im moving houses soon, the house is about ~15 minutes away but i will need to spend the night in a hotel because i need to be out of my current house by the end of july and i cant get into my new house until august 1st. i know if you’re transporting/shipping tarantulas across long distances you wrap a container’s inside up with damp(?) paper towel, then put another paper towel on top, but is this necessary for short distances where the tarantulas will probably be in my lap? i will not be keeping them in their enclosures by any means because there is no telling if i may or may not drop an enclosure by accident and then theres invasive species around in my country, or i have two dead t’s.

if i have to do the method i know then it’s really no trouble, but i’m just wondering if there’s a more efficient method.

(species are theraphosa apophysis and avic avic if it matters)

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She hasn't done it at all since I first got her and she was getting used to her enclosure, idk if she's just being weird, or if she's uncomfortable with something.

No the substrate isn't too moist.

I just found my five-year-old curly hair, barely responsive, and crammed in between the edge of the enclosure and her hide. I gently nudged her, and she barely moved. I know it’s not looking good, but is there anything I can or should do? My ac went out for a bit today so it may have gotten hotter than I thought. That’s all I can think of. I’m open to any ideas. Thanks in advance.

I recently picked up a chilobrachys dyscolus sling, around maybe half an inch, I have them in a 16 oz deli cup and haven't seen em since I put em in there. I know they're in there but I haven't seen em at all, somehow it's worrying me more than when my T. Rasti or P. Irminia would disappear for months. I'm just curious how often this species comes out of their burrow. Edit: I should say this is one of my first two OW species.

Has anyone else watched Supernatural and caught eye of this gem?

I was hoping to have a few years with this fella but I'm assuming these are signs of MM? Just picked up Saturday and they said he was 1-1.5 years old.

If you all remember, about a year ago I posted my beautiful curly hair after he escaped the first time (figured out he's a he) if anyone wants to see him.

My fiance and I have moved into our new house since then and everything has been going great. Bought a few more Ts, got into smoking cigars, doing great and life's good. Go to check on the babies earlier and boom he isn't in his enclousure.

I assumed he was in premolt because he has refused food for about 3 or 4 months now, always sits In one spot after making a heavy web on the substrate, I even cought him on his back once but he didn't decide to mold that moment yet. So I got complacememnt and stopped tying the little bread tie around the top of his enclousure to prevent this exact thing from happening.

And what do you know, little shit starts his expedition the first chance he gets. We have checked nearly everywhere we can. Our only hope is to see him in the open or leave water dishes out.

And tips or tricks I could try? Anyone else want to share escape stories to try to make my dumbass feel better?

Moral of the story, don't ever get complacent when owning ts.

Just got this girl, my other 2 T’s are named from old cartoons/shows I watched as a kid, hoping to keep the pattern.

Got from an expo. Husbandry was all wrong. She sold as a bird eater, looking for something more specific, please. She was in bark with no hides, a literal bowl for water. Just looked so sad.

And she’s female!

Honestly, I’m so stoked. Bought her 6 months ago at the local pet store unsexed at 5” DLS before I knew much about anything. She finally molted for me and I was able to sex her! Now her, my Caribena versicolor, and my Psalmopoeus irminia can all be my best girls~

My first T and I love it! I also have a sling of the same species tho the sling is “Nicaraguan”.

L parahybana, don’t see any flap so I’m thinking male! second opinions welcome as i haven’t done this before:)

Sorry for the bad picture she got a little scared when I moved the enclosure. She’s brand new so I’ll try and post more pictures but here’s her first pic! 😅

I've been wanted a tarantula for a long time, I had one a few years ago but petsmart didn't treat it well so it's first molt killed it(I know, petsmart is bad, but that's what my parents are willing to buy from), and finally got one! To my knowledge it is a female(? According to the internet, tan hairs mean female) mexican red knee tarantula, but there is a spot on its back, as shown in the image. Is this bad, or is it just something that happens with this species? I'm worried now that I see it, because I know how bad petsmart is, after having my tarantula and Chinese water dragon die.

It seems to have it's hairs, which I think means it wasn't stressed, it has all its limbs, so to my knowledge it's healthy but I wanted to double check. Thanks for any response!

basically i got this girl in January and she’s only molted once since. she’s a young adult curly hair (unsexed), and has been eating well until last month. she went on a hunger strike but showed no signs of molting until like last week, and she’s now buried and has done some typical premolt behaviors so i’m leaving her alone. anyone else experienced this?? she lost a bunch of her booty hairs in the past few weeks too, i’ve been avoiding handling her because of not eating.