Rehoming done, first set of pics

So, after a very stressful day which started at 10am when I attempted to catch my first sling, till about 7pm when I caught my last (interrupted in between by a visit to my Nan's and Pets at Home), all my little T's have been re-tubbed.

Unfortunately, due to the majority of them taking up precarious positions either on the lid or right at the top of the pots, and the terrible weather we are having at the moment affecting light quality, I only managed to picture a handful of spiders.

As with my previous photos, you can click on them to enlarge them!

Brachypelma emilia


Grammostola pulchra


Brachypelma albiceps


Cyclosternum fasciatum


Grammostola rosea


Nhandu chromatus


B.emilia, C.fasciatum and N.chromatus are literally all freshly moulted and haven't been fed since, hence their somewhat underweight appearance!

Keep a look out in the following days as I will try my best to photo the rest.

I'm back.... again...

Hey everyone.

It has been a very long time since I posted any sort of update.

Basically, not long after my last post I got a job which required me to get up very early in the morning and subsequently go to bed quite early. Any free time I had was spent keeping my T’s and other pets going and there really wasn’t any time for updates.

But unfortunately over the past few weeks I was made redundant and I have to decided to start work again on this blog. Hopefully when I get another job it won’t be so time consuming.

Anyway, since my last update I added two new additions to my collection, a Haplopelma lividum (Cobalt Blue) and a Brachypelma albopilosum (Curly Hair). I was quite content with my collection and decided to end my interest in acquiring any new ones.

However, a couple of weeks after I obtained my B.albopilosum I was asked if I would take a Poecilotheria regalis (Indian Ornamental) as the owner no longer wanted it. Not one to see unwanted animals kept, I said yes. I am now happy with my collection and will definitely not be adding to it, unless anything on my wishlist pops up (found to the right).

So far everything is eating well and growing nicely. In fact I have come to a stage now where I guess certain individuals are no longer spiderlings, they are in fact juveniles.

So, tomorrow I will be rehousing everybody (apart from H.lividum because it was rehoused recently) to upgrade to the next size pot / tank. So expect a picture-fest tomorrow at some stage!

Five moults, but one is proving elusive!

It's been a busy week down here, with five moults happening since my last update! So, get ready for a lot of pictures!


Avicularia purpurea


Grammostola rosea


Cyclosternum fasciatum



Psalmopoeus irminia


How cute is my C.fasciatum? :D

Unfortunately though I was unable to get any pictures of the fifth moult, the Ceratogyrus marshalli which like my OBT has webbed up the entire lid of the enclosure and very rarely ventures out into the open...

Two more moults

Well, it seems everything in my care is coming round to moult! Today it was the turn of the Nhandu chromatus and Euathlus vulpinus.

Unfortunately the last moult of N.chromatus was practically destroyed as it had been under-ground for quite some time so I wasn't able to get any comparison shots. However I reckon it has at least doubled, if not trebled in size! Also, she had literally finished moulting around 20 minutes before I took the photos so she is very pale because her skin as not finished hardening up.


Euathlus vulpinus


Nhandu chromatus

Another new addition

That's right, I have another new addition to my collection, except this is one my dad will take off me when it grows a little bigger and can be housed in a 'proper' setup.

The lucky sling is an Avicularia sp. "Amazonica" (Amazon Giant Pink Toe). Not much is apparantly known about this species. Humidity requirements are much the same as other Avic's but neither I, or the Spider Shop has any idea on it's adult size, so if anyone reading this knows either leave a comment on this post or drop me an email at dg.toast@gmail.com.

Two moults in the camp

Just when I got round to taking some pictures of the slings, two of them decide to get a new suit!

Both my Brachypelma emilia and Grammostola pulchra have moulted this week, within a day of each other. I was expecting the emilia to moult as she has refused her last three meals, whilst the pulchra refused her latest meal.

I've taken some pictures of their new suits, and put their moults on a tape measure, not that you can take any accurate measurements from them, but it seems the in thing to do at the moment! Also, I have taken a picture comparing their last moults.


Brachypelma emilia


Grammostola pulchra



The G.pulchra has already taken her first meal since moulting, but I decided not to feed B.emilia tonight because her fangs were still not black.

I'm guessing that we're going to be seeing a few moults in the coming days or weeks now!

More slings!!!!!!

So, with the BTS show finally arriving yesterday, I was on the hunt for some more spiderlings!

I was on the look out for Haplopelma lividum (Cobalt Blue), Poecilotheria metallica (Gooty Ornamental), Theraphosa blondi (Goliath Birdeater), Brachypelma ruhnaui (Golden Red Rump), Psalmopoeus irminia (Venezuelan Suntiger) and Pterinochulus murinus (Orange Baboon).

I managed to find three of what I wanted, and went ahead and purchased them! There were also some T.blondi slings there too, but they were a little out of my price range!

Anyway, here are the pics of my new additions!


Brachypelma ruhnaui(albiceps)


Psalmopoeus irminia


Pterinochilus murinus


Apologies for the poor picture of P.irminia but it has been sitting on the wrong side of the cork bark all day and taking pictures through plastic doesn't seem to work! But you can just make it out... Oh, and the OBT is insane!!!!!!! Luckily it is the Orange Colour Form too, so hopefully I should have a very colourful spider in a few years!

My dad also added a new spider to his own collection, a Brachypelma auratum (Mexican Flame Knee). She is a very big kicker of hairs though, as you can see by her bald patch!

Brachypelma auratum