Green bottle blue & rose hair tarantula - Page 2

DragonsEye · 11-10-12, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Rogue628

Thanks for the information! I didn't know cobalts were rarely visible.

I guess I need to do some research and see if I can find one that's pretty and more apt to be active and not hidden so much. I'd rather have one I can watch.

Poecilotheria metallica would be more visible and are quite lovely. However they are also quite fast and -- being Old World T's -- they are more defensive/aggressive than most New World T's (the Haplo [cobalt] you were originally considering is also OW btw). The price tag on them is also generally high.
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Originally Posted by brylecc1989

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jaleely · 11-10-12, 02:48 PM

I know dragon, but i wanted an excuse to post ; ) There is a huge difference from the last molt, and he grew a *lot* so I was generalizing. I actually didn't see the stripes until i saw the photos but wasn't going to change my post because i didn't think anyone would really notice...LOL!

There was an old molt in the cage with him. It was removed after he finished eating.

I actually am trying a mixture of sand, and the web covered container next to him has rice in it. I'm trying to keep the humidity low in his enclosure as my area is quite humid and GBBs don't like that.
The rose hair is on coconut husk. I keep all the rest of my T's on coconut husk and try to adjust humidity as needed for each of them.

We had a cobalt blue once, but when we got her she didn't seem to act right, and after a few months she died. She did try to burrow away, and i let her, but she never ate and just acted strange.
I have a burrowing starburst type T that has done great and had him for years.
I think we had a tiger rump years ago who spend his whole life cycle with us. He burrowed at first, then turned his whole enclosure into a big burrow (by webbing it in and piling substrate) so it was cool we could see him from the top. He had a big enclosure too, so it was even more funny since they usually like smaller places.

Roadtrash · 11-11-12, 01:46 PM

These things are pretty but I have never really gotten into spiders. Something about all those legs. I mean if you got into a wrestling match with one how would you pin down all those legs? Not to mention the fact they bite and it hurts. I know most of them are not going to actually do any harm but it's still something that goes through my mind whenever I look at one.

In case you're wondering I really don't like spiders. It's funny, snakes venomous or not don't frighten me even though they do demand respect and I give it to them. But spiders.....well I can't explain it.

But I am glad you folks have them and I can enjoy them through your pictures at least this way I can have a close up look without worrying about them getting on me.

Don't misunderstand I'm not deathly afraid of them or anything and I really enjoy watching them build webs and feed and do all the things they do I just don't like to handle them. Funny isn't it, snakes, lizards and all kinds of other animals don't bother me just the spiders.

Oh well.

iBaman · 11-11-12, 03:25 PM

Then you REALLY need one, roadtrash! They're really not meant to hold..just very pretty and interesting display animals!

Zoo Nanny · 11-11-12, 03:42 PM

Wow that Green Bottle Blue is absolutely gorgeous!

jaleely · 11-11-12, 04:01 PM

roadtrash...i like my spiders, even love a couple of them, but i will smoosh anything that gets on me and i do not like finding them randomly in the wild LOL

I hate ants...like, i have a serious phobia of them! but i can appreciate how cute their little faces are...if there's one, and it's a photo...LOL

also depends on the spider. these large fuzzy ones are fine. I will holds some of them (rarely, because their hairs tickle and make me itch) but they are almost cuddly. It's the small shiny ones that give me the willies!!!!

Snakeman8 · 11-12-12, 03:15 PM

i love the fuzzy ones two, especially the goliath bird eaters.

Roadtrash · 11-12-12, 09:36 PM

Smoosh anything that gets on you. That is good. I was drinking coffee and just about sprayed it all over the keyboard. I really didn't expect to hear that from a spider keeper and I am still laughing.

If I lived under different conditions I might try one but I wouldn't take it out and handle it. Just something about all those legs I guess.

jaleely · 11-12-12, 10:10 PM

goliaths are awesome. we had one until it's first molt, and we didn't take good care of it and it died. we thought we were keeping it humid and warm enough, but apparently not.

Our house is very hard to keep things consistent. We have lost a couple of tarantulas to bad husbandry, unfortunately over the years : (
But most of ours have lived out their lives. Some males (they age and then get the pedipulps..the mating "legs" and then die) have lived a long time...even one species, skeleton knee, having an extra molt and living a year longer past when his pedipalps showed up!
Our one mexican red knee is over 9 years old, i think.

A lot of ours have been males.
Anyway, goliaths are awesome : )

Maybe dragon will expand on the mating "legs"?

jaleely · 11-12-12, 10:12 PM

roadtrash, i can't help it...LOL if it's crawling on me, i'm probably already freaking out and brushing it off...which if it's that small, is essentially smooshing it LOL

I have freaked out and NOT smooshed when my own pets have ran up my arm...but OH is that a test in human behavior!!
I'm like to my hubby "get it off, get it OFF GET IT OFF..gently...BUT OFF" lol

Rogue628 · 11-13-12, 12:01 AM

Sadly, I'm about the same way.

I expect creepy crawlies in the woods and stuff. So when I see one, unless it lands on me, I'm fine. However, in my house, in my car (you should see me when I find a stinging thing in my car lol), or any other public area, I freak out!

Snakeman8 · 11-13-12, 05:20 AM

i got to hold a goliath at an expo, it crawled up my arm and to my shoulder where it stayed.

Rogue628 · 11-13-12, 07:27 AM

Wow

I was under the impression they weren't very friendly.

Roadtrash · 11-13-12, 07:31 AM

I think I would be a lot like you, something about spiders. Bugs don't bother me and millipedes don't bother me just spiders.

When I was very young my father was bitten by a black widow when dressing one morning. It had gotten in the pants he had laid out to wear the next day and when he pulled them up it bit him in the nether regions if you will. I think this might have a bearing on the reason I don't care much for them.

**Pareeeee** · 11-13-12, 08:31 AM

That Green Bottle Blue is spectacular! What beautiful colours! Who says spiders are ugly? They are cool critters.

I'm not interested in owning a tarantula, but if i was, that would be the one I would get! (I'm not afraid of them - I would like to handle a tarantula some day, but just don't want one as a pet)