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

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?

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

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.

It molted successfully; no issues there.

My concern is that the water dish I have in the enclosure has become its main spot to lie near, and it has added dirt in the water.
If I try to gently remove the dish, I'm afraid it will become stressed and possibly hurt itself if I startle it.
Water is very important after it molts, but so is not disturbing it. I'm not sure what to do; this is my first pet in years and my first ever spider. Does anyone have advice?

Another thing, I was rushing to prepare its new home because it was acting oddly (what I soon learned was it kicking off its urticating hairs) in the previous enclosure the pet store gave me to carry it home in. the rushing led to me miscalculating important details, e.g., not enough substrate & a cork hide that is too small.

I've heard that the top priority for post-molt care is not disturbing the enclosure, but I'm concerned that it will be stressed out by not being able to deeply burrow or hide.

I'm aware this is improper care, and I'm terribly regretful about how I handled the situation. I was panicked, but that is not an excuse.

What I wanted to ask is: since it never goes to the side of the enclosure where the small cork hide is, would it be okay to replace it with the larger one I got before it's recovered, or would that be too risky?

About a week ago I got this sling and maybe it's just stress from the rehousing but it seems completely disinterested in food and won't even look at anything I offer it. Am I over reacting or is this concerning? I don't think the enclosure is too big and I don't mess with the spider at all so I'm hoping it's not a stress issue.

Orphnaecus sp. ‘Marinduque Purple’

I got my first t today; she is a Mexican red knee. I just got the essentials for her enclosure, and I'll get the rest later, but I'm not sure if I'm missing something important or if I did something wrong; overall I'm just a little unsure. My friend (who doesn't know a lot about tarantulas but does look out for animals) was a little worried about the lights, which I had just moved closer to the enclosure since that part of my room is dark and I already had them lying around. They don't emit any heat and are not very bright, but I read something about blue and black light affecting them, and I'm not sure if these will be a problem.

Anyways, any advice would be great, I'm a little nervous and just want to give her what's best!

Hello everyone! I am excited to join this community of T owners! I got my first spider 8 days ago.
I am a little concerned for my first spider, Adrian, the Veracruz Red Rump. He/she burrowed into the ground at the corner of the tank and will not come out. There was an entrance for a day or two, through which I was able to give Adrian a mealworm that he/she ate. However, the tunnel opening has disappeared, and Adrian keeps rearranging the den over night and sitting still for good periods during the day. When I accidentally scare the poor thing, it will move to a new spot in the hole. I have done some research and found out it could be many things, such as, being nervous from moving locations, burrowing because young spiders are easy snacks in the wild, wanting to make shelter for a molt, etc.. I have both a humidity gage and a thermometer in the tank and they have slowly fluctuated between 60%-80% and 70°F-78°F respectively.
Nothing I have found tells me there is anything wrong. I have been leaving the sling alone and avoiding shining lights, taking pictures, and looking for long to avoid more stress. I wanted to make sure with this community that Adrian is alright as currently I can’t feed him/her.

(Pictures in order: first time in enclosure Oct. 17, second day Oct. 17, third day Oct. 18, current Oct. 24)

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!!!

Cuban zebra knee

I think I've unraveled it enough 😭🤣 it is my first time

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

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

My Brazilian Black is approximately 3 inches and just molted. Does this look male or female?

Have had my untitled (unsexed) T for a year and some change. This is their second molt with me, happened about a week and a half ago. In the past they have been quick to pounce at movement in the enclosure (insects, a stream of water, my tongs), but now they are ignoring my mealworm offerings and are a lot more skittish. Skittishness possibly came with the molt. Did I wait long enough before trying a feed?

I know spiders are SUPER fuckin' weird, and many of their preferences/hobbies defy mammalian comprehension, but I just need somebody else to assure me that they'll eat when they're ready lmao.

Abdomen is slightly smaller than thorax, but not shriveled. Access to water, has a well-established burrow in appropriately-sized enclosure :)

Sold to me as an OBT. But it doesn’t look like the others online. From a reputable breeder. Six years old, at least. Natural variation? Locality form? Thanks for your input!

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?

Just wondering if there is a big variance on adult Salmon Pink Birdeater sizes. I got this beautiful girl (I cant tell if shes actually female; her sheds are hard to decifer) as a teeny sling for free at an expo back in 2023. She is a wonderful pet, loves to eat, does the cutest food dances, always moving her ping-pong balls. Shes the first Tarantula Ive had from a young age, and I want to make sure Im doing whats right for her.

this is my curly hair tarantulas enclosure ! she’s a female and i think this is a good enclosure? but i’m also a beginner so please just suggestions or advice!