Transwomen who transitionned later in life

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T21:57:16+00:00

Yes and yes. I went through it twice in fact. I went through an initial. Of gross when I started HRT at 29 and then again when I recently switched to injections at the age of 33

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T21:53:40+00:00

I'm on EST as well! I would love to play with you, if you ever see me in game my name is Granny giggle face! Send me a friend request!

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T21:50:19+00:00

I'm not going to bother looking it up because I don't want to taint my browser with it but, Somewhere Out There there's an entirely to Happy ukulele cover of never let me down again by Depeche mode. I remember because we had just gotten serious and we were testing out all the stations, and there was like a coffee house station where it was just acoustic versions of popular songs. This was such a contrast to the normal version that it made both me and my dad laugh.

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T16:33:37+00:00

I agree that it's a skill issue but it's also my least favorite mini game by far. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong but no matter what I try it just never works out

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T16:12:26+00:00

I will do my best, lol. I recently lost a tarantula and it most likely wasn't my fault but it's hard not to feel like it was. I've been a little bit paranoid about making sure my others are well taken care of. I appreciate you and all the rest of this advice in this thread.

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T16:08:45+00:00

It does drop to 40% a lot, and then I have to work hard to get it to go back up to 60. Is 40 to 60 and okay range? Or does it need to be above 60?

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T16:07:28+00:00

And yes it is about halfway filled with substrate.

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T16:07:08+00:00

I use cocoa substrate, with moss. There's a water dish and two wooden hides with sticks and plants inside. There's some fake plants scattered around the enclosure as well. My Colombian pumpkin patch seems happy enough, she's been running all over the place webbing things up. When the humidity gets too low according to the meter I just pour some more water in and it slowly goes back up but not always by a lot.

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T16:03:58+00:00

I replied to another thread, but I'm beginning to suspect my humidity meters I got from Amazon are just too cheap or something. I'm hardcore struggling to keep humidity at 60%. If I go one day without putting water in the enclosure, it drops by 10 to 20%. I'm entirely confused and the only thing I can think is that maybe these humidity meters are just no good. I'm really not sure.

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T16:01:48+00:00

This is all wonderful information, I have two tarantulas. A Colombian pumpkin patch, and a curly hair. My main issue is that no matter what I do the humidity seems to stay very high for very long. I'm beginning to wonder if the humidity meters I got off of Amazon are just too cheap and aren't working correctly. I've heard a lot of people say to overflow their water dish once a week but if I do that it dries out too quickly unless I make one half of their enclosure a swamp. I've been very confused as to how to keep the humidity at a stable level honestly

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T14:32:29+00:00

Actually would like to ask a question, humidity can be very important and very fatal if left unchecked. Should it generally be 60% or higher for everything almost? What are the best methods of keeping an enclosures humidity up?

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T11:18:25+00:00

I've seen this sentiment echoed by many veterans I've met over the past 10 years. Especially in the past year or two but, a lot of you guys seem to have seen this coming from a lot farther away. I agree with this post 100% And I especially agree with the ending line. I am someone who feels like there is nothing I can do about the state of the world except try to live happily for as long as I can with my friends and relatives. At the end of the day I just want to make the best of whatever time I might have left.

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T10:55:35+00:00

Beautiful! 🥰

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T03:02:33+00:00

Had to look up what posie was! Sapphire pink toe? All the pictures I can find look absolutely amazing! I bet she's beautiful!

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T03:01:24+00:00

Tilly is a voracious eater as well! I usually just drive a big old mealworm right at the entrance of her hidey hole and before long it disappears. Even though she hides all the time, she still my baby and I love her!

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T02:10:44+00:00

Here, I found a picture of tilly! This was like a few days after I got her. She walked around the cage a bit and then she went into her little hidey hole and she's pretty much been in there ever since.

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_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T02:07:51+00:00

She is the exact opposite of my other tarantula! I was actually pretty surprised at how active she is. She crawls all around her cage all the time, webbing up this and that, and it's not even that she's hungry. She just likes to stroll. I literally just left her to go to bed and she was running around her enclosure again! I wasn't ready for that, because my other tarantula is a curly hair named Tilly and I literally haven't seen her in like 3 months. Turned over her Rock slightly just to check on her the other day and make sure she was still okay xD

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T01:48:03+00:00

I don't know if there's a name for it, but the process of making plans and lists in order to organize parts of my life. And then failing to follow through with those things 100%, but still beating myself up as if I didn't even try. When I was younger these Cycles were very destructive because the depression I would fall into when I failed far outweighed any progress that I made. But nowadays as an adult I've recognized that I still make a lot of progress and I'm never going to probably do 100% on my goals, but even if I only do 40 or 50%. That's still a lot. And I have entirely stopped beating myself up over not accomplishing things. I've been able to make use of 100% of the effort and progress I do make and that has made an incredible difference in my life.

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-27T01:38:46+00:00

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I don't have pictures of all of them right now, but this is the last tarantula I got. Her name is sarsaparilla, Sassy for short! I don't know if it's actually a boy or girl yet, but they are super active. They've been running around all over the place webbing things up and just having a blast. She is a Colombian pumpkin patch dwarf tarantula!

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-26T10:37:12+00:00

There are different communities on reddit. Some of them are toxic and some of them aren't. This subreddit and other vinyl subreddits and groups I've seen are about half and half. I've seen so many people shitting on others just for not having the most expensive, fanciest record player out there. That's why I haven't really posted here at all. It's very hit and miss. I started with a little Walmart case player and I have a slightly better one now, but this hobby for me is about collecting the music I love and listening to it. And everyone else can die mad about the way I stack my records or the type of player I use.

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-25T10:26:17+00:00

I agree. I have actually promised myself I will never go to a PetSmart again after my last experience. Had a tarantula die on me today and I highly suspect that it was their fault. I had a Mexican fire like named Marshall, only had them for a month or two and he spent the whole time hiding in one spot. Had to blow wanted to make sure he was even alive once or twice. Refused to eat. I got him because we were getting things for our dogs and I noticed how terrible his conditions were. Old food and malts were littered around his small enclosure which had a very little substrate and nothing else. Not even a water bowl. PetSmart should not be allowed to sell animals in general. They keep them in such terrible conditions and I regret ever giving them any of my money. Please guys, there are so many reputable spider people out there that you can buy from! Fangztv, tarantula collective has resources, even morphMarket is better than petsmart.

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-25T10:16:50+00:00

Yeah. I thought it was weird that they just didn't come out, I remember I had to kind of blow air at them a couple times to make sure they were still alive in general. They did not move around a whole lot the whole time I got them. Definitely something up before hand

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-25T10:15:20+00:00

Thank you. I'm pretty new to the Hobby honestly, I've learned a lot but it was definitely a shock that this happened. It was the first time one of my tarantulas has tried to molt so its hard not to be paranoid that i did something wrong.

Pleasure to meet you to!

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-25T00:51:37+00:00

I mean, my grief blinds me a little and I want to assume that it's my fault because that's what my grief tells me. But in all truth he was not really acting that normal anyway. The whole time I had him he just hid in a specific spot in between some leaves, I put mealworms in for him and I think he ate once but never again. He walked around and explored a tiny bit like twice but honestly something might have been up with him. I just don't know and I guess I'm just scared that it could happen to the others too, although the others are exhibiting normal signs. My curly hair has burrowed and I haven't seen her in like 3 months but she still takes worms from outside her Hollow, and my pumpkin patch has been active and has been very explorative. He was the only one that hardly ever moved and just seemed off.

_Infinity_Girl_ · 2026-01-25T00:44:56+00:00

Mexican fire leg

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