Jpet's Tarantula

onefish2fish

i like fish.


why, because if one gets out, it dries up on my carpet.

SolaceTiger

Lmao, so true. xD

Jpet

same thing happens to the two species of roach that I keep, they dont make it to long in the enviroment outside of the totes they live in.

Jpet

Well my cobalt blue tarantula had it's maturing molt. He isn't so blue anymore.

Amphitrite

How often do they generally molt, and does it take them long?

aunt kymmie

Will the blue color slowly return or do they lose this coloring as they reach maturity?? Also, thanks for not attaching any pics of any cucarachas!

Jpet

Depending on species and a whole host of other factors tarantulas generally molt every few months(spiderlings) to every year or more for older bigger tarantulas. Spiderlings molt fairly quickly, usually about an hour, but larger species can take 8 hours or more.

Jpet

He will stay brown and wont molt again. And he probably wont live another year. Once mature the only goal of a male tarantula is to mate. So I'm gonna send him out on a loan.

aunt kymmie

Hummmmm....that sounds like alot of the men I've known....

aunt kymmie

Jpet, you finally decided to toss the chair. What is that as your avatar? An albino roach??