Your videos are awesome and now im collecting tss again love the hobby

Good video and absolutely love Billie’s laugh!

Awesome video Tom and a couple of real beauties there. That little one was so cute pushing the water dish aside so it could hide lol. Yes it’s a real shame that M design have stopped doing a lot of their containers as they are great quality and very affordable.

I have the purple and its mega reclusive. Im glad I can see it's burrow through the enclosure cuz it wouldn't have come up for food(it's about 1") I waited a few weeks after molt then excavated the old tunnel and started dropping stuff in. I haven't had great luck when it comes to Dwarf species. My juvenile citharacanthus cyaneus doesnt wish to leave it's sealed burrow either. I finally had to check on that one after 2 months so I lifted the corkbark and there it was, ticked off at me. Looked like it hadn't even molted yet so I gave it a juicy red runner and put the corkbark back. My Dolichothele rufoniger, who was the first pricey T I aquired during this 100 T mega spree to start of my career, just completely dissapeared on me. Was in a condiment cup. I suspect it died and dissolved like the LSD ET I brought up before but knowing what I know now about Dolichothele after picking up diamantinensis I'm afraid it teleported out when I lifted the condiment lid to feed while tired or something. N incei also dissapeared on me. I'm not sure if it slipped out a vent or slipped out during initial rehouse without me noticing. I have nearly 100 Ts 4 months in like I mentioned mostly all slings and those 2 are half of the 4 losses I've had so far. The initial D diamantinensis rehouse was INTENSE. Those guys are soooooooo fast even when tiny. It was the First time I experienced true teleportation where my brain could not process the movement. And I consider mine pretty good at that gaming my whole life😂 I recently picked up some expensive, rare euathlus and a davus sp Panama so my luck better change quick! And I'll end my rant (sorry) by adding that the Tanzanian chestnut is a pure joy to own I was blown away seeing it for the first time and the webbing is excellent

I've had both of these species - I got the sp. Blue as a 1/4" sling back in April this year, and it's currently about 1". Even at this size I can tell it likes to explorative, which is cute. It even has a bit of blue on its abdomen after it molts, so I'm looking forward to what it'll look like as an adult. I got the sp. Colombia as a juvenile, and I really liked how it would explore its enclosure every night, sticking its legs through all the ventilation holes and gaps. Unfortunately the lid wasn't secure - the magnets holding it shut were weak and the tape I'd placed over it lost its stickiness - so the spider escaped and I wasn't able to find it. I'm still really broken up about it; I loved how much personality the little guy had. Needless to say, I stopped using that enclosure for tarantulas...

Seriously, why do you say “Here” so damn strange?

OMG seeing that t-shirt gave me massive throwback to my childhood wow.

My smallest sling was a 1/16" cyriocosmus elegans...it was shipped in a dram vial with spagnum moss and I could not find the sling...I had to get a jewelers loop to find the sling...it looked like a grain of salt on a strand of spagnum moss...1 year later the sling is 3/4"!

Two great species, and two I happen to keep (both females). I realize these are undescribed in the literature, but more than other spiders I find the nomenclature quite varied. I adopted the convention Tarantula Canada uses, so the P. sp blue I call the P. sp Columbia/blue, and the other P. sp yellow/blue. Just so people know you may see some variability in the naming of these. I find the P. sp blue to be on the skittish side, but *definitely* curious as anything. She spends 100% of her time trying to figure out how to get the lid of the enclosure off. More than any other spider I keep, she's up to something :)

You sound nervous.

So you might have done this already. When things don’t go the way I’d like them to my next move is contacting the corporate of the company. I’ve had excellent results !! If it was me I’d be calling until I got the right person say I’ll buy 30 right now. The goal of that acrylic box company is to make money. So they have discovered that item, bring it back !! It’s definitely worth a shot 😊

Really amazing video again. Was already hoping to find some tomorrow on an expo, even more after this vid🙌

Awww, so cuuuute ❤ I really love the Psuedhapalopus colombia, the blue rear end is beautiful ❤ might say I've got the blues, lol 😂

Please do it again

I love this species have 5 of them I show mine on my channel all the time and they have such beautiful and unique webbing

Oh wow I love your new glasses. Cool frames. These are so pretty. I see the metallic blue. That is COOL! Hey Billie. Great camera work. LOL

Hello great video information Tom

Another great video Tom! Beautiful dwarfs.

I got a Pseud sp. blue a couple years ago as a tiny sling. I liked it so much I recently got 10 more slings to grow up and hopefully get a male to pair with her (she's about 2" give or take now). I don't handle my tarantulas either, but have held this one many times because she just strolls right out when I open her enclosure 😅

I need help tom! i have a 2.5" pulchra that i am almost certain not in premolt and hasnt eaten in a month! Has no feeding response. Should i just do prekilled feeder and if she doesnt eat it, just throw it away after 24 hours?

Hi Tom! I rescued a supposed 10 yr old Rosea from our local Serpentarium and mine is like 3 times the size of yours which makes me think she is much older? I was wondering what you think.. maybe she was power fed? Also when she was surrendered by the previous owner there were LOTS of crickets in there with her which they said had been biting her. She hates crickets.. kills and walks away.. she ate when I got her on 10/26 but has refused since then (now 11/29). Should I be concerned? I know they can go very long times without eating.. Thank you for all your incredible and informative videos!

I rehouse in the bathtub ( drain closed) cus its easier to find and catch rather than in a room with endless places to hide especially with slings and also they have a harder time climbing the tub or at least mine do anyway lol

Plant nerd here: when hydrating substrate, the more dehydrated it is, the more hydrophobic it is. That means if you wait too long and the sub is too dry, the water will sit on top and pool for a bit before spreading. If this is your situation just pour some, wait for it to trickle, then do it again. Don't think "oh no, it's sitting on top, the dirt's too wet" or "I'd better not put a lot in"--it means it needs more, not less, but more slowly!

I've stated this in the past; but I do enjoy these videos. My oldest T, atm, is of this species. Kurt. Really docile and a beautiful specimen. One of my favorites. Keep it up. You are a good teacher (I would know since I'm a trained educator in Sweden.

What a beautiful spider!!!

Loved seeing this! Along with a G. Pulchre yearling, I've got a roughly 1" GBB coming this week as well from Fear Not - can't wait. What a beautiful T. Nice job, as always. -Greg

Great video, as always! Can't wait to get mine this week...thx for all of this amazing content, Tom! Appreciate you. -Greg

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Omg my favorite fav🎉 love the info thank you soooooooo much 🕷️

I love my G pulcripeae. I got mine 7-22-2023 when she was just a tiny half inch sing. She is now a good 5 inches. Definitely one of my favorite species. I keep her in a 12x12x12 Exo terra with a Tarantula Crib lid.

Watching this 6 years after you did it and waiting for my first G. Pulchra yearling from Fear Not...my last tarantula was back in '87, likely a wild caught, from the local reptile store. So here I am, in my 50s, getting back into Ts...lol...went with the Black Lab to ease back into it, though as I watched this I was lmao at your "Black Lab" - liked, subscribed. Great job! THX.

I love the Heart Attack pack idea! Awesome new spoods! Thanks for sharing with us!

I really cannot wait to get one of these little guys! They are so beautiful! Great video!!!

They are so lovely! What a great video! I love all of your tarantulas!

Aww look at her, tucking herself right back into her old webbing ❤ She's so glad you left that with her 😊

Kumuko! :D

We should probably add “semi-fossorial” to the characteristics of some T’s (we already have semi arboreal )

The issue I have is feeding a sling after a molt. For slings under 1 inch and it’s hard to see the thangs…when do you start feeding again?

Whats the update on your P metallica communals???

Thank you Tom so much for the info 😁

Damn, great video this one 🙌

Thank you both for what you do. I hope the more we all learn about animals the more we will care about the natural world.

Are the mesh lids on the barbarous growth enclosures safe?

Thanks for another great video Tom!

I can't wait to add one of these to my collection I love the way that they look and as always you're very informative and love watching all your videos

G. pulchripes are awesome Ts. I bought “Goldie” from Fear Not Tarantulas as a sling in 2020. Great tips & enclosures

I bought four slings from FNT and this was one of them. I also just ordered 3 more slings from Josh’s Frogs. Avic purpure, c. versicolor, p. sazimai, a. geniculata, g. pulchra, b. hamorii and the t. albo. Super excited to grow them all out 😊 I had a wild caught either texas brown or tan tarantula as a kid, and loved her. I think I want to get one of those too eventually to reminisce on her. Love your videos, have been binge watching them over the last couple weeks 😂

My G pulchripes is adorable, i would recommend them to anyone.

I like the coffin but only a perches I would do only when they r adult size

What kind of enclosure (dimensions in centimeters, please) would you recommend for an adult grammostola pulchripes female? The shop I got my tarantula from suggests 30x20x20 cm (length/width/height) as a sensible minimum- would you agree with that? Great video, I am new to the hobby and purchased a young golden knee female last week. I have just discovered your channel, definitely the best tarantula content on KZbin! Greetings from Poland.