house like cats, losing your pede during handling puts them at extreme risk of harm. if you have small children there's an obviously huge risk too. handling a pede should be done in a safe and secure area, ideally over a safety bin with high sides for if it drops off of you to reduce the risk of escape. should also add that centipedes do "test bites" on peoples' hands a lot where no venom is used. they will act calm and suddenly pinch with their forcipules. you have to be willing to accept that you could get either a test bite or a wet bite and it's a bit of a gamble. if you don't reckon you could stay calm knowing this risk, it's not worth it. flinging a pede across the room won't be good for either of you............... rip

at the moment i'm not experienced enough to handle any of my bigger pedes. major is the exception for me because he's 1) very small 2) very calm and 3) slow-moving most of the time. he's the most predictable of my guys and i know his temperament really well. i have others who are more unpredictable and food-driven that wouldn't be good candidates for it in any way. i'd like to try with my akaza sometime though because he's super tolerant of being touched so far.

SPIDERS:

spiders can be very fragile and very fast. a drop from a small height can kill a tarantula and if it isn't injured, there's the risk of escape and then you have a psalmopoeus pulcher climbing up the window (not that i speak from experience or anything LOL. when i was newer to T keeping i handled pretty much all of my spiders like an idiot.) some sport medically significant venom as well and it's essential to know what you're risking for yourself and your animal.

the only spiders of mine that i hold now are iblis or exodus the jumping spider. there's not a single bite report out there for iblis' species. she also facilitates the handling sessions herself. she just climbs up the side of her enclosure and right on to my hand, no prodding and no stress involved. we keep it short and i hold her over her enclosure. she's very slow and predictable which helps <3 as for exodus, jumpers can be pretty involved in their handling sessions and some will seek out the interaction which is neat! i once trained one of my prev jumpers to jump onto my hand with a cue :D

TLDR:

overall i'll conclude with this message - don't impulsively risk your health for something that won't benefit you or your animal. read up on the risks. if you do it, it's at your own risk.

[lupineshieldmaiden]

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[ssquantum]

Happy New Year chat

I couldn't get this out yesterday cause our area atm had no signal so all I had was those two Earthspark episodes I downloaded

So yeah, Happy New Year to everyone!!

[blondebrainpowered]

Poecilotheria metallica, also known as the Sapphire Gooty Ornamental Tarantula, is a rare but aggressive breed of tarantula found in India. The species is critically endangered. This one seen here was bred from captive tarantulas by keeper Daniel Valcárcel Muñoz de León.

[caycanteven]

aight ya hungry freaks /aff /pos Here's some sketches of Maximus, Milo's brother. I'll be fleshing him out more but so far he's a lazy fuzzy boi.

[kororobus]

molt :з

[l3irdl3rain]

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I got attacked by a giant tarantula made of rats, then ended up shooting God in the forehead with a comically large flintlock pistol.

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

Jaune: What's the worst thing you've ever fought?

Velvet: A Daggerhearth.

Jaune: What's that?

Velvet: Do you know what a Tarantula Hawk Wasp is?

Jaune: ... I haven't. I Don't know that I want to.

Velvet: Too Bad! This is what it looks like:

Velvet: It's wasp the about size of your palm, and it has a half-inch long stinger, with venom that is blinding and debilitating.

Velvet: It's prey? Tarantulas. It stings them, and if the tarantula's lucky, it'll just be eaten. If it's unlucky, it will paralyzed, dragged to the den of the Wasp, and have an egg laid on it. It is still awake and aware.

Velvet: After the egg hatches, the larva is hungry. And it burrows into the Tarantula to eat.

Velvet: Again; Awake and Aware of all this, unable to move.

Velvet: The Larva eats all that it can, avoiding vital organs to leave the poor thing alive-

Velvet: Again, I cannot stress this enough, THE TARANTULA IS AWAKE AND AWARE OF ALL OF THIS

Velvet: Then the baby burst outs the abdomen like a Chestburster from Alien and leaves the Tarantula to finally kick the bucket.

Jaune: *HOrrified*

Velvet: Now imagine A tarantula HAwk Wasp the size of You.

Velvet: That's what a Daggerhearth is. Nasty Buggers.

Jaune: *Reconsidering his life choices*

[jaz1312]

A very serious adult man havin a lil splish splash

@systembug

[8-legged-cats]

She is friend shaped

[omg-snakes]

Spooders got updated cages, too, with deep burrows that I made with ZooMed Excavator substrate and pressed peat pots.

They've each been in their previous terraria for the last decade, at least, so a change of scenery was pretty jarring for these two ladies.

Bobbi's reaction was to turn in a very slow, very bewildered circle.

"Where even am I right now?"

It's been five hours and she's still in that same spot.

Copper retreated to her favorite old peat hide in her old cage and refused to leave it, so I moved the whole thing and she won't step one single foot out of it.

"No thank you!"

I'm hoping they'll start to settle in within the next few days and I really hope they ultimately use the burrows I set up for them.

[flightyalrighty]

Sketches from today's trip to the zoo!