First Spider

I got my first spider this week. Well two actually. Chile Rose spiderlings.

ohh very nice, well done and welcome to the addictive hobby of spid keeping :) I'm trying hard not to get more. Looking forward to seeing them if you get a chance to add some images.

Very good, welcome to the club!

If, God forbid, anything should happen to these, don't be discouraged, sometimes you're just statistically guaranteed to lose them.

A sling is the first thing that helped me get over my fear, she's getting bigger all the time and bolder too. There were already 30 odd other Ts in the house, which I would feed & water for my other half, but still terrified...

Get some pics up!

Cool!!! Chile Roses are the best!!
What Milca said is spot on, I lost my slings as well, don't know why....don't let it put you off :)

My other half knows that the spiders are here but as with the scorpions out of sight out of mind. However if one gets out - squish-. I let here see a picture of a whip scorpion but it came with a resounding no, too many legs, legs to long.

Same reason I won't get one, wayyyyyyy too scared lol but good luck with the slings
And she'll come to really like the chile roses...they get very beautiful as they grow!! Especially seeing 'em go from slings to adults!

Congrats! Another member to catch the spider bug. Its very addictive so watch out!

Here my set up. I have round plastic pots like the ones used for curry or gravey about 1/2 - 3/4 pint. The local pound shop does 10 for a pound. I have put vent holes in the lid. the substrate is vermiculite with some moss heaped up on the surface. There is quite a bit of moisture with some droplets on the sides to let the slings drink. One each pot.

Welcome to the spider club. :)

Best wishes with the sling.

ian

Bad news. One of the slings has died. The other is eating well.

Awww that sucks dude, like we said, it happens!! It's sad but it's true:/ Glad the other one is eating hope he goes strong for you:)

Shame about the sling passing but great to hear the other is doing well.

Hows the other sling doing for you, the one i got a while back died, it would never eat, it used to run away from the food

Sorry to hear about your sling Marty.

ah it's to be expected with slings, a lot of them don't seem to make it, i've heard a lot of others having trouble with them.

How's that other sling doing for you now Moonstone? We've had rotten luck over the years with some slings, but have had great success with others. More success with pokies than chiles lol.

Wouldn't be too keen on using the vermiculite as a substrate, especially not on its own. It's not hard to keep optimum humidity in those wee tubs using just coco brick, which is what we've had the most success with. I've seen vermiculite sticking to spiders and hardening on them but no problems with plain coco brick or pure peat moss.

I have moved it from the plastic pot to a mini pets type aquarium, one of the small ones. Using vermiculite as a substrate with moss on top. Lightly spraying every day. It is very fine vermiculite. I will keep an eye on it.

Thanks for the information.

Mark

Spiderling has just moulted. Looks really well.

wow how cool is he !!!

Aww look at him, he is looking very well. I bet you felt relieved to see him after the moult.