New T keeper!

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Hi all!

I recently aquired a female G. Cala and she's so cool! I've had her for almost 2 weeks. The day after I got her I put in 1 cricket and it was still there the next day so I took it out. Last weekend I put in 2 more and they vanished. What do the remains look like??

[Andrew vV]

Congrats on the new T!
The remains can be hard to see sometimes, but when they are visible they will appear as a ball. Most of the time they kinda blend in with the substrate depending on what you are using.

Also, just for future reference your spider is a G. rosea

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Originally posted by Andrew vV
Also, just for future reference your spider is a G. rosea

Gotcha, thanks for clearing that up!

Would the remains be kinda gray too? Because there are two light grey "balls" on the substrate (forest bed) that weren't there before.

[Andrew vV]

Yup. Sounds like them to me!!

[arachnomania]

Corr,
As Andrew has noted............Grammostola, cala, gala and spatulata are all now known under Grammostola rosea. They are all the same species however have different color phases, ranging from brown, pink and firey orange. MANY species have changed latin names over the years.

[Tarcan]

First, Corr, welcome and I hope this is the beginning of a long love story between you and Ts...

Grammostola cala and G. rosea are still claimed to be two different species by some. Of course, Platnick's catalog only recognises what is officially published (peer reviewed or not), so it is yet to be officially contested... maybe one day it will be proved wrong...

Right now it is just that G. cala would not be, and would have never yet been in the hobby... what is and has been in the hobby is "now" called G. rosea, regardless of any colour phases... so Andrew is right... what you have is called G. rosea...

When Dr. Schmidt synonimised the two species, he supposedly forgot to do something... not much... just forgot to examine the type specimen of G. cala... little detail...

Just my tiny bit of info on the subject

Martin

P.S.: Hey Rob, I never heard of G. gala before!

The only "gala" thing I know is the Royal Gala and they are my favourite apples, very crisp and sweet, just like I like them!

[arachnomania]

Martin.............G gala as of General care and maintenance of tarantulas and scorpions by Philippe de Vosjoli. I was refering to what I remember had read. I thought I had seen it at other places too. Maybe a type-o. It is however nice to point out as this is a pretty good book for the beginner and chances are some of you have started with this book as it is inexpensive and chalk full of good info. For someone to have read this book will have heard of G gala.

[Dragoon]

hahaha, very funny Martin.
(Have you had a Pink Lady? Those are crisp too)

I've seen both gala and cala in those cheap crappy books you were probably too wise to buy. Its kinda like the spelling of T. blondi. One person spells it 'leblondi' and other publications repeat it.
Gala is just a misspelling, as far as I know.
Cheers
D.

[Dragoon]

Oh, and is noone going to tell him to remove the boluses before they mold?
Its gross...
D.

[arachnomania]

HAHAHAHA people laugh it up. Point I was trying to make is type-o or not, if it's published, it should still be mentionned here as some might have read it and wondered if it is or not a G rosea!

[Tarcan]

I expected it to be a typo indeed, I was just curious where it was... those crappy books should be burned... just like the Russ Gurley book, what a shame, waste of time and money... I will never understand why one would bother buying this when there are some reputed well established beginner's books out there... only for a few bucks more... and if one is not willing to pay 20$ more to take good care of his beloved animal, one is not worthy of such magnificient animal... call me fancy, but cheap usually equals crappy in the realm of informative literature...

Rob, I understand your point...

You can all go and read a review of this particular book on the ATS site... I personnally never bothered getting it, read through fast and was scarred I would mistaken it for toilet paper one day... thought it was too expensive and would feel kind of rough where it would end up!LOL...

http://atshq.org/articles/arachlib.pdf

Here is what it says about the book:

"This is the first significant book by a reptile and amphibian worker writing outside of his field with little or no apparent
help. Although the housing and some other categories were good, this book has killed a lot of tarantulas and scorpions. The
book should have been revised or made unavailable many years ago."

I like the "has killed a lot of Tarantulas and scorpions" thing... sounds like a very interesting book indeed...

Dragoon, T. leblondi is a mistake of another nature as it is not a typo. It is pretty much an "intentionnal" mistake popular amongst the french speaking hobbyists... When Latreille described this species, he did it to honour the naturalist Mr. Leblond that discovered that species... but he did assign it the latin name T. blondi and not T. leblondi... but I guess french hobbyists are too proud of their history to give up on that mistake!LOL

All the best

Martin

[Andrew vV]

Haha, I agree Martin.
You can sum it up by saying that any book by TFH publications isnt worth the paper its printed on.

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I purchased it as a G. Cala but it was at a box store and they had a Zebra labeled the same so... yeah.

Originally posted by Dragoon
Oh, and is noone going to tell him to remove the boluses before they mold?
Its gross...
D.

They mold?

And thanks for the welcomes everyone! I'll be hanging out here more often. Btw, I have a feeling this isn't my first T! There are so many gorgeus ones, what do I get next?!?!

[Tarcan]

Corr, LOL,

I think you meant this is not your LAST T... or are you really not sure this is your first?LOL Just kidding you buddy!

Martin

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D'OH! Yeah, I meant last! ... brain fart...