here she is, she was fooling me, though webbed a cocoon and has stopped eating, she sensed i topped up the water and came out for a drink, i go away for a week today, so hopefully when i get back i will have a freshly shedded larger more vibrant red CleoRocco......
and for anyone interested in my other hobby....well more a way of life as its what i do for a living, dogs..... visit my websight at
http://www.thegroomingcentre.com
here you can learn and see all about what i do....
At up, it´s beautifull one. It is Citarius breeding? At the moment, I haven ´t here one good book about terarists animals, there are some fotos, and I had leanred a lot from... I like mantises too, I had a pair of Spodhromantis gastrica, when I was 10, they was so beautifull and lovely, I had them for 5 monts about, and it was a great time with them.... They had copulation too, for two times and the second time the female had ate the male and after 2 monts she maked 3 very big cocons(3-4cm) and after 3 weeks she died. The nymps starteted to going out, after 4 monts, but I was on holiday in mediteraneal, and my father didn´t have time for them(my parents are vets and we have minimaly about 50breeds of animals at home and garden), because he was lonely to keep all us animals.... When we arrived from holiday, I asked him and he said: About 50 small nimphs of mantises was crossing your room, two weeks ago, but I had no time for them, sorry." I acepted it, because he had really what to do. It was a pity, but also I was so young, to taste keep adult from them... What breeds of mantises do you have/had????
I dont know....these huge hairy spiders scares me :D
I could not belive to keep one. Sure, they looks nice, but its nothing for me. I stay at my ants :grin:
...sorry from my bad english....
No problem. I could read it and i saw more worse posts ;)
How long live spiders normaly?
Nice dog, darradar. ;) (on your site)
I was wondering what you feed them ? And how much ?
hello guys thanks for the feedback, to answere a few questions,
tarantula if cared for properly can live for 3-15 years+ the females always living longer leaving the males at the -5 margine, providing he doesnt get killed by the female during mating :pale: i do not know why the females outlive the males to such a wide scale :-k
food wise, when they are tiny spiderlings you usually start on small crickets, and feed them roughly 3 a week is ok, but if your like me and like the thrill of the kill, everyday (in Chloe's case 2 a day, she really is greedy)... this allows them to grow faster too, due to the size of my spiders, i now feed them adult lockust, only because the largest of crickets is not an adequate meal, so i feed mine, roughly 4-5 times a week, untill full maturity, like Claudia, now she's at full growth, there is no need to feed her as regular, she gets 2-3 a week, they can go many weeks without food, but need regular water, as in Calrrissa and CleoRocco's case they are jungle spiders and need much humidty, infact as in the photo, CleoRocco is the only one i ever see drinking
Hi all,
I have a nice size pool and all summer long I find HUGE spiders skimming across the water looking for a quick meal because lots of insects fall into the water which makes for an easy meal.
I feed them to my ants sometimes - I will take some pics next summer - they are about 3 inches long, hairy and most usually carry about 100 or so babies on their backs.
blimey........this id like to see, i cant wait for summer to see some photo's
hello guys, i got home tonight to find my purple tree spider shedding, i have been expecting it as she stopped eating eating weeks ago, so here are a few shots, as you can see to the left of her is the dull old skin, and her coloring is much more vibrant now, shes a little exhausted so i dont wanna disturb her too much, il take some more better shots tomorrow when shes had time to gather strength....