Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Typhochlaena seladonia (Brazilian jeweled tarantula)

The little Typhochlaena seladonia (Brazilian Jeweled) spiderlings recently molted so I took the opportunity to rehouse the little ones. 



T. seladonia enjoying a "pinhead" B. lateralis in an arboreal spiderling enclosure kit.

Depending on the viewing angle and lighting the colors can look different. 


I feel the photos do not do them justice!



Friday, June 8, 2018

Sneak peak of the new 7x7x11 Jamie's Tarantulas cage

Here is a sneak peak of the new 7x7x11 Jamie's Tarantulas cage we hope to release later this month. The prototype is pictured left next to the original 8x8x14 Adult Tarantula cage. 


This 7x7x11 Tarantula cage is somewhere in-between the Juvenile 4x4x5, 4x4x7 and current 8x8x14 Adult cage.  It's perfect for medium to large juveniles and smaller adult Tarantulas. 


 This is just a prototype. For the retail version the ventilation holes will be rearranged so they are functionally correct for the enclosures adjusted size. 


Depending on the current cost of acrylic the 7x7x11 cage should cost about $75 retail for the cage only. The price will include shipping within the USA.


Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Communal Terrestrial Juvenile Enclosure - Poecilotheria sp. "Lowland"

Recently we have had requests for information on keeping tarantulas communally. Now that Jon is doing the majority of the emails I will hopefully have more time to more photos, articles, videos and blog posts to fulfill the requests. Thank you everyone for your patience and support!

 Communal Terrestrial Juvenile Enclosure - Poecilotheria sp. "Lowland"   


The Poecilotheria sp. Lowland have been popular and I was only able to get a limited number of slings. Before they were all spoken for I saved a lucky group of 13 from the original communal enclosure of about 36 to set up a communal for my personal collection.

We rehoused that bakers dozen of our Poecilotheria sp. "Lowland" spiderlings into a Terrestrial Juvenile enclosure kit. Today they are enjoying their first meal in their new home!



It is fun to watch the Poecilotheria sp. Lowland take prey. They will touch the prey before attacking it to make they're not accidentally going after a sibling.



Although they were just rehoused into a new enclosure these Poecilotheria have been living together peacefully for about six months now.



Some basic communal tips:

-Not all tarantulas species can live communally. In fact most can not (you'll just end up with one, big fat tarantula) I am currently keeping communal enclosures of M. balfouri, N. incei & Poeilotheria Lowland.

-If possible start your communal with tarantulas already familiar with each other/living in commune. 

-Bigger isn't necessarily better when doing a communal enclosure. You want the tarantulas to share a common borrow/tube web structure rather than try to steak out their own territory.  

-Make sure they are fed and watered (light mist) often but not so much there are feeders constantly running around the enclosure (This will only make them stressed!) We feed our Poecilotheria sp. Lowland communal about once every five days only as much as the slings can catch in a few minutes.   Not all tarantulas in the commune will want to eat every meal.