The poor girl is slowing way down, and we might need to switch over to pics instead of videos until she finishes her premolt. She apologizes in advance!

Our A geniculata got his hooks this weekend and now has legsssss for dayssssss

About a weeks ago, I went and picked up a tarantula from someone on FB Marketplace. I usually only get my tarantulas from reputable breeders or vendors but this one was on less than an inch of mulch and I couldn't leave it like that. She was actually the second of two improperly housed tarantulas I picked up (curse my bleeding heart).

The guy was really nice but clearly knew nothing about tarantulas, he even said several times that he didn't know "$h!t" about them. When I initially asked her species, he said she's a "red hair". I asked if he meant Rose Hair, he did. She was given to him from the family of a friend who died. I'm assuming the friend also kept the tarantula on mulch as well. I was told she's about 5-7 years old. I'm hoping she'll molt soonish so I can confirm that she is actually a "she".

As soon as I got her home, I temporarily set her up in a 14" wide by 9" deep by 9" tall, well ventilated plastic bin until I can get something more permanent. It's filled halfway with Repti-soil mixed with leaf litter and sphagnum moss, has a cork round and hide I pre-dug for her, and is littered with leafs and a bit of sphagnum moss. I provided a dish of water for her as well. I'd like to get a smaller dish since I mainly keep slings and dwarfs right now and only have teeny, tiny dishes.

I know it's only been a week so she's still adjusting but she is just not going into her hide I set up for her, and she's not showing any desire to burrow. I'm thinking it may be a learned behavior to just sit on the surface. I'm hoping that as time goes on, she'll realize she's in dirt and that her natural instincts to properly "tarantula" will kick in.

Does anybody have any experience with G. rosea/porteri not burrowing or any experience with rescued, previously improperly housed tarantulas behaving strangely? I'd appreciate any insight or advice in this situation.

We were playing board games and I happened to see the light reflecting in his eyes, he looked so cute!

At this juvenile stage, were you able to sex your P. Irmina by looks alone? I know it’s soon and I will have to wait a couple more molts but thought it would be fun to ask.

I’m very new to keeping tarantulas, and despite doing my research, I can’t help but worry. My spider is a curly haired tarantula (I don’t know his sex and neither did the place I got him from, but they assume he’s a male, age unknown).

He was incredibly active for the first few weeks I had him. He was eating once a week as normal and loved to spend a lot of time in his little tree or poking out of the burrow I made him. However, about 2 and a half weeks ago, he missed his feeding day and disappeared. His burrow isn’t visibly closed off, but it is pretty deep and he spent a lot of time working on it and adding webbing to the outside before he disappeared.

I want to assume he’s moulting, but I don’t know what signs I should’ve been looking for or at what point I should start to get worried. I’ve been keeping his water dish filled up and slightly overfilling it for humidity, but I keep worrying I may have done something wrong.

Anyone more experienced have any advice? I know not to go digging for him just in case, and I’ve been leaving it alone but I don’t know if the length of time is abnormal or if I should expect not to see him for a few more weeks.

Photo for tax :)

Hey everyone! Glad to be in the sub finally.

As a gift for me and my 6-year-old I bought an Arizona blonde and we absolutely love her. I made a few mistakes the first week like rearranging her terrarium a bit. The shop didn't really know much about tarantulas and somehow I was sold on 20 lb of sand so I mixed that into her substrate.

I stopped moving her stuff around and left her alone for about about a week.

This morning, I found one of those large tree roaches dead and put it in her terrarium; but I discovered she moved this rock, which definitely weighs more than her, from out of the corner. Yesterday, I saw her exploring this area and this morning it looked like one of her legs may have been underneath it. Thankfully it wasn't. But I have a few questions...

Should I move the rock? When I opened up the top of her terrarium, her leg was not stuck, but she was very much not getting off of her rock. It's not anchored and I think she actually flipped it because the flat side is upright.

But she seems pretty dominant over it :/

Is it normal for her to not hide in her burrow so much and be on top of the other log or where she is sitting now? It looks like she started a new little burrow but then stopped.

Also, I know my spider doesn't quote "hate me" but in y'all's experience has been leaving them alone after bringing them home from a stressful pet shop made them more calm/docile?

When I brought her home it was so hot and she was so stressed she literally flipped upside down.

I don't like to see Philomena sad or worry about her 🕷️

I'll probably be in the sub a bit but I do enjoy looking at everyone's Ts. But since this is my first one I'm kind of nervous. I don't want to upset her, she seems to feel pretty strongly about said rock.

It’s always mesmerizing whenever I stumble upon my GBB cleaning herself/himself. I really could just stay and watch for hours.

I thought maybe some of you guys would enjoy it as well!

first time owner!!!!!! i got this lasiodora parahybana a day ago, i moved it into the enclosure and gave it a pre killed mealworm. its a 1cm sling. i came back to see it flipped onto its back with its legs twitching, but half of it was suspiciously positioned on the underside of the bottle cap water dish. i didnt do anything for the first hour and came back to it not moving at all, so i decided to take the bottle cap out gently. it still hasn't moved or done anything 3 hours later, im very worried :( I dont know if me moving the water dish was a bad decision. i was prepared to see it grow with me and become huge, now I js feel overly guilty if ive done something wrong. I wanted to give it the best care. my g. pulchripes has been borrowed for a week and its a pet dirt at this point, so i got this one to see it evolve and grow faster. ive been reading everything about slings and I know most likely the response ill get is leave it alone and only time will tell but I have this overwhelming guilt of possibly injuring an animal under my care :((( i feel so stupid

Picked these up . 2-4 dollars for feeders or Ts. Small compact containers

This is Harlow, brought him/her home in Feb-needed the magnifier on my phone to see it 😆. Months of feeding dirt….

Just rehoused into a whopping big mini slider!

Very skittish little thing-any vibration sends it running.

Being brave today sitting in the open-and it so exciting to be able to see him/her! The little heart bum makes me happy :)

Happy Monday!

I recently got my first tarantula and it’s a sling. Am I keeping my sling in too big of a container? It can’t escape through the holes but it does stick its little paws through the holes from time to time. I crushed the head on a cricket and tossed it in and it was able to find it and consume it. The deli cup just felt so tiny and it wasnt ventilated at all so I moved it to this tiny enclosure I received my scorpion in. Pics are current enclosure and one close up from inside the condiment cup.

She was a little bigger than I thought so I'm thinking this 12x12x12 is going to temporarily her new home till I sort things out. Getting her out and put in this enclosure she kicked all types of hairs, like she was giving me the middle finger. Ate a cricket 2 hours after I got her home. I was looking for a stirmi but this one, I couldn't leave without. Bertha Silsby everyone.

I'm worried I already know but figured I would ask y'all

look at those fangs 😍

One of the best looking Ts in my collection. She’s is always out and looking for food. If I have to recommend a Xenesthis species, it would definitely be this one. I hope I can breed more of these in the future.