Hi! I'm a tarantula keeper in Japan, but in my country, people who keep tarantulas are considered weird.

What kind of reaction do you get in your country when you say you keep tarantulas?

Someone informed me yesterday that if you type in her name and ‘tarantula,’ this comes up. Chalupa wants to thank all of you for your support and love. We are both entirely gobsmacked by this. Note Sir Ping of Pong has been designated a robotic vacuum, haha!
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Species: Cyriocosmus Elegans

Just wanted to post about my terrarium because frankly i'm excited to show this and havent got any friend that share this interest I posted about the proces before, now my terrarium is nearly done. just need to hide the thermostat cable and i think i want to something of bigger stone or something in the middle, because i know my T likes to sit a little elevated. Almost time for my gbb to be introduced to its new home!

Its an arid/desert like setup. the substrate turned a little more red then intended maybe. Chromatopelma's dont seem to burrow, but i reckon she can burrow all she want in here.

i intend to set it up as a bioactive enclosure. the plants are all real (only succulents). i intend to add springtails and maybe isopods if i can find the right ones. i'm a little afraid of them being able to nibble on the spider when in molt. at the same time, she's a heavy webber and she molts in her web above the floor usually. I dont think isopods are crazy enough to walk up a spider web just to get a little nibble. does anyone have experience in this?

i know even isopods and springtails that are suited for dryer conditions need a little moisture. i intend to keep everything fairly dry but just keeping the front left corner a little more moist. I placed some stones and cocofiber in that corner beneath the substrate with a cork bark on top, so it will retain moisture a little longer when sprinkled now and then. The right front corner will get a small ceramic heat emitter (with thermostat) above it, because it can get somewhat cold in my homeoffice in fall/winter. the terrarium is big enough so my T can choose what conditions suit her best.

To me setting up/decorating an enclosure like this is just as much fun as keeping the T. I'm already thinking about getting another terrarium with a more tropical/moist theme! not sure my wife will accept, or she will be filing for divorce first. 3rd picture is the current setup. was big enough for now but not for long i guess.

I see I have insulted Rhonda with a food offering.....this lady is absolutely crazzzzzy, and I love her!

My Fringed Ornamental Sandeep has claimed its first meal in my care. I’ve got no clue what its sex is but I’m loving it so far. They definitely possess blinding speed.

Man I feel so mean to my Golden knee but he now looks like an actual Tarantula rather than a small brown dot. I love how his lil golden knees have finally started showing and his carapace is getting that deep bronze/gold colour his sub species has.

Criminal is going in his enclosure, so is Blueberry and Fluff is also in a old feeder case. She's is not a happy bunny. My Snow leopard gecko named Moro is also in a box waiting for the taxi to come so we can grab and go and off they go into boarding.

My GBB is looking amazing! Starting to lose those baby stripes. I figure by next molt they will be gone. Also, my salmon pink molted again! WOOT WOOT
P.s. the molt is wet due to being in a soap solution so I could reposition it
Cheers 😁

First time owner. I know tarantulas may sit in one spot for long periods of time due to being stressed from a new environment but little Bartholomew has been exploring his enclosure non stop! (: I have about 4 inches of substrate, a cork hide and a water dish. Yippee!

her name is bubbles ❤️❤️

edit i feel like the abdomen looks smaller in person

Super excited to finally get to post here! Ive had tarantulas in the past but not for 8 ish years. I got a Mascara Giant Birdeater about 2 weeks ago. I let him/her become acquainted with the new surroundings. Last week on Thursday, a week from gotcha day, I crushed a mealworm and dropped it in there. They happily munched away on it and I thought we were getting somewhere. This morning which is now almost 3 weeks from gotcha day I noticed he/she has enclosed their hide with dirt on both sides. Am I to assume it is molting or is it just burying itself? I can't see into the hide at all it closed off both ends really well and I obviously don't want to go poking around if it's molting. Common sense tells me leave it alone and wait and see if it comes out for food or not. Which leads to another question. Do I drop another worm in there to see if it'll come out and eat? Thanks for any information. I don't know last time it molted the pet store couldn't tell me. I ordered it through them so it would arrive safely. They did say it was a juvenile.

I got my 2.5inch avic almost two weeks ago and they have just refused to eat. I knew it was relatively normal for a spider to refuse food for weeks to months to even over a year and be ok, but of course as a new owner I was worried. Just got back from camping a couple nights and they absolutely demolished a mealworm without hesitation! So proud and relieved that they aren't too stressed to eat.

Look at those butt fingers go

Picked her up on Saturday at a local reptile show, shes about 2.5 inches in legspan. Current enclosure is a 8x8x11, I know it’s not the best but it’s what they had for sale at the show. I have a different enclosure coming in the mail tomorrow, it’s a 10x16x8 with vent holes along the top and roof so I can get a thick layer of substrate for her.

She will sit and move funny. She also did this in her previous enclosure before i rehoused her into a new enclosure to day but she is still doing it.

Ive placed her over the water dish to see if that would help. None of my other tarantulas did this so not sure why she is doing it.

I’m a first time T owner. This is Peach! I’ve had her for about a month and I’m not sure if she’s eating correctly. I know she molted before I got her but I’m not sure when. I’m worried!

This is Nebula, a sub-adult Green Bottle Blue. I have never noticed this behavior before. Does anyone know what she/he is doing?

And my apologies for the light and camera movement. I was trying to get the best shot I could without startling her.

Not a wild worm, bought from a pet store to use for composting for my indoor plants (pretty sure they’re meant to be turtle food lol)

The answer was very much yes