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Brian - 2009-09-28
My friend Anthony caught a male Tx Brown in Amarillo at a job sight and brought it to me, cause I've always had snakes, spiders and scorpions as pets. Even being caught in the wild it is very docile. Watching it catch crickets is really amazing, I've never seen a spider or scorpion go after its prey with such fury!

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Richard - 2010-06-06
I live in amarillo and the 1 I found in my yard is VERY aggressive. I still have not picked it up.
Greg Hunt - 2011-10-21
Let it walk into a jar.
Julie White - 2012-12-31
Like the Oklahoma terrapin (tortoise), tarantulas seem to have individual personalities!!

Julie White - 2012-10-02
The best way to give a tarantula water is to place in the terrarium a small to medium size plastic jar cap in which you put wet cotton. The tarantula can suck the water from it. You can refill it with a water dropper or with a teaspoon full of water. When the cotton starts to get dirty or brown, wash the cap and replace the wet cotton. This way you don't have an open water dish that can spill and wet the environment and the tarantula can get the water more easily. Same goes for your water source for feeder crickets.

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-10-03
Can also use a small sponge.
Anonymous - 2012-12-05
Yes you can use that but it is not a very good idea, it grows bacteria everywhere... Same with a sponge, it is NOT safe for your tarantula... Better off just using a plain shallow water dish
Julie White - 2012-12-31
I rinse and wipe out the dish and rinse and wring out the cotton balls a couple of times a week and fill with fresh water. There are plenty of bacteria in the wild too, remember.

heather stacy - 2012-12-23
I've had my tarantula for over a year now and it has only molted once..is this normal or should it have molted more and how cn u be sure wat the sex is..I was told it is the line on their belly.

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-12-23
If it is growing slowly that is normal. Mature males have longer legs and are somewhat more fuzzy in appearance. The female remains stocky and bulky throughout its life. There are reports that mature males are more brightly colored than females but they can be quite variable in color.

Cheryl Luhrs - 2012-12-20
I was around several adults and helped care for spiderlings. I encountered creatures that were NOT creepy, crawly but highly evolved, interesting, clean, fun, spiders. They're a big reason we don't have insects up to our neck.

Jenni - 2012-12-04
I wonder if someone can help. I bought a T blondi 1st instar. This baby is just about 2cms, but very pale (pink) in colour. The T blondi's I have researched are all grey/black and have rather elongated front legs. Is there a stage when they are actually pinkish in colour or have I been duped.

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Clarice Brough - 2012-12-19
It sounds like it is still small, so maybe there is a color change as it matures. Don't know, but maybe you could ask the person you bought it from what's up with the color.

Alonso - 2012-12-18
I just bought a G. rosea, but I see that she is actually very small. Her legspan is like 7 cm, but the web page tells me that this spider has actually 4 years. What's their actual adult size? They have such a slow-growing rate? Or is it just impossible for my spider to be 4 years old? Thanks

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-12-18
5 inches is normally 4 years old. Yours is much younger I would have to say. 7cm is probably 2 or 3 years old..

Anonymous - 2012-12-13
help, I've had my Chilean rose for over a year, she stopped eating approx 3 mths ago. last month (late oct) she moulted, since then she still hasn't eaten and now seems lethargic and is having trouble walking. this morning she was upside down in her water dish, although still alive I fear she's close to death. any ideas???

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-12-13
They do usually molt upside down. How is the temp and humidity? May starting to hibernate?
Angie Fell - 2012-12-17
She has already molted, she hasn't eaten for months, I think she's dehydrated. I set up spider icu, she looks a tiny bit better but that's all. Haven't found her upside down again but still not eating and still not walking properly.

Lucy Cortes - 2011-03-12
My daughter just got a pink toed tarantula and I would like to know if it is poisonous?

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Anonymous - 2011-04-04
All spiders are poisonous however the poison that they some carry isn't harmful to humans.
PF - 2012-04-05
You still have to watch out because, even if they are not dangerous to humans, she still can have an allergic reaction and go into an anaphylectic shock. I have 17 tarantulas and I react very badly to the uricating hairs and I have no clue if I'm seriously allergic if I get bitten. So just be carefull and enjoy your T.
Christopher Riley - 2012-07-04
If your not allergic to tarantulas then they are non poisonous to you but if you get bitten they cause pain an if allergic to them you probably can die from bite just be careful stay safe
Dave - 2012-09-06
There is no such thing as a poisonous spider. Spiders are venomous. Venom has to be injected to take effect, while poison must be ingested.
Michael Connachan - 2012-10-29
No it is venomous.
Cheryl Luhrs - 2012-12-15
ALL spiders are venomous but the New World T's venom isn't as strong as T's from the Old World. Plus, many New World T's are considered very docile, including Avic. Antilles Pink-Toes. Only thing I can say about them is they're skittish, smart, and 'fast'! They'll move so fast at getting away, you'll wonder if they aren't using a portable teleport. Your daughter picked one of my favorites...smart gal!! Grab your mouse and read some of the Gazillion reviews on the Avic. But, be careful, these creatures will get under your skin...and you'll have to have your own pet T. LOL

rachel - 2011-08-25
i was at my sisters house earlier,an she stepped out her front door,an stepped on a oklahoma brown tarantula,or it looks just like this one. Well her lil 3 or 4 month old puppy run out the door an ate it. Few minutes later he began foaming at the mouth an tring to vomit,what should I do for him? will he be ok?

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Curtis - 2012-12-15
get it to the vet immediately because tarantula have irritating hairs that could kill the dog
Jeremy Roche - 2012-12-15
If it were a mature dog it would not be a big deal at all. The hairs would just irrate its throat. He should be fine but a vet visit is a good idea. In many countries people consume tarantulas.

Logan Olson - 2012-04-30
Just got a Mombasa Baboon and set up her amazing enviroment in a 55 gal tank. She will be very happy here and sure enough a day or two after i bought her she has gone and started to molt. My other T did the same thing years ago as she grew up in a small cage and the moment she was able to stretch out she molted. Looking forward to this very aggressive T and watching her grow up for years to come.

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hankypanky56 - 2012-07-02
Your post looks great except for the 55 gallon tank, maybe you meant 5 gallons that would be more reasonable.
h.s. oflaherty - 2012-12-04
Just wanted to say I bought my baboon and set 'her' up in 5 gal. tank. The spider was not bigger than a half inch around. When I put her into the tank I thought I was ripped off as didn't see it. Could not find cricket small enought to feed her. Was at least two months before I saw her for first molt. She is 9 months old now and her body length (not legs) is 2 and one quarter inches long!! Very orange, very agressive when provoked (do that to see if she stands up to her rep. and she does. Her fangs are about 1/4 inch long! Let me know how yours is doing. They live a long time so we might talk a few times. Good luck.... steve

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