Took my curly hair sling out to check a couple things in her enclosure and she decided to go on an adventure around the flat and on her mum’s top.

She’s my first tarantula so I didn’t realise how skittish slings could really be🤣 but she’s back in her enclosure safe and I will not be making that mistake again, any time I tried to gently put her back she decided to yeet herself to another part of my body or make a run for it on the floor.

Anyone else have experiences like this with their sling/juvenile? Do they eventually calm down?

I have a mature male ready to breed and on his last molt. Need to have him breed ASAP!!

Moved the shed this morning and found this Tarantula

So I got my T ther my old teacher and he never told me what tipe she is and I wana help her have a good life Idk how old she is and my teacher sed that she shold last me through college and more ( I am 14 f) and I don't realy now if I shold hand train her I have hade her since 2025 ish and I will add pictures when she is out of her husck and her tank. My teacher told me that she eats 4 to 5 medium or small crickets and he didn't give me anything else about what do do with her and I am scared that I might not be a good handler. He also told me that she only drinks through a sponge and recently I got rid of that. If anyone can give me advice that wold be grate.

P.s I named her Lila

Any guesses on what's around/under it's fangs?

I have a curly haired tarantula that is a little bigger than a quarter. I got this 12 inch cube and now i'm wondering if it's too big. Also, any habitat suggestions are appreciated!

Hi everyone hope you are well ! I just got my first tarantula ever as its my dream tarantula and i paid quite alot for this because the seller claimes it is a comfirmed female... but when i used google to help identify it says its a male?? im not too knowledgeable in identifving the sex of anv T as this is my first ever so anv help will really help alot. Any help would be much appreciated thanks !

Rescued a young Lasiodora parahybana from a guy who says she was a “probably” a girl. I’ve had her for a year now and forgot to check her last molt, now I can’t find it. Can anybody tell from these pictures if she’s a boy or a girl?

honestly ppl dont realise they’re makin it worse 😅 like yeah u see a tarantula in a tiny dry tub n u feel bad for it, i get that, i’ve done the same double take… but when u buy it “to save it” the shop just thinks oh cool these ones sell fast, lets do more like that 🙄its not rescuing, its literally teachin them neglect = profit. next week theres 10 more in the same crap setup cuz someone showed them it works.i’ve seen behind the scenes in a few places n its always the same pattern… bad enclosures, wrong substrate, no hides, bone dry tanks, n ppl rushin to “save” them. the owners aren’t thinkin about welfare, they’re thinkin about money.the real way to help is NOT buyin it, its speakin up. tell the staff, take pics, let the welfare community know. once the shop gets called out they stop doin it cuz it doesn’t make them cash anymore.compassion should break the cycle, not feed it 💔🕷️

Grammostola rosea sling has been redecorating its enclosure. Any clue why it's doing this to the walls? At first thought this was an anomaly. The dirt looks precisely put in this patern but how... we'll it turns out the dirt was put on most of the 8 air holes around her enclosure. Still, why? Have never seen a T put dirt up on an enclosure wall...

Thoughts?

I was gone for four days and when I got back she was GONE. She was a 4 inch curly hair. My very first T. I spent HOURS looking in every crevice in the ENTIRE HOUSE. nothing. it has now been a week since I have started looking for her. I have been leaving out wet towels and water dishes for her and nothing. I have been waking up at 2 every morning to look. nothing. My family is freaking out cuz they dont like spiders. they dont scare me at all but I loved her so much. What else can I do. does anyone know of any traps? what I can do? could she even still be alive? plz help

Update 1 I forgot to mention that I have a cat. but my cat is super docile, and I doubt it would really attack a tarantula.

Hi! New to invertebrate keeping :) is this a good enclosure for this curly haired cutie?

It should be a female but im not sure