Cleaned up Rosemary's tank so I got some pictures of them!
Rosemary, adult Tliltocatl albopilosus "Curly Hair" , purchased 2021
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one of my curly hair t's molted today and is a mature male now 😭 i raised him from the tiniest of slings (only 1/4"!!). he was actually one of the very first tarantulas i ever owned!! when i started keeping tarantulas i bought 3 slings and he was one of them ❤️
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baby girl coming out to say hello :3
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“Where did this other spider come from? Who IS he?”
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Is it normal for curly hair tarantulas (Tliltocatl albopilosus) to go into hiding and then never come out?
Back in December I upgraded my tarantula to a 5 gallon aquarium filled with substrate (far deeper substrate than she had in her previous enclosure). She promptly dug deeeeeep into the substrate beneath her hide, creating a massive berm that looks like a half-hearted attempt at a crawfish hole. She threw a few superficial strands web over that opening. She then dug out the back to create the narrowing opening for entrance and exit.
She has stayed in her little hobbit hole ever since. I drop crickets as the rear entrance and she doesn't refuse them, so I know she's still alive.
Is this normal behavior? I'm going to need to change out her substrate at some point soon and I'm not sure how I'll manage to do it safely and with as little stress to her as possible unless she comes out.
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my tarantula turned two years old today!! pic under the cut of the fluffy fella
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A freshly fed Goose from the other evening
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My mature male T.albo, Vax'ildan, died today :( He was one of the three tarantulas I got when I first started keeping them back in 2020. He matured out in November, and males can live anywhere from a few weeks to a full year once they mature, so he lived another 4 months which isn't too bad. I'll miss this floofy guy. I pinned him just now and plan to frame him once he dries out. ❤️
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