OMG I kind of "rescued" a tarantula-- help!

[Serpentine99]

wow nice save, i know my mom would actually kick me out of the house if i got one but its definetly going on the list of: "Small animals that i can keep in a college dorm room if i get a cool roomate". And if any species likes to be in the dark i can put the on the list of: "Small animals that i can hide in a dorm room from a not cool roomate".

[drache]

Mikhaila's pink toe definitely prefers the dark
and she is beautiful - will take photo later

[mycolorfulheart]

awesome rescue! i don't know anything about keeping spiders but your tank looks really cool, i'm sure she's happy there.
I always wonder how people who don't like animals end up working in a pet store! crazy.

[Charlet_2007]

Rose hairs need that much humidity.. If you are comfortable with the normal house temp then your T. is comfortable also..

You don't have to mist as long as you have a dish of water in there for them to drink out of.. You need to put some river rock in the bottom of the water dish so that it don't get in there an drown.. You keep misting it'll cause mold to grow and thats BAD..

They take crickets (you have to get a jell called gut load cricket food it is a neon green color) and let the crickets eat that then feed the gut loaded crickets to the T... Sometimes but rarely they take a pinky.. I've tried mine to do that but they never have..

The substrate has to be about 3-4 inches deeps they love LOVE to burrow.. and it needs a hide.. I made one out of an old bowl I wasn't using anymore.. I'd use coca fiber.. It's really good on there little feeties.. and it easy to burrow in for them..

A 10g fish tank is all the room it needs the rest of it life..

If you could get pics of it's first 2 legs I can sex it for you.. if i can't tell by that then when it molts send me the molt and I'll sex it for you.. but right now as color goes I'm guessing female..

Yeah females live up to 20 years.. Males only 2-3 years.. Most rose hair or Grammastola rosea or G. Rosea as they are called are wild caught when they make it to the pet stores.. But with this one I hope she don't pop out a egg sack..

I think I covered it.. If I think of something else I'll post it on here..

[Tori]

Here is Bill's baby, he/she has grown a little since this photo but is still tiny. It is a Pink Toe.

[Charlet_2007]

wow i have 2 P. fastums (spelling?) a little smaller then that.. I love baby T's!!!

[garterman07]

roses do weird things sometimes...like mine when i first got her she didn't eat for like 2 months then suddenly ate like one cricket...we were like uhhh is this normal then i was reading up online and in some books and found out that they do weird things every now and again, oh and watch the hairs if u make her mad they will some times leave a hair in ur hand or arm and they itch really really badly

[Zephyr]

Hey Lori, rescuing must be in the air.
Sos I'm at Petsmart today picking out fish for my grandpa's tank, and I see this one little red and white goldfish sitting in one of the "feeder" bins. I contemplated getting him and throwing him in with my rosies, until I get my pond back up in the summer.
So I'm checking through the other fish, and I see this little kid go up to the tank and start TAPPING OBNOXIOUSLY LOUD on the glass for about 2 minutes as this little fish just keeps dashing back and forth. So I'm listening to him and his parents, and he decides he wants the fishy. So a few minutes later they come back with a little bowl about 1/2 gallon size. It was at this moment I sprang into action and made my purchase.

So, I named the little dude Wing in honor of his colors. *Which look just like those of the Detroit Red Wings. XD*
I think a 10 gallon til summer will be MUCH better than a stagnant goldfish bowl. :P

[GarterGirl]

Here is Bill's baby, he/she has grown a little since this photo but is still tiny. It is a Pink Toe.

That Pink Toe is so cute!
I have a pink toe, but it's not that small.
(I'll make drache show you a picture of her TODAY-somehow)

[Tori]

Bill loves that little thing, he has built 3 cages for it so far - all different sizes. Each one is set up for it to grow into. I bit excessive but what can I say?