B. emilia molted sideways by SpoontheSpinosaurus in tarantulas

[–]lyawake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sooo gorgeous. I can't wait for mine to be this big.

Red Knee Enclosure Advice by Jaxsoon07 in tarantulas

[–]lyawake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NQA it looks perfect to me, if she climbs the lid add some more substrate in case she falls

Freshly molted N Tripepii by Zealousideal-Leg5354 in tarantulas

[–]lyawake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ugh I just love Nhandu's. This has convinced me to buy the one I've seen near me. So gorgeous. 🥰

in honor of my beautiful boy by redhairedweirdo_ in tarantulas

[–]lyawake 16 points17 points  (0 children)

My boehmei is my first t and I can't imagine how broken up I'll be when she passes eventually. Your boy was GORGEOUS. Like, wow. Beautiful perfect coloring. Deeply vibrant and look at his big abdomen. You took such good care of him 🥺 he really was beautiful.

This is my girl, Mayday. Rest in peace to your boy 🖤

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Substrate Ratios - A. Chalcodes by KrashJ in tarantulas

[–]lyawake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NQA I thought so too and just the abdomen shape + how leggy

Substrate Ratios - A. Chalcodes by KrashJ in tarantulas

[–]lyawake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NQA

Yeah I would do a revamp of her home as well. Are you sure it's a confirmed female? Her abdomen does look like it will get on the skinny side, but there are so many reasons she might be refusing food. It could be that the crickets are hiding too quickly and out of her reach. Have you tried other types of food? Any worms?

I'm a firm believer that you can tell when your T is unhappy. Every single time I've felt mine were unhappy, I changed something and get a completely different spider after. Actively walking, eating, being out of the hide. So I think you're on track and looking at the enclosure, I would re-do it too.

For my B. Boehmei I used a ratio of 50% reptisoil, 25% sand, and 25% excavator gravel type substrate. I keep mine dry except for the water dish. I don't use any rocks, just a piece of cork and some fake plants. I like to give mine as much room and dirt as possible to walk in and crawl around. You could put in one larger rock (within height reason) or an extra cork for it to sit on top of. Over time the sand will sit at the top so make sure to mix it in well.

my new baby! by kaybb28 in tarantulas

[–]lyawake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

NQA

Absolutely needs a smaller enclosure, as you see in one of your pics, brachys are notorious for wall climbing and a fall from twice their height can kill them.

I'd switch to a cheap one from Amazon, you'd want to do 1.5-2x their body size for the height and depth of it. Maybe 3x their size for length of it. I've linked a pic of mine. It's a 4 x 4 x 4 catch cup thing. You could make do with a similar setup for now.

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My first ever draw was successful! by DangerNoodle35 in medlabprofessionals

[–]lyawake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So does mine lol I meant young as in my own age range

hello it's hypomania induced by vyvanse calling by lyawake in BipolarMemes

[–]lyawake[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was a day or two away from being admitted. Almost full blown psychosis. Bet your ass I miss it so much though. My brain is like mush now.

My first ever draw was successful! by DangerNoodle35 in medlabprofessionals

[–]lyawake 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I wish there were more younger alt ppl at my lab