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His/her name is Denim 😊🩵

Feeling a little upset with myself everytime I see a cricket twitching in the fangs of a T. This is coming from someone who has only really had a leopard gecko eating bugs and it’s a super quick death for them. I know I’m too sensitive lol and I understand everything just eat. I just won’t watch the aftermath 😬😂

I've been wanting to adopt a tarantula for a while now but have been hesitant until I met this beauty, I absolutely fell in love with it, it was so friendly and had no problem climbing all over me which I thought was so cute. I didn't get the chance to ask what type of tarantula it was tho so I was wondering if someone might know!

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Hey, I'm freaking out a bit. I don't generally handle my T's, but when I do, it's this one, and It's usually only because she likes to crawl out during maintenance. Tonight, I let her crawl out and onto my arm while trying to catch a stubborn burrowing cricket she decided not to eat, since the last time I didn't catch one it died and molded under her substrate.

Well, suddenly, she jumped off of my forearm, completely past the edge of the counter, onto the tile(linoleum?) floor. Ive never had this T jump and always figured the counter would be the thing she'd "fall" onto if ever in this situation. I estimate she fell about 4 feet, but the jump was definitely deliberate. She continued to run away across the kitchen and up the wall before i scooped her up. Can a T survive this? An A. Avic?

I feel absolutely awful.

Hey everyone! I need some advice on what to feed my G. Rosea sling. It's really small, probably 1cm, and I'm worried most feeders might be too big. I don't have access to fruit flies, and I only have B. lateralis roaches as feeders, but even the nymphs are too large for my sling. Any suggestions for feeding options or techniques would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Unidentified mark on juvinile Mexican Curly Hair T left bottom abdomen. I've owner her? For about 1 month and she was fine 8ish hours ago. She is still acting typical.

I got a mated m balfouri, last molted in August and got inserted 5 times by 2 different males in September and October. Do you guys think there is a high chance that she'll drop an egg? Possibly this Nov or Dec? And what other things should I be aware of?

Hi there!

Are those bald spots on my GBB from pre-molt or stress?

And does she generally look healthy? Thanks guys!

Happy Halloweenhausen! I’m sure we will be the only house on the street with a real spider for the kids to see!

I got a gbb tarantula a few weeks ago and they’ve molted so I plan on moving them into the terrarium for the time being until they get a little bigger I was wondering if these are enough anchor point or if it’s maybe to tall for them? It’s 8.5x8.5x11

My gbb sling has recently molted and I've seen him twice already doing this weird thing where he would curl up some of his legs. Is this something to worry about? I know that the "is that the death curl?" question has become a bit of a meme in tarantula community but it's my first t and I'm genuinely worried about him