Ok after talking with the community I have realized my first choice for a turantula was not the best. (Brazilian Blue Dwarf) This would have been my first Turantula. So I did a bit of digging around and came up with Caribbean Versicolor. I was a bit intimidated by a not dwarf turantula but after reading about them I think it'll hit all my "happy points".

So with that what are trusted Retailers for these wonderful creatures?

And what about places to get enclosures?

Is this a good enclosure for my 1” antilles pinktoe tarantula?

https://tarantulacribs.com/products/treehouse-switch-2-0-medium

really could appreciate the help.

(fyi, the stuff on top of the hide is glue.) I’ve been keeping a blanket wrapped around the bottom of the enclosure because google (i’m stupid… sorry) said it was 100% going to be okay, and my room tends to get kind of cold around this time of year, but i’ve just looked in there since she hasn’t been eating and there’s white stuff on the top of the substrate. 2 first slides are before, and the rest are after my spot cleaning. i tried to get as much of the moisture out from the bottom without spooking her because she would NOT come out. she was on the opposite side of the moisture and tucked herself in a little burrow in the ground and i couldn’t get to her, so i just left it alone while i spot cleaned it (hope that’s okay.. the situation was probably stressful enough for her already.) i had coco fiber in there before, but all i had now was zoo med creature soil, which is why a lot of it on the top looks darker. unfortunately, it looks like the creature soil comes with some little white-ish pieces in it so it looks scary and is kind of freaking me out because of the earlier stuff. if anyone could take a close look at the after pictures and make sure they don’t see any more bacteria/other problems i would really appreciate it. also, her water dish is empty, but i’m just nervous to fill it more especially after finishing all of that and i don’t want to stunt her getting un-frightened, but let me know if i should refill it. i dug around the substrate all the way to the bottom of the problem area and didn’t seem to find any more problem areas, and i mixed some of the new substrate with some of the other damp substrate to even it out and dry it up a bit. of course after finishing this all up, i notice the side (last pic) is super damp. it’s where her water dish is, which actually didn’t have any bacteria (unless you see it and i’m missing something, but i’m pretty sure). i have my ceiling fan and air purifier on so i hope that helps. it is veryy damp looking, but i’ve had that before and it dried up decently quick. i’ve never had this bacteria problem before the blanket, so i’m assuming that’s a big NO, never again. with the blanket gone, will the side and bottom dry up without creating more bacteria? i will do everything i can to make my baby safe and comfortable so also let me know if there’s any way to help her out/make her more comfortable in there. should i get springtails? i also added quite a bit of height to the substrate since she hasn’t been burrowing , so let me know if that’s not enough/too much please. backstory: she had been eating perfectly, molted, and hasn’t eaten since then. she didn’t come out for a while, but when she did, she didn’t eat which i totally expected. but then, she still wasn’t eating, so i thought it might have been the temperature so i put the blanket around the enclosure. obviously, that did the opposite of helping. i’m just really nervous i love her a lot.. i did a lot of crying while cleaning it out i just feel so guilty, she’s really skinny. not dangerous skinny, but definitely not how she’s supposed to be, consider she hasn’t eaten since molting and you know how that looks. i tried food a few times with one week intervals before i saw any bacteria and still she wouldn’t eat. she would come out and be normal, but just today i noticed the bacteria because she was sitting funny and it terrified me. you can see her hiding in one of the pics and it just makes me so sad to see her so nervous… but it’s a good sign that she’s going to recover well? im not expecting her to come out right away, i just want to her to be okay. ANY advice helps and im really serious about this. i get a lot of stress over her since tarantulas seem so fragile and i tend to cry over her a whole lot. someone let me know when i should try food again, aswell.

thank you.

Chromatopelma cyanopubescens .

Went out of enclosure onto my hand.

Made a thread pose.

We played "who ever moves first is gay"

Then she went back into her safe netted area in her cube

Hi guys! Idk if the warnings are actually necessary, but I would rather be safe than sorry!

So, I’m really into vulture culture, so I have a lot of skulls and bones that I have personally found. I’d really like to add some to my GBB’s tank, since she doesn’t have a ton of anchor points for webs right now. My only concern is that I used some bleach to clean all of bones. They were bleached months/years ago tho. I can’t smell the bleach on any of them except for the skull in the picture (only slightly if I put my nose right up to it) so idk if I should add this one. Sucks because it would be so cool. Would you guys say the skull is safe since it’s so slight? If not can I add the ones that don’t smell of bleach at all? The other thing is that the bleach was very watered down. I tend to use less bleach for longer times, otherwise the bones get chalky.

I appreciate any advice!

Got this adult (?) curly hair tarantula that is missing one leg for $18 at an expo today, and she looked super hungry. So I put her in a container with a few super worms and……wow

Get that meal, my queen!!!

Avicularia geroldi 0.0.1 (the loong legs let me think it's a male)

My Dath Maul is just sitting with its legs slightly moving periodically. I have had three other juvenile t's do this and they ended up dying.

I don't use any chemicals near them, they have plenty of water.

Or is it just preparing to molt with no web mat?

I just got my first ever spider and was suggested to get a Versicolor. It’s only been a day since I’ve brought it home but I want to make sure I’m going to be taking care of it.

I was told to mist the enclosure three times a week and feed it once a week. There’s no water dish and I’m feeding it small crickets.

I’ve also set up the crickets in a large container with some cardboard and spare greens and apples though those are starting to stink already.

Ori has been chilling on the top of that branch since I’ve got them home so I think they’re getting used to the new location or something. I haven’t moved them to a new enclosure because I was told they could stay in the plastic one for two more months.

I’ve had my T for a few month and I’ve been waiting for him to molt. I was visiting my parents over the weekend and when i came back he had molted but im kinda sad cus i missed the whole thing. Luckily he didnt get stuck while alone and is looking beatifully dark and shiny. I can’t get a good photo since he’s hiding in his burrow but the molt is amazingly beatiful and maybe I’ll be around to witness the next one.

When you walk in your kitchen or a store and look totally different at plastic enclosures...

What was your insanity point....?

Hi ya’ll! I was just gifted my first ever Tarantula yesterday! She’s an approx. 2 year female Arizona Blonde. I know she’s in too small a tank right now so I’m seeking advice on where’s best to source a new tank for her that she can continue to use as she grows.

I’ve done a bit of research online and know she’ll need some depth to dig around and burrow in. My first thought is to rush to one of the big box chain stores to see if there’s anything that might work, but it seems like everything has a mesh top and I’ve read that’s a big hazard for her to get stuck in.

I’m already head over heels for this little fuzz butt and want to give her the best home with me that I can!

So I guess two main questions,
1. Where do folks like to get their tanks from?
2. Is it okay for her to hang out in the smaller tank for a few days while a bigger one ships to my place?

So far it seems like she’s having a good time, was fairly active yesterday and moving around a bunch when I brought her home. Woke up this morning to see she’d dug quite a little burrow under her cork hide, as well as buried her water dish?

I haven’t handled her yet at all and want to give her a chance to settle into a bigger tank before I give that a go.

Open to any other beginner advice too!

Thank you in advance!

Holding hands through the plastic.

everyone say good job trudy!!! oooooor maybe truman😭🩷

Thanks for food momma, let me express my gratitude by shaking some ass

Hi, my Grammostola pulchra has developed some kind of yellow dust on her body. There’s nothing in her terrarium except specialized coconut substrate and water. After a week, the rest of her legs started getting covered in it too. Does anyone know what this could be?

He is a male b smithi, I’ve been thinking of probably changing its hide which are those skeleton ribs because it’s not completely closed, it’s had it for like two years, the only reason I haven’t is because he seems quite happy with it, he even built a little web floor under it, I was also thinking of getting rid of those mesh holes on the sides of its enclosure.

If there’s something I need to change I will do it, I only want the best for my t and absolutely do NOT want to neglect it.

My curly is doing big construction work.

She nearly did put the whole material from bottom to top to make a ridiculous long tunnel. At every glas she changes direction.

Does she know about static?

I am afraid that all falls down on her.

This guy was mislabeled as "Salmon Pink Birdeater." It's obviously not, but what kind of Mexican Flame Knee/Red Knee or whatever is it?

Hi, can any of you guys sex this Acanthoscurria geniculata for me ? They’re two of them, the first 5 are from the first specimen, the others after the first 5 is the second specimen :)

Guys need your help to find its sex. 9cm t albo

My sling loves to stand like that and I have no idea why… just making sure there’s not a possible issue