how NOT to rehouse an OBT TARANTULA (where I went wrong)

[@microwilderness]

That looks so stressful. Good job :)

[@sunkbootnoot1204]

This reminds me of the time I had to move my curly hair tarantula he was fast and random, unlike my pink toe tarantula

[@Ricantarantulaboss]

I just got a sling 1/2 and shes super fast its hard to feed i was wondering if u cqn hwlp me

[@Armorcav]

Micro Wilderness is the last place you want to get any Tarantula, unless you like to guess what you buy.

[@monkeytrident]

@@Ricantarantulaboss Just take you're time and make sure to keep a eye on where it is, my one is growing super quick, and I had to rehouse and it bolted and escaped luckily, I was prepared for it.

[@cainorozco4581]

I love that normally you say "today we're going to be rehousing some tarantulas" and this time you said "we have to rehouse..."

[@glorifiedpetrocks4800]

That’s crazy! Exotics Lair just uploaded his OBT rehousing! It’s Christmas Day 😂

[@JoeMama42069x]

Just finished watching that, too. 😂😂😂

[@joyceschouten8727]

And they both went "wrong"😁😁

[@glorifiedpetrocks4800]

@@Mindporn right?!

[@ladymiaeriksson5809]

I think this one was calmer then Exotics Lairs OBT

[@glorifiedpetrocks4800]

@@ladymiaeriksson5809 agreed 😂

[@tarantulacollective]

Nicely done...got a little dicey, but you rocked it!

[@Dasshniplle]

She looks pretty calm for an obt like the calmest I’ve ever seen, personally catch cup glued to a stick is a god send

[@ericwelling1102]

I admire your healthy respect for these animals. It makes everyone take care in this situation.

[@jazellegirl1046]

I really appreciate how conscientious you are to the needs of your ever growing babies and the need to keep rehousing them to larger cribs. It’s disgusting when pets of any kind are kept in places too small for them. Your a sweetheart and a beautiful responsible spider mommy🕷💕

[@Reptiliatus]

OBT: Orange beautiful thing... that’s right isn’t it? 😉

[@afrog2666]

Ovarian Booby Trap

[@sierradawn8152]

I'm now obsessed with watching these videos, all sorts of different animal care videos, etc and now I'm looking into different pets and already started collecting things for enclosures! thanks for inspiring me! You have a huge heart for all your little baby's and it's inspiring! :)

[@telleypanda1840]

I'm proud of you. Also the dork den gave me a giggle.

[@dattand2085]

My OBT is broken I think, it is the most timid thing, never shown a threat pose, never bolts, always just slowly and calmly retreats

[@rumpelstilzz]

Don't have an obt, but my h.mac and s.cal are like that too. If they had not a fierce reputation, I might get very careless.....

[@angela_tarantulas]

She’s just plotting calmly 🔥😂

[@notaxandria_7824]

Lucky 🤣 mine is crazy...she's %100 orange bitey thing lol

[@TuberoseKisser]

I heard that some OBTs are actually really calm. Same for the "docile" species being absolute nuts.

[@lauran7970]

I mostly see my OBT from below, because the only mood she has is being bitchy

[@kylecleetus8042]

My first obt rehouse went like this, along with my second lol they are so unpredictable! I have found if you give them a semi arboreal enclouse with along of floor space they won't be so aggravated when you open the enclosure!

[@yffar27]

Nice video. Thank you. It was just nice to see the respect you gave the OBT. Gives the right message to keepers

[@Manchesterceltic]

I love when it comes to rehousing obt it mental and the aggressive behaviour u get it out of this world. I would say the minex is so mental to

[@Exthias1983]

Dude...for real...I have a $500+ order from microwilderness that should be here tuesday! Totally worth it, and Nate has been super helpful. 100% recommend!

[@gigistarantulas4800]

"I'm the powerful one" lol how we all feel when we do something like this to our T's lol I died when you said that

[@charlottem.1477]

Your videos make me so happy.. Even hearing your hubby in the background. We also swear the same, 😜 Thanks again.

[@klaw2749]

When an experienced Tarantula keeper rehouses a species like a person with arachnophobia, you know that species is problematic. Yet, they are still kept because "Oooo, orange!" I'm just glad people keep them because they make rehousing videos so much more exciting!

[@FeralSheWolf]

"Tell her scary stories" in the background is wildly underrated arachnid husbandry advice

[@jeffreygolish3827]

I got an M balfouri from Micro Wilderness. I unboxed it without incident. However, a couple nights later, I turned on my light and it began running around the top of its enclosure at warp speed. So yep, those Old Worlds can be plenty fast.

[@miraschmidt8368]

I wouldn’t be able to stand that. I’d freak. You Handle stuff so well! Good job Kat!

[@helenajohansson9692]

im getting my first obts next week,i watch videos that will be helpful.Thank you for sharing :)

[@thewrightmannert.5142]

Ah Kat, this was great. Don’t feel bad, I made some of the same mistakes when I rehoused my first one. I’ve learned firstly what you did, don’t put their enclosure into the new one. Lmao. Just get them in a cup and transfer. Then, to give them a semi arboreal setup on top of the piles of dirt. They run and stop under cover and tend to calm down faster. Also, webbing turns into amazing designs too as a bonus. ;) keep up the good work.

[@thelittleheathenfromSweden]

I rehoused my bigger OBT yesterday (around 2cm) and holly hell was she a bolty little bugger and almost ran straight from the dubbel boxes into my apartment, but luckily we both eventually settled on her new enclosure being the better option xD hahaha My Ceratogyrus darlingi was much easier to move, she just bit my straw once to see if it was edible but then followed its directional pushes quite nicely :D Much love and respect from a little heathen in Sweden!

[@willowlambert4238]

𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍?

[@thelittleheathenfromSweden]

@@willowlambert4238 Sadly not, or atleast not at the moment😅 I'm planning on trying my hand out at shooting and editing this year (hopefully) but that will most likely be based around trying to do videos for my music. But if I have the time over after I get a grip on the basics I might upload something with my animals since I have bunch of them and I always do feedings every week anyways🙂

[@cynthiaroseberry3511]

One of my favorite types of tarantulas, love me some OBTs. Spicy yet beautiful

[@TuberoseKisser]

Idk if you'll see this but I have a tip, I have a juvenile a. seemanni and she is unhinged, What I do is I get one of those flatter deli cups/bowls and put it on one side of the hide/burrow and use a really skinny paintbrush to maneuver it under the deli cup, then I Use the delicup lid and slide it under the cup and tarantula, After wars I put the delicup inside the enclosure, close the lid then use the airholes to let me use the paintbrush and open the deli cup, Idk if the holes on your enclosures are big enough for a really skinny paintbrush but I'm sure something can fit through them. tldr: 1. Place a deli cup(flat one) at one end of the burrow/hide 2. Use a paintbrush to push the tarantula towards the delicup. 3. Slide the delicup lid under the tarantula and make sure the delicup doesn't snap close. 4. place the deli cup in the new enclosure. 5. Close the enclosure and use a thin paintbrush or stick to open the delicup through the holes. 6. push the tarantula into it's new hide so you can remove the delicup.

[@jonesmac2006]

Its like I am not into tarantulas, but fascinated, and now glued to this channel. Awesome content and I can't believe I'm saying this, but awesome beasties too.

[@stephaniegates6596]

You did AWESOME! SO proud of you, I want one so bad but so scared too 😆

[@doomkitty9517]

I laughed so hard when she went back in her old enclosure 😂 I’d be in tears by now if I were you 😂

[@christianroman144]

Hahaha I did have to laugh with the obt video. Just got my sling obt I am a beginner, here we go so excited to see the process. Thanks for all the info.

[@crazyTlady]

Yas kat yass ur the best i love your videos i excited everytime i get notified what i wait for all week and days.

[@dboykinchen88]

I love this video! As much as I always talk about how much I love other T's, the OBT is honestly my favorite. I own more of them than any other T. The Tom Moran cupping is it best bet. I've rehoused so many of OBTs, more than any other species. I have crazy stories of trying to do EXACTLY what u just did. At least u learned and was like "don't do this like this". I've tried a handful of times, all with fails 😆. Cupping is so fast and so easy. U HAVE to put holes all in the cup though. OBTs will do what urs did at the end and eventually hunker down once in the cup. Without a ton of holes you'll be in the same position u were in in the video. Anyways, love the video. Ur amazing ♥️

[@amandamincheff5598]

lol cracking up at the nesting doll situation with the containers

[@fangsnscalesdownunder3941]

You know whats fun Kat? Being Australian and your first adult tarantula is an old world and of course I just had to get a selenothous kotzman. Look them up lol they have a bit of an attitude problem and as I quickly discovered can climb upside down on the lid and try to bite you through the air vent. She has kind of calmed down now a bit lol. Rehousing her was fun. I am just happy our T's don't kick hair.

[@babyshea89]

Omg yes Exotics Lair just had a CRAZY time rehousing his OBT LOL!!😂🕷🤦🏼‍♀️ it was crazy and by the looks of it you also had a crazy time lol 😂 Anyways I love you so much!!! 🖤🕸 I'm always so excited when you upload!! You are one of my favourite KZbinrs ❤🖤❤🖤

[@ameliashania]

I got my OBT after 2 months into Tarantula keeping. Before that I've done research and watch many vids about OBT. The first time I rehouse my OBT, it fled to my hand, quickly ran down the table and ended up underneath my bed 😅 it was basically a war. Thankfully I didn't get bitten. I housed her in a big enclosure now so I won't have to rehouse her ever again 😁

[@ameliashania]

It was a 30minutes battle. Phew..

[@mrobinson8686]

Good idea on big enclosure lol

[@chloewright1]

That OBT rehousing was hilarious! 😂🕷️❤️

[@AlternativeInverts]

Great video Kat! Nice smooth rehouses. I was laughing at the obt one 🤣 she is a little stunner 🤘🤘

[@SuperLoops]

lol that was funny :D when Im rehousing pterinochiluses or harpactiras etc basically all baboony spiders I always use a cup I wouldnt ever try to get one to walk between enclosures its too easy for them to run and not stop and they could end up anywhere. but for some reason tarantulas really like being in plastic cups so when you encourage one to walk into a cup it will almost always just sit there calmly while you move it. its usually way more difficult to get them outve the cup than in but you can just leave the cup in the new enclosure and get it later

[@rendercrap]

Nice STL beanie! I'm from STL ❣️ moved to California, just picked up some more T's from Micro Wilderness in person at a show! Good stuff.

[@fullonsociopath]

Take a plastic fork or spoon, and use heavy duty clear tape to attach it to a deep catch cup. Mine is a 1 liter water bottle from casey's, with the end cut off. Gives you the ability to move it without having to worry as much if the T ends up on the cup rather than in. Nice job though. You did the most important things: Kept her contained, kept her safe, got her in her new home. It's a definite win.

[@Muddragon104]

That rehouse was awesome never seen one go that smoothly.

[@beckyh8041]

I’m attempting to get over my arachnophobia and your videos are helping so much! I’ve been researching on getting a jumping spider and soon a nice beginner T, def not an obt 😬 and I see that they’re not necessarily what’s portrayed in media. I’ve seen a few stories like yours that have once feared them, but now love them 😌

[@marlonlingao4672]

Youre my favorite tarantula vlogger. Hope to meet you soon! Your number fan here from the philippines! 😘

[@scorpionaddiction2801]

I lured mine out and used a tall delicup to trap her once she climbed up. You had kind of the right idea

[@lorimilks870]

My obt is set up more arboreal. Never had an issue rehousing her. She's pretty calm.

[@nikkizetlian4421]

Exoctics Lair rehoused his OBT. It was hilarious.😂🤣

[@stacyrubel2632]

When I did my first rehouse of my juvenile OBT, it did not go well lol. She went on an adventure and she at one point ended up near my hand...like almost on it. It was freaking scary LOL. I my second rehouse was perfect, because he had put himself in a perfect little webbed sac under the ground, was able to just pick that up and put it in the new enclosure lol. Unfortunately, he turned out to be male, so I didn't have to rehouse after that. He lasted about 1 1/2 years after maturity. Just died about 2 weeks ago and I put him in resin. Loved that scary bugger.

[@missycitty9478]

Re housing!! My favorite !!❤❤🕸🕷

[@barbhelle5481]

You did great Kat. Thank you for your video.

[@heleninglis9961]

"Dork Den" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@meganstockman7737]

Yh I saw that to 😂 😂 😂 😂 xxxx

[@paul39a]

my first OBT rehouse had me chasing it round my lounge...am super careful now, love your vids

[@pallasade1807]

Haha this would be a good time for one of those "simply orange" oj container catch cups where they go right up into it and then you can screw the lid off the other side and let her out.

[@lucnadeau2821]

You got real lucky that it didn't show any defensive behaviour. The speed is one reason that I'm staying clear from OWs. Venom potency is the other. I just rehoused my 6" B. boehmei the other day. No threats, but plenty of hair flicking. It's enough for me. Hopefully, your OBT settles in quickly and feeding/maintenance can be relatively stress-free. Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)

[@Issharko]

It's kinda funny to see everyone having trouble with their OBTs meanwhile i pretty much won the OBT lottery and got the most docile OBT there probably is. She is easier to rehouse than most of my new worlds. Literally just sits there when i coax her into a catch cup and calmly walks out of said cup like nothing ever happened, never has done any bolting and only once threat posed me which was my fault for trying to feed her when she had cornered herself. She is such a sweetheart

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I really enjoyed that Kat , I do love my OBTs cool video👍👍👍👍👍❤️

[@rissamarie1280]

I literally lost my obt rehousing it the other day. The. Exact. Same. Way. My OBT from micro wilderness 😹😹🥰🥰 I did find it a few mins later but dang did it bolt! 😹

[@justjess3451]

Kat your hilariously funny! Thank you for this ! X

[@Chamanmonet]

The cute and extremely fast orange bitey thing

[@aunttpathfinder5049]

Thank you and happy holidays 💖💖💖

[@TheKris2384]

11:17 the most adorable nugget pose

[@aturpin86]

**My Tarantula senses are tingling “Kat must have posted new video” ** Drops everything

[@14xx07]

It went so smoothly!

[@KnightAnole14]

As always, enjoyed the video Kat!

[@karenjohnson3613]

I have always had arachnophobia. I am working on getting that under control. This video just gave me SO much anxiety! But, guess what, I lived through it and watched the whole thing! :) I found you because I've recently become very interested in jumping spiders. Thinking they would be the cure for me :)

[@piaschaelicke3543]

You handled that OBT pretty well. I am impressed. I could never tho :D

[@kenjayveerelativo4400]

Greeting from Philippines again mam. Its already 1:38 in the morning here. Midnight watch i love you're video mam♥️ keepsafe always and happy keeping and godbless ♥️

[@BluePupNC]

I have two OBT's to re-home soon... This is helpful.

[@cakemike]

Yayyyyyy for Kat and Mr. Kat!!!!

[@Gothicgirl1122x]

That was awesome the las spider great funny had me lol with you beautiful spiders well done

[@jennym.2268]

Mam she was fast! I think you did great!

[@rachellehenson5568]

So funny that you and Exotics Lair had OBT rehousing vids out on same day. Lol This exact reason why I put my OBT in her permanent enclosure when she was 2”. I’m also so glad I did the same thing with my C. Marshalli. She is evil!! She runs at you stridulating jus for trying to open lid. It’s bad. Worse than my OBT!! My Darlingi is pretty chill. Anyways, great rehousings. I’ve been wanting a G. Ihrengi and G. Actaeon. Your OBT is beautiful. Is she a RCF??

[@Manchesterceltic]

You so gotta love obts mine is mental as hell when I rehoused it. It tryed to bite me they are so aggressive ts love the vid the minex is so a aggressive t if u love obts u will love them to lol nice rehousing video I would do rehousing videos but I'm crap in front of a camera I tryed believe u me

[@chinosts]

Another great video Kat..thanks for always being awesome.

[@lonnieashby4767]

T. Kat:. I love your vids. You are definitely my favorite T keeper.keep up the good work.much love!!!♥️♥️♥️

[@robertscaffe9328]

That was the best I've ever seen one of those behave .They can change quick though lol

[@lindseynichole2084]

OBT are semi arboreal..all of mine webbed and stayed in an vertical enclosure at the top. I'd really give it something upright to climb

[@tarantulakat]

I recently did a podcast about that rumor: open.spotify.com/episode/7j2l3Img6jTCVvpKnOW4OQ?si=_f28f93UQlCx6GK5HV7BGQ

[@nicholagraan7192]

OBT Orange Bitey Thing Oh Beautiful Tarantula 😁

[@TheROSEMARIE890]

I am terrified of all spiders but I love watching your vidoes

[@AtomicNinja77]

Just rehouse my OBT about 30min ago. fun fun lol

[@nikkic0509]

Oh goody... I love when you rehouse. She’s so beautiful. You did a great job.

[@Xiporah]

I have my OBT sling in a larger enclosure that I originally bought for an adult jumping spider for this reason as well.

[@zomb1622]

That is a beautiful T though, I'm prolly gonna end up with a couple of those lol. I think my craziest is one of my hapalopus slings

[@juliecarroll1536]

I have a darlingi to rehouse today. Watched this for ideas.

[@plop199]

Great content and once again spiders rule!

[@belove751]

Love u kat! I’m first! Haha Great job rehousing the OBT! I love how you decorate your enclosures

[@tonyburroughs413]

Great video and STL sock hat.

[@jgscatsandthings5208]

The joys of bolty t's. Well at least you managed to do it. I'm sure I'd been saying a fair few swear words too...🤣😂 Anyway nice seeing you on the live on Saturday...

[@Myriamele]

Oh my gosh, she totally looked like she was coming for you the whole time!!!! (runs around in circles squealing) asfdfeareafaferewarwf!!!! Good job!!!

[@werner1]

I had my GBB act like a OBT today I had to rehouse it due to mold, i removed the first patch but the mold is out of control it had nice webbing and a web-hammock it spent most of it's time in all destroyed and I feel bad but i had to. I wanted to walk it out into my hand but luckily I listen, a extra soft paintbrush perhaps received some venom. (P.S. I do know the GBB is not recommend for handling but they are all normally all relaxed I rehoused my M.balfouri communal that rehouse was stress free they were all slow and relaxed.

[@coldcountess]

Happy Thanksgiving Kat & family !!

[@tarantulakat]

happy thanksgiving !

[@burtw1356]

That was exciting!! 😋

[@davidknep]

Love making labels for my Ts. Makes me feel professional.

[@lisalewis1977]

Wish I could afford one of them printer thingys

[@Fabled407]

@@lisalewis1977 A little late but the one she used in the video is like $18 at walmart

[@lisalewis1977]

@@Fabled407 thank you but I am in the uk and they are £30+

[@notaxandria_7824]

Girl, you're a badass, I did the same thing..I got scared and just let her keep her old enclosure as well lmao!! Only difference is mine still has hers hahah

[@vedastevenson4190]

I'm very Afraid of spiders but I enjoy watchin ur videos!

[@tommiebenjamin]

Wow i just rehoused my second largest OBT 2 days ago alone. It went super smooth though.

[@damianhaineault411]

God Bless, another channels OBT (exotics lair, love him) has threat posture galore, woo

[@ChantalsCritters]

You got the job done. Great video.

[@kaimoure2438]

i saw a good nsite to find a tarantula for myself as well and let me just say the spiders they sell there are beautiful... one that caught my eye is Chilobrachys sp electric blue i dont know much about it yet but if i do find anything bout it i might consider getting it...

[@roxystarlite4106]

I'm glad I'm not the only one overly cautious and super stressed during rehousing these guys lol