Thank you so much! Some folks get frustrated with me when I don't take them out to "pose" for the camera. I honestly don't want to stress them any more than I have to!
Beautiful spider :) Always a good sign to see that they don't feel threatened and don't give you a hard time. No doubt she'll enjoy her new home. Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)
I’m terrified of spiders. All of them. Learning about them is fascinating. With a son, I have a feeling it won’t be long before he asks for one. It would be great if there was something cute with a little spunk that won’t come out at me if I feed it-and I would be the one feeding or it will end up loose in my house-but I would enjoy water attacks I’ve seen on Tarantula Kats vids 😂. Not asking for much 😂.
I was arachnophobic for years, and I got my first tarantula in the 90s in part to get over my fear of them. Once you spend enough time around them and working with them, that fear starts to melt away. There are MANY species that will pretty much just sit there if you don't muck with them. :)
lol I just said on my rehousing vid last week that with the webbers I always take the old webbing and put it in the new enclosure as they seem to adjust faster. You don't get as much as the scared spider sitting in the corner in a stress curl. Great minds think alike :)
Tom I watch your videos and enjoy every video you put out. To your question about my ince gold I got it when it was a 1/2 and it molted about 3 weeks ago and it's 1 1/2 now. I also have a rear horn baboon as well and upgraded to a medium criter keeper for it as well. I keep my house at 74 degrees and they do excellent at that temperature. The one baboon species that I would recommend for you is a Gabon blue drawf baboon. What I've noticed with the baboon species web up their entire enclosures.
Thanks for the video! It’s always so helpful to watch the way you rehouse and set up enclosures. I was curious about your thoughts on the depth of substrate for the ceratogyrus genus. I was led to believe that they needed some depth so I set up my c darlingi sling with a substrate about 6 or 8 x its dls. I can see here that your set up is much more shallow than I expected. Just want to make sure I’m setting mine up right. Thanks!
Hey, Nessi! You can certainly give yours more depth. This one has about 4", and she's done a bunch of burrowing (which brough a lot of dirt up and added to the height of substrate) and she's done some webbing on the surface. I wanted to give her the opportunity to do both. My other one is in a tank that is 12" tall, and I gave her about 6" of substrate. She did some burrowing and webbing up top as well.
Amazing video once again Tom. I really like this species and I am hoping to pick up a few this next year. Take care of yourself. Take care. Ibnsarachnids aka rob
They are fun little spiders! I always keep slings moist, no matters speicies. I just piur in some small amount of water using a small praybottle with the "sprayerhead" screwwd off. I never bothered with pinpetts. The trick is to not let substrate dry out. If not dried, i have found no problems with water not soaking up. Nice video as always! Keep em coming!🙂
Man, everyone's names have changed with this new # system RUclips has! It's messing me up. haha Great tips! And you are absolutely right about not letting it dry out completely! Thanks so much, bud! Always a pleasure!
@@TomsBigSpiders Yes, its not that important the ammount of water. In Swedish we call it "att höfta" meaning pouring in a small ammount that feels right. I found it not that problematic if you overdo it a little. The slings grows out of the containers fast anyways. And if you have poured water directly from a bottle you soon learn how much is enough.
Hi Tom, very nice video! I recently bought a new Marshalli sling to replace my weirdo male that probably dont have to long left. About the male tho, he molted out fairly quickly, maby after 9 months or so and he was tiny for a male. But he had clear hooks and palps and all. The little dude keept eating and digging around like normal. Then something weird happened. He molted again! As far as i can tell this is super rare and often ends with the male dying in the molt or loosing its palps but my little dude was fine. But just a month ago when i opened upp his cage for feeding it had happened AGAIN! And again he was alive and well. As far as i can tell he has no damage. Have you ever heard of something like this before? Regards Johan
Thank you so much! My C. darlingi males matured out super fast as well...I think right around 9-10 months. One was SUPER tiny, too! And that's awesome to hear that he survived the second final molt. I just had a male of another species die trying to molt again. Very impressive and cool! Thanks, Johan!
Be careful to remove that tape on the outside. It’s a risky to leave it because you never know if your spider will end up on that tape with a toe or body. Keep tape away from your T.
I just got one a couple days ago and this was helpful and validating. There’s a bunch of gatekeeping right now when it comes to humidity and a lot of spiders are dying when it comes to bad molts and compaction. I tend to stay away from dubias because I prefer to feed a not so crunchy and hard food. And I keep humidity in all my enclosures, it just depends on the spider in what way I do so. People are telling me I’m wrong for this and I’m risking death on my spiders, the same people who have experienced bad molts and compaction yet.. I have not. I think I’ll keep doing what im doing. Lol. First time watching one of your videos. I was pleasantly surprised. Im now subscribed.
Welcome to the channel and thanks for subscribing! I tend to give most of my spiders at least some moisture in a corner and water dish. There are some species that seem to abhor moisture, but many of the supposed "arid" species (like some African old words) will burrow to find moisture.
Awesome video Tom! Beautiful T you've got there! I love the starburst pattern on the carapace. Look up Ceratogyrus attonitifer :) Found it while browsing tarantupedia and adding new stuff to my wishlist and immediately knew I had to tell you about it- lol! Thanks again for being my anti-nightmare video after binge watching analog horror! Keep up the great work! - Charlotte
I have 2 crazy-amazing juvies of these. To my delight, they web heavily above surface as I've given them anchoring points and they have created awesome tunels underneath. They do bring up a lot of substrate so I've placed mine in cube-ish enclosures for a bit of wall height, else they anchor their web to the lid. I see them out all the time. They eat well, grow pretty quick and not awfully skittish for juvie stage. I absolutely love them. Look forward to seeing them grow.
Hello! QUESTION, please! So. I live in a forest / rice field combo and lots of small spiders have moved in. Is it okay to just let them hang out? Every time I search for house spiders it's all about getting rid of them but I don't really want to get rid of them. Is it okay to keep spiders in the house, allow them to multiply as they wish, etc?
So, I have a BUNCH of house spiders living in my tarantula room. Unless there gets to be too many of them, I let them stay. They take care of escaped crickets and roaches as well as the little flies I sometimes get. I've been doing that for years, and I've never had an issue. We even brought over some of the house spiders we had in the old house with us to the new house. haha Yes...I'm weird. :)
Id still like to see they one that has the excessive large horn that touches the abdomen and would love to find the south American horned tarantula can't remember the whole name but hoffmanii
Oh, so you have suscribers who bother you asking for updates? Well, lemme turn into another one of those pesky bastards: how are those teleporting H. maxima slings doing? I'd love to see an update on them
I just rehoused my little juvenile Straight Horned, and I swear the little guy was so chill that I bet he (or she?) would have crawled onto my hand. Love the little guy! 😂
Ceratogyrus is a wonder species! Once my T albo male has finally passed.... This will be his replacement! When I am able to get more room for my T's I will be adding the T albo back to my collection. Hopefully it will be a female next time. I will be ordering 3 of a certain species in the future to hopefully get at least one female. As it stands I can only have 10 T's. Next year might yield me a better room for my endeavors. I am hoping for 30 T's, but 20 will suffice. Brighter horizons are within view! May they be bountiful without much hardship!
Hey, Dusty! That sounds like a good replacement to me! I did the three sling thing for YEARS. Now, I tend to buy 1, and my luck with getting a female has been about 50/50. haha That sounds amazing!
Have you or anyone in the comments thought about using biOrb americas tanks they have some cool tanks but 2 specifically i want to try. There is an orb called BiOrb AIR it has a timed mister and air flow and mimicks the sun theres another one called BiOrb EARTH that rains and heats itself both are cool juat wanted to know if its possible to use for a tarantula
I have not. In most instances, there is no need to heat a tarantula enclosure, so this isn't something I would try. Also, the misters can create too moist of an environment in most cases. That said, if someone tried one out, I'd be curious to hear the results.
Ummm...my two have been quite calm overall. I have two females, and if caught on the surface, they just sort of sit there. That said, others may have different experiences with them.
Hey Tom I know they're quite a dry species but they do have a monsoon season so then being moist is ok over period of time I've noticed that's a nice tarantula
I've noticed that tarantulas without the horn still seem to have a spot on their carapace that looks like a dent or dot in the same spot the horned species horns are located. Did all tarantulas have horns at some point? Or thought to have had them?
Actually, compared to my T. albopilosus witch,(talked to the person who had her, we think she was Wild Caught. ) but your C. Marshall seems to be pretty chill. Glad you and Billie had a great Thanksgiving. My family wasn't doing anything, just finger foods and deli meats. So one of the local churches does an annual free Thanksgiving Dinner, so I grabbed two of those. One for me and one for my friend, and landlord, as well. And as usual, I did my grandmother "uber driver" getting my granddaughters to work. LOL. Hey. Gives me something to do and time to talk about stuff. Keep warm and Safe you two!
Hey, Linda! Yeah, I've had VERY good luck with my Ceratogyrus species. And that sounds awesome! I love the "grandmother uber driver" bit! hahaha Thank you, and you as well! Happy Holidays!
Both are beautiful spiders, so you can't lose with either. That said...a heads up that those two species of Poecilotheria tend to get mentioned the most as high strung and potentially defensive.
Great rehouse Tom!!! She's a cutie. My girl is really fiesty. I wish sometimes she would stay in her burrow, lol. I gave her a few inches of substrate, she created quite a few entrances and exits but she stays out in the open 98% of the time which leaves no time to do maintenance, lol. Tyfs God bless you
@@TomsBigSpiders it varies really. Sometimes she's pounces on anything that moves or retreats to her burrow, sometimes she just sits there. One time while rehousing her she slapped the inside of the cup I had caught her in repeatedly and was chewing on the cardboard I had placeed on it. I definitely waited until she completely calmed down before placing her in her new home. I could envision her bolting and getting bitten, lol
I have a question for you, how long does it ususally take for a GBB to molt and how long would you wait to open the burrow to make sure that everything is ok? The reason that I ask is that my GBB has hide herself away since about the end of October like the 24th or 25th and the burrow is sealed up tight as a drum. Thank you in advance for any advice you have.
Hey, Gredarth! It really depends on the size of it and how aggressively you've been feeding it. If she was eating well before that, then that is probably quite normal. When mine got to be around 3" or so, they would take much longer in premolt.
@@TomsBigSpiders Yeah she's about 2 inches maybe 2 1/2 inches I have feed her well it's just that she's been in there since before Halloween and she sealed it up really well lol also she's my baby :)
Hey Tom random question but do you think it hurts a Ts eyes if you record them with your phone with the flash on? I've always wondered/ felt bad when recording my Ts
Many of mine won't even react, but some who are more light sensitive will move away from it. I don't think that it hurts, them, but some don't like to be under bright lights.
I'd just finished rehousing my mature male one into a smaller enclosure and found this video straight after. I've got 10 to move this morning so play your videos and others in background while I work on them.
Love how we talk to our Ts thinking they understand us, telling her no don’t go back in,lol. Another great video Tom, always learn something new or a different way to do something when I watch your vids. Nice job getting her in the new enclosure.
I always put some old webbing or even a piece of an old hide for them and they always hang out in that area at first so I totally agree it helps reduce the stress on the spider from being plucked out of its comfort zone!
Lovely species! My most recently acquired species of the 4 old worlds I currently keep. She's very chill, great video to show how relaxed they can be when worked with appropriately.
Ha! I was watching her the entire time. Usually, if they squeeze into a tight place like that, they won't move unless disturbed. That said, I took a little chance there. :) thanks!
both of my SAF C.marshalli and C.darlingi had been staying right on top of their hide and i find it odd. i gave them both about 5inch deep substrate and a cork bark hide and from time to time, they web right on top of their hides and had not made any burrow even when i made a starter ones. both of them are also on hunger strike for over a month now.
@@TomsBigSpiders hiya! they webbed up well inside and on top of their hides. i've been leaving them alone to do their own thing while i take care of the rest :D i now have a total of 25 different species and a total of 35 Ts mixed from cm to mature sizes in a span of 72 days :D thanks a lot for all the guides!😄👌
Just had one these early in the year but was male but was definitely a cool lil t to have don't keep them in a critter keeper mine stayed up by the top always had ta write where he set always cause couple times I got some finger taps lol hahah lil stinker his name wound up being I set here lol but aside that yes they're definitely a good beginner species if given the proper places to hide n all that they retreat
Hello great video information and rehouseing Tom
Thank you so much, Moon! Hope all is well!
Great rehouse as always, learning every time Im watching 😊
Awesome species...congrats!
Stunning spider great vid as always Tom 😊
Thank you so much, Charlene!
Beautiful spider ❤️,Also personally I'm a fan of your quick rehouseing to not stress out the spiders or risk escape
Thank you so much! Some folks get frustrated with me when I don't take them out to "pose" for the camera. I honestly don't want to stress them any more than I have to!
Beautiful spider :) Always a good sign to see that they don't feel threatened and don't give you a hard time. No doubt she'll enjoy her new home.
Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)
Hey, Luc! I love when I can show that they aren't all nasty. Hope all is well with you!
Thanks Tom and family.
Lots of love and respect and greetings from me in Amsterdam the Netherlands 💞👋
Hello from the US, Mereyem! Thank you!
Awesome video 📹 thank you 🙏🙏🙏 I'm learning so much from your videos 😍😍😍
Hi, Susan Elizabeth! Thank YOU for taking the time to let me know!
@Tom Moran I have a new TV so watching all your videos again, the picture and sound quality is AMAZING!!! So I love your videos even more now 😁😁😁
I’m terrified of spiders. All of them. Learning about them is fascinating. With a son, I have a feeling it won’t be long before he asks for one. It would be great if there was something cute with a little spunk that won’t come out at me if I feed it-and I would be the one feeding or it will end up loose in my house-but I would enjoy water attacks I’ve seen on Tarantula Kats vids 😂.
Not asking for much 😂.
I was arachnophobic for years, and I got my first tarantula in the 90s in part to get over my fear of them. Once you spend enough time around them and working with them, that fear starts to melt away. There are MANY species that will pretty much just sit there if you don't muck with them. :)
Happy Thanksgiving to you & yours 🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🕷❤🕷
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays, Lee!
lol I just said on my rehousing vid last week that with the webbers I always take the old webbing and put it in the new enclosure as they seem to adjust faster. You don't get as much as the scared spider sitting in the corner in a stress curl. Great minds think alike :)
Hey, Bill! Great minds, indeed! haha Glad to know that I'm not the only one! :)
Brilliant video as usual Tom, and what a stunning species featured.
Thank you so much, George!
Tom I watch your videos and enjoy every video you put out. To your question about my ince gold I got it when it was a 1/2 and it molted about 3 weeks ago and it's 1 1/2 now. I also have a rear horn baboon as well and upgraded to a medium criter keeper for it as well. I keep my house at 74 degrees and they do excellent at that temperature. The one baboon species that I would recommend for you is a Gabon blue drawf baboon. What I've noticed with the baboon species web up their entire enclosures.
Hello, Eric! Thank you so much for chiming in! And I will definitely keep a lookout for that species! Thank you!
As always it was a great video! Beautiful spider! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thank you for watching, Ali!
My day is complete now after watching another informative, and concise video. Thanks Tom for your valuable contribution to hobby!!! Best wishes!
Thank you so much, Ben...I truly appreciate that! :)
finally i see her again ❤️
Hahaha She's back! :)
Thanks for the video! It’s always so helpful to watch the way you rehouse and set up enclosures. I was curious about your thoughts on the depth of substrate for the ceratogyrus genus. I was led to believe that they needed some depth so I set up my c darlingi sling with a substrate about 6 or 8 x its dls. I can see here that your set up is much more shallow than I expected. Just want to make sure I’m setting mine up right. Thanks!
Hey, Nessi! You can certainly give yours more depth. This one has about 4", and she's done a bunch of burrowing (which brough a lot of dirt up and added to the height of substrate) and she's done some webbing on the surface. I wanted to give her the opportunity to do both. My other one is in a tank that is 12" tall, and I gave her about 6" of substrate. She did some burrowing and webbing up top as well.
Awesome video tom. I'm getting one of these species in next few weeks . A young juvi. About nearly 2 inches. So great advice buddy
Thanks so much...and congrats! They are awesome little spiders.
Amazing video once again Tom. I really like this species and I am hoping to pick up a few this next year. Take care of yourself. Take care. Ibnsarachnids aka rob
Hey, Rob! Thanks so much, bud. I'm really loving mine! Hope all is well with you!
This video came at the perfect time, I got a juvenile C marshalli in a mystery box today! Great video as always Tom 🕷🕸
That's awesome...good timing! Congrats!
Great video as always Tom! Glad you enjoyed Thanksgiving! 🕷❣❣❣🕷
Thank you so much! Happy Holidays!
They are fun little spiders! I always keep slings moist, no matters speicies. I just piur in some small amount of water using a small praybottle with the "sprayerhead" screwwd off. I never bothered with pinpetts. The trick is to not let substrate dry out. If not dried, i have found no problems with water not soaking up.
Nice video as always! Keep em coming!🙂
Man, everyone's names have changed with this new # system RUclips has! It's messing me up. haha Great tips! And you are absolutely right about not letting it dry out completely! Thanks so much, bud! Always a pleasure!
@@TomsBigSpiders Ohhhh no! ArcticDreamersrapture is gone! Vant i get it back? Klaskristian was a lame old name i used!
@@TomsBigSpiders Yes, its not that important the ammount of water. In Swedish we call it "att höfta" meaning pouring in a small ammount that feels right. I found it not that problematic if you overdo it a little. The slings grows out of the containers fast anyways. And if you have poured water directly from a bottle you soon learn how much is enough.
Hi Tom, very nice video!
I recently bought a new Marshalli sling to replace my weirdo male that probably dont have to long left. About the male tho, he molted out fairly quickly, maby after 9 months or so and he was tiny for a male. But he had clear hooks and palps and all. The little dude keept eating and digging around like normal. Then something weird happened. He molted again! As far as i can tell this is super rare and often ends with the male dying in the molt or loosing its palps but my little dude was fine. But just a month ago when i opened upp his cage for feeding it had happened AGAIN! And again he was alive and well. As far as i can tell he has no damage. Have you ever heard of something like this before?
Regards Johan
Thank you so much! My C. darlingi males matured out super fast as well...I think right around 9-10 months. One was SUPER tiny, too! And that's awesome to hear that he survived the second final molt. I just had a male of another species die trying to molt again. Very impressive and cool! Thanks, Johan!
How are you doing Tom? Hope all is well bro. Keep on grinding OG!
Hello, Tekillyah! I certainly can't complain! Thank you so much!
At least this one has a cool common name, poor blue front tarantula
I will NEVER get over the "blue front." Like, seriously??? Bahahaha Thank you, Melody!
Be careful to remove that tape on the outside. It’s a risky to leave it because you never know if your spider will end up on that tape with a toe or body. Keep tape away from your T.
I just got one a couple days ago and this was helpful and validating. There’s a bunch of gatekeeping right now when it comes to humidity and a lot of spiders are dying when it comes to bad molts and compaction. I tend to stay away from dubias because I prefer to feed a not so crunchy and hard food. And I keep humidity in all my enclosures, it just depends on the spider in what way I do so. People are telling me I’m wrong for this and I’m risking death on my spiders, the same people who have experienced bad molts and compaction yet.. I have not. I think I’ll keep doing what im doing. Lol. First time watching one of your videos. I was pleasantly surprised. Im now subscribed.
Welcome to the channel and thanks for subscribing! I tend to give most of my spiders at least some moisture in a corner and water dish. There are some species that seem to abhor moisture, but many of the supposed "arid" species (like some African old words) will burrow to find moisture.
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Hi Tom Moran there's a lot of species tarantulas in the philippines
You have some beautiful ones there!
Yeah
Awesome video Tom! Beautiful T you've got there! I love the starburst pattern on the carapace. Look up Ceratogyrus attonitifer :) Found it while browsing tarantupedia and adding new stuff to my wishlist and immediately knew I had to tell you about it- lol! Thanks again for being my anti-nightmare video after binge watching analog horror! Keep up the great work!
- Charlotte
Isn't she a cutie? haha And I definitely have to get one of those! haha And I'm glad to help! :)
I have 2 crazy-amazing juvies of these. To my delight, they web heavily above surface as I've given them anchoring points and they have created awesome tunels underneath. They do bring up a lot of substrate so I've placed mine in cube-ish enclosures for a bit of wall height, else they anchor their web to the lid.
I see them out all the time. They eat well, grow pretty quick and not awfully skittish for juvie stage. I absolutely love them. Look forward to seeing them grow.
That's awesome! I'm hoping that this one does some webbing up top. So far, so good...she's been quite busy with the silk! Thanks for chiming in!
Hello! QUESTION, please! So. I live in a forest / rice field combo and lots of small spiders have moved in. Is it okay to just let them hang out? Every time I search for house spiders it's all about getting rid of them but I don't really want to get rid of them. Is it okay to keep spiders in the house, allow them to multiply as they wish, etc?
So, I have a BUNCH of house spiders living in my tarantula room. Unless there gets to be too many of them, I let them stay. They take care of escaped crickets and roaches as well as the little flies I sometimes get. I've been doing that for years, and I've never had an issue. We even brought over some of the house spiders we had in the old house with us to the new house. haha Yes...I'm weird. :)
Id still like to see they one that has the excessive large horn that touches the abdomen and would love to find the south American horned tarantula can't remember the whole name but hoffmanii
I have a hoffmanii that keeps burying herself. I always have to open her burrow to feed her. She's adorable.
Oh, so you have suscribers who bother you asking for updates? Well, lemme turn into another one of those pesky bastards: how are those teleporting H. maxima slings doing? I'd love to see an update on them
Hahahaha I'm on it, bud! I just shot a quick update and I'll get it posted this weekend. :) Stay tuned....
@@TomsBigSpiders Wonderful!
Lovely T ceratogyrus marshalli ita an awesome baboon
Thank you! I definitely agree!
I just rehoused my little juvenile Straight Horned, and I swear the little guy was so chill that I bet he (or she?) would have crawled onto my hand. Love the little guy! 😂
Awwwww...that's adorable!
Ceratogyrus is a wonder species! Once my T albo male has finally passed.... This will be his replacement! When I am able to get more room for my T's I will be adding the T albo back to my collection. Hopefully it will be a female next time. I will be ordering 3 of a certain species in the future to hopefully get at least one female. As it stands I can only have 10 T's. Next year might yield me a better room for my endeavors. I am hoping for 30 T's, but 20 will suffice. Brighter horizons are within view! May they be bountiful without much hardship!
Hey, Dusty! That sounds like a good replacement to me! I did the three sling thing for YEARS. Now, I tend to buy 1, and my luck with getting a female has been about 50/50. haha That sounds amazing!
Thank you for your work. I love your Videos, i learn a lot. Greetings from Germany!
Hello from the US! Thank you so much! I responded to your other comment; please send me an email if you can.
Have you or anyone in the comments thought about using biOrb americas tanks they have some cool tanks but 2 specifically i want to try. There is an orb called BiOrb AIR it has a timed mister and air flow and mimicks the sun theres another one called BiOrb EARTH that rains and heats itself both are cool juat wanted to know if its possible to use for a tarantula
I have not. In most instances, there is no need to heat a tarantula enclosure, so this isn't something I would try. Also, the misters can create too moist of an environment in most cases. That said, if someone tried one out, I'd be curious to hear the results.
Is C. darlingi more bolty and defensive?
Ummm...my two have been quite calm overall. I have two females, and if caught on the surface, they just sort of sit there. That said, others may have different experiences with them.
Hey Tom I know they're quite a dry species but they do have a monsoon season so then being moist is ok over period of time I've noticed that's a nice tarantula
Hello! I tried to mention that they don't mind the moisture in the video. I think that some folks think that they have to be bone dry.
I've noticed that tarantulas without the horn still seem to have a spot on their carapace that looks like a dent or dot in the same spot the horned species horns are located. Did all tarantulas have horns at some point? Or thought to have had them?
That's a great question, and I'm honestly not sure!
Do you crush the heads of Red Runner roaches as well?
I don't. They generally run around like crickets, which entices the spiders to hunt them. They also won't hide like the B. dubia.
Great video as always
Thank you, Chantal!
I love the Horned Baboons I love the what I call ODD BALL appearance
I just love those weird horns! haha
@@TomsBigSpiders Stunning Species I think one was discovered that had a large rear facing horn that went why past the spinnerets
Actually, compared to my T. albopilosus witch,(talked to the person who had her, we think she was Wild Caught. ) but your C. Marshall seems to be pretty chill.
Glad you and Billie had a great Thanksgiving. My family wasn't doing anything, just finger foods and deli meats. So one of the local churches does an annual free Thanksgiving Dinner, so I grabbed two of those. One for me and one for my friend, and landlord, as well. And as usual, I did my grandmother "uber driver" getting my granddaughters to work. LOL. Hey. Gives me something to do and time to talk about stuff.
Keep warm and Safe you two!
Hey, Linda! Yeah, I've had VERY good luck with my Ceratogyrus species. And that sounds awesome! I love the "grandmother uber driver" bit! hahaha Thank you, and you as well! Happy Holidays!
@@TomsBigSpiders I've shortened my title to "Granny's Uber". 🤣😂😉
Looking forward to getting my first ow. Thinking either a p. Rufilata or a p. Ornata.
Both are beautiful spiders, so you can't lose with either. That said...a heads up that those two species of Poecilotheria tend to get mentioned the most as high strung and potentially defensive.
@@TomsBigSpiders thanks for the heads up. I don't mind a feisty T though. Not much different than being married. Lol
Hello from Upper Hutt New Zealand. Cool spider, interesting genus. If we could keep these here I'd definitely get one.
Hi, John! Greetings from the US! Man, that's a shame. You can't keep any species, right?
No were not allowed to import any inverts
I live in the philippines
Greetings from the US!
Great rehouse Tom!!! She's a cutie. My girl is really fiesty. I wish sometimes she would stay in her burrow, lol. I gave her a few inches of substrate, she created quite a few entrances and exits but she stays out in the open 98% of the time which leaves no time to do maintenance, lol. Tyfs God bless you
Debbie! Thank you so much! How does she act when she is out in the open? My C. darlingi will just sit there while I fill water dishes and such. haha
@@TomsBigSpiders it varies really. Sometimes she's pounces on anything that moves or retreats to her burrow, sometimes she just sits there. One time while rehousing her she slapped the inside of the cup I had caught her in repeatedly and was chewing on the cardboard I had placeed on it. I definitely waited until she completely calmed down before placing her in her new home. I could envision her bolting and getting bitten, lol
I have a question for you, how long does it ususally take for a GBB to molt and how long would you wait to open the burrow to make sure that everything is ok? The reason that I ask is that my GBB has hide herself away since about the end of October like the 24th or 25th and the burrow is sealed up tight as a drum. Thank you in advance for any advice you have.
Hey, Gredarth! It really depends on the size of it and how aggressively you've been feeding it. If she was eating well before that, then that is probably quite normal. When mine got to be around 3" or so, they would take much longer in premolt.
@@TomsBigSpiders Yeah she's about 2 inches maybe 2 1/2 inches I have feed her well it's just that she's been in there since before Halloween and she sealed it up really well lol also she's my baby :)
Hey Tom random question but do you think it hurts a Ts eyes if you record them with your phone with the flash on? I've always wondered/ felt bad when recording my Ts
Many of mine won't even react, but some who are more light sensitive will move away from it. I don't think that it hurts, them, but some don't like to be under bright lights.
@@TomsBigSpiders ok awesome thanks for the reply!
I'd just finished rehousing my mature male one into a smaller enclosure and found this video straight after. I've got 10 to move this morning so play your videos and others in background while I work on them.
That's awesome! I hope that your moves all went well!
@Tom Moran yes all good thanks.
I’m going to have to get a Toms big spiders shirt to wear when we play😆
Dude, do I have your address? I'll send you one!
@@TomsBigSpiders thanks dude! I think I sent it to Billie at some point. Ill text it to you.
Love how we talk to our Ts thinking they understand us, telling her no don’t go back in,lol. Another great video Tom, always learn something new or a different way to do something when I watch your vids. Nice job getting her in the new enclosure.
You should hear the conversations that I have with my dogs. Hahaha Thank so much, Mike!!!!
I always put some old webbing or even a piece of an old hide for them and they always hang out in that area at first so I totally agree it helps reduce the stress on the spider from being plucked out of its comfort zone!
Hey, Josh! It seems that a lot of us do! And it does seem to work for many of mine.
Lovely species! My most recently acquired species of the 4 old worlds I currently keep. She's very chill, great video to show how relaxed they can be when worked with appropriately.
Thank you, Chenin! Glad to hear that I'm not the only one with a more calm one! haha
Glad you had a great Thanksgiving Tom! This species is so underated its good you are making a video on this one. Great video!
Thank you very much! Yeah, these are such cool spiders!
You’re brave for letting it sit there in the catch cup open. Mine would have been across the table lol. Nice work Tom.
Ha! I was watching her the entire time. Usually, if they squeeze into a tight place like that, they won't move unless disturbed. That said, I took a little chance there. :) thanks!
@@TomsBigSpiders haha of course! I have noticed that as well in regards to them not moving when they’re tight like that, all of mine do the same.
both of my SAF C.marshalli and C.darlingi had been staying right on top of their hide and i find it odd. i gave them both about 5inch deep substrate and a cork bark hide and from time to time, they web right on top of their hides and had not made any burrow even when i made a starter ones. both of them are also on hunger strike for over a month now.
Hey, Alex! Sometimes, the spiders just do their own thing. If they are webbing, they'll be fine. :)
@@TomsBigSpiders hiya! they webbed up well inside and on top of their hides. i've been leaving them alone to do their own thing while i take care of the rest :D
i now have a total of 25 different species and a total of 35 Ts mixed from cm to mature sizes in a span of 72 days :D
thanks a lot for all the guides!😄👌
10:03 awwww. her wikkle paw ! that's adorable.
Such a doll! :)
Just had one these early in the year but was male but was definitely a cool lil t to have don't keep them in a critter keeper mine stayed up by the top always had ta write where he set always cause couple times I got some finger taps lol hahah lil stinker his name wound up being I set here lol but aside that yes they're definitely a good beginner species if given the proper places to hide n all that they retreat
I love the critter keepers for these guys. Sounds like an adorable little guy! haha