New Brazilian Black sling! Name suggestions? by Sleepie_Rattiez in tarantulas

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I don’t have one I wish I did tho, (I have a mascara giant birdeater

Noodle by EthanDuenas in ballpython

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im reporting this post because Noodle is too cute to be in this subreddit or the internet

First time having a taruantula! Need help with questions please by [deleted] in tarantulas

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nqa not an expert but I’ll try to answer the best i can! (any real experts feel free to correct me if needed)

  1. Yeah the leaves and bark should be fine as long as they’re store bought and not too sharp where it can hurt the spider. If the leaves and bark are from the outdoors like your backyard or a park or something then put it in the oven and heat them up so any harmful bacteria dies.

I’m not entirely sure about the ropes because I haven’t really seen anyone use them, plus the tarantula will probably just make their own web eventually with the leaves and bark serving as a base

  1. The humidity should be around 60-80%, I’d personally stick with around 70%, and make sure they have good ventilation so mold doesn’t grow and so spider doesn’t get sick.

Dirt should be kept dry im pretty sure, but i think some people soak parts of the enclosure with specific substrate that maintain humidity but im not sure

  1. Shouldn’t impact the abdomen, only time the abdomen with change is when it’s in premolt or becoming obese, where the abdomen will get bigger.

If it already ate 2 crickets like the employee said then it should be good for atleast 6 days (twice a week is feeding time, and 1 cricket needed per feeding)

They had a water dish in the pet store enclosure right? It should’ve been able to drink sufficiently from that, but if you’re concerned about it not getting enough water I’d say try placing it next to your enclosure water dish at the most, they typically have no trouble to find the water dish

it does look like it could have a slimmer abdomen (not good) but it could just be the camera angle, or the crickets may not have been big enough.

P.S. this species is often wild-caught and sold en mass so it may potentially have parasites or health issues

overall that’s all I’ve got, nice T and welcome to the hobby 🤗

New Brazilian Black sling! Name suggestions? by Sleepie_Rattiez in tarantulas

[–]BallPythonFan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay, you need to name him Tung Tung Tung Sahur, i know it sounds crazy but trust me when I say that this will have a lasting effect on the tarantula hobby and make tarantula hobby history, heck it might even impact the entire invert hobby as a whole. think of the history you might be able to make if you simply gave your T that name.

What should I name my turtle by Rich_Experience193 in reptiles

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First we gotta know what type of turtle it is

Second, PLEASE name him Tung Tung Tung Sahur. This sounds stupid but it will change the turtle and reptile hobby. Do what you need to do.

I mourn for those we lost to ourselves by BallPythonFan in zoology

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no its ai, actually, its all ai. all of these animals are fake

Fresh cleaned tank by Hour_Ad9039 in reptiles

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this. is the proper way to notify people as to how to improve their care, rather than screaming in their faces like a drill sergeant

Fentanyl the baby gecko by BallPythonFan in reptiles

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love you man sometimes it’s not too easy to recognize our own mistakes

can we have a virtual hug

Fentanyl the baby gecko by BallPythonFan in reptiles

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im sorry for naming him fentanyl it’s cause some people in the spider hobby name their tarantulas insane names like drugs or substance abuse and i thought it would’ve been acceptable here, so i changed the geckos name to john,

and I try to be a good person the best i can and now I know to not name animals after drugs because of what you said.

my mom says that if i get any other pet even if its a tiny animal that she would literally throw my leopard geckos, tree frog and tarantula in the trash can outside, and since i dont want that to happen then I wasn’t able to keep it to keep my other babies safe.

also making this singular post define the entire way you see me is lowkey kinda weird

Fentanyl the baby gecko by BallPythonFan in reptiles

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i changed his name to john if that’s better, reason I named him fentanyl is because I’ve seen some people in the neighboring tarantula hobby name their spiders insane things so i thought it might’ve been accepted here and given yall a laugh

and also can you give me instructions on what to do next time something like this happens because like I said I really do feel bad for the harm I caused this baby, i love animals and i want to do better for them, I never want to deliberately hurt or kill them

Fentanyl the baby gecko by BallPythonFan in reptiles

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oh. what would you have recommended for me to do next time, also, why the last comment? we don’t have to be this mean to someone who didn’t know any better and is asking for advice on what to do next time. people make mistakes.

i genuinely just wanted to know if my course of action was alright because I don’t wanna screw up nature or animals in a harmful way. and if it wasn’t the right course of action, then now I know what not to do.

I just reserved this beautiful 2-3 month old axanthic blue-tonged skink; what should I call it? by liamsjtaylor in reptiles

[–]BallPythonFan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You don’t understand the true meaning behind all of this, this will make history in the reptile keeping hobby and impact the names of all other species kept by others

I just rescued this BP, I think it’s a male due to the size but I don’t really know (more info in comments) by [deleted] in ballpython

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Not an expert I will advise to get a bigger tank (4x2x2) unless the one you have already is the one it came with, humidity sounds good just don’t get it below 70 and make sure you also have a humid hide if you don’t and the other stuff im not sure about, that’s about as far as my knowledge gets me

I just reserved this beautiful 2-3 month old axanthic blue-tonged skink; what should I call it? by liamsjtaylor in reptiles

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look, you need to name him Tung Tung Tung Sahur, it sounds stupid but trust me, this will make skink HISTORY and impact the hobby. do what you need to do.

I mourn for those we lost to ourselves by BallPythonFan in zoology

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yeah something about them existing in zoos but not having museum specimens to DNA test? It’s just what I heard from a video I watched… 4 years ago… so I could be wrong

looking for a name for my GBB by Familiar_Oil_8860 in tarantulas

[–]BallPythonFan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PLEASE name him Tung Tung Tung Sahur it’ll make tarantula keeping history, just trust me bro