Linda: _Get _*_over_*_ here!_ Hahaha!! 🤣 I actually really, _really_ enjoyed the time-lapse! Great footage of a huge T just doing her thing- I wish there was more footage available just like it. It was fun to watch her explore, dig and web, and groom herself. Bonita is stunningly beautiful! I can't wait to see her enclosure grown in like Linda's is; all the green plant life will make her stand out even more like the jewel she is!
@@Samson16436 Yes! Very cute! 😍 I love watching Ts simply exhibiting their natural behaviors- it's so satisfying to me to watch a well cared for, content animal comfortably existing in their own little world. 😌 All the little details are so fascinating, and often, like this video, quite cute! 😄
The time lapse is such a good idea, that was so interesting watching her inspect all of her new surroundings and then she decided to put down a web carpet at the entrance to her new home, I would like to see that with all rehousings 👍👍👍
I really like the background of Bonita's enclosure! It kinda looks like limestone, so I bet it would look really cool with some little ledges and maybe some kind of plant that would cascade down. As for the urticating hairs, I wonder if it would help to mist everything down before moving stuff?🤷♀️ Looking forward to the livestream!!
Hi petko! Simply paint it with darker ultra fine grade tile joint mortar. It will give you the look you want, also it will develope a nice natural patina over time. Use a thick mix, it will give you a more rugged and natural look.
I spent summers at my Aunts in a Louisiana trailer park. Big pond filled w red water as dirt is deep brick red. And tarantulas w hundreds of holes. The residents killed the spiders all the time so pets and kids wouldnt get bit. I grew up terrified of all spiders. Didnt care if they were poisonious or not. For me to watch you handle all those spiders has me freaked out but at least I can watch your videos.
Linda had me cracking up 🤣. maybe she likes a well balanced meal. salad with her protein....even though they can't swallow actual food haha in her mind she wants some salad 🤣🤣🤣
The first plant in Bonita’s enclosure is pothos. Pothos loves high humidity. Pothos comes in several color varieties and leaf sizes too. Pinch off stems to make it get thicker with more leaves and bushier. Linda’s enclosure has the Wandering Jew plant with the purplish color. Very easy to grow, loves humidity.
Don't know if you read the comments but when messing with anything inside of a tarantula enclosure that has urticaria hairs, give the whole thing a light mist with water and you won't have any floating in the air.
Acrylic paints are fine, that's what I use. I'm not sure about what you have available, but most spray paints can be used but you have to wait for them to fully dry because the aerosol in it is toxic but once dried they're fine. But I would go with acrylic paints. Safest option.
Dude the enclosure looks sooo cool I actually love the plain color it’s very simplistic and the way u dressed it up with big leaf and dead plant thing was amazing and Bonita loved it too for sure I thought the time lapse of her checking to all out was amazing too she went up around the background and near the big leaf and definitely appreciated the work
I use a product called Dry Lock, that waterproofs cement. You can add cement pigment to it, to give it color. If you mix some quickset cement, and some pigment, you can spray it on with a spray bottle too.
Extra cool video to watch as I've just recently got my first T! Selenotholus Sp. Kotzman advanced sling, about 1cm body length. Only after a few days I've seen webbing around the burrow entrance, and seen it feed.. absolutely in love! Really looking forward to seeing it grow into an adorable monster like Bonita or Linda!
Yes. A lovely Australian fossorial. And the best thing with the Kotzman. They tend to stay on top of their substrate. My girl won’t go into the ground. At least when friends come over. They can always see her. Because you never see my other tarantulas 😂
Petko first of all loads of love 😅🙌 I also used the tile glue for my terrarium there are also special colorings for concrete this way you can make it red or black straightaway or try throwing sand over it while it's wet gives more structure and color as well Love your stuff keep it going❤️
I love the Pothos plants in the enclosures. I propagate a lot plants to have more plants, some do great and others just don’t make it. I agree the background could use a little darker color. In Linda’s enclosure, the plant in the front, the Inch plant are poisonous to cats and dogs. If you have a piece of the plant that breaks off, just stick that piece back in the sub straight, with some water, and it should grown roots. Inch Plants are very hardy, and they grow really fast.
That new enclosure for Bonita is awesome!!!! It doesnt need to be darker at all. I love how the doors open too. She is such a smart girl and well-behaved. Went right in with no problem. You're a great Tarantula dad lol. Now into the second half of video....
Yay, another live stream😊❤️ I forgot to say acrylic paint. Ts are OK with acrylic paint. But I like it as is. But if you wanted to, water down brown ior black acrylic paint, paint, dab off excess, that should give you light and dark areas, like model makers do😊
Another great Monday video Petko! I love watching you do feedings and rehouses. Always looking forward to mondays and seeing what Petko will post 🖤 hoping I can catch the livestream because I love watching your videos! I hope you and your family are doing great!!
You can “paint” bonitas background with natural charcoal that’s finely ground and mixed with water, may not be permanent but as long as there isn’t chemicals in charcoal it should not harm the tarantula if ingested
Hallo Petko. The Structure of the Background looks great. Use a Acrylic Primer and then Acrylic Paints in Artist Quality, they're more durable. Start with a dark Ground and then drybrush It with lighter Tints. Let It dry for about a Week. Bonita grooming herself looked quite cute.
Love the enclosure!!! Maybe hot glue some little plants. But I think it’s fine!! I’m looking to get a T blondi. I like them better than the stirmi. They’re a little fuzzier.
I love this shirt. Wish it were still available. Liquid acrylics are safe. Just check if they put anything unnecessary into the bottles, proper producers usually put a "non-toxic" label somewhere. If you want to be extra safe, the highest quality acrylics you can get from miniature building and wargame/boardgame stores. I used Vallejo's liquid foundations.
I believe the plant is a Tradescantia aka Wandering Jew (original common name)/ Wandering Dude/Wandering Jewel. They have a zig-zag pattern to the stems (hence the name) and can come in many greens, pinks, purples w/wo white striping/mottling, and can have anything from a silvery surface to a fuzzy finish.
Hello Perko yes it was hurting are ears lol thanks for the live love it and love your enclosure always look amazing and Bonita Linda are very happy thanks for all you do... How Is Felix love the cart too woohoo another live cannot wait
you mention (in past videos) the difficulty to see these diggers in their burrows. Might you consider a change to an enclosure; put a divider into it so that one part of the enclosure is deep & the other not so deep, so that the spider might dig in the deeper side, which is a slimmer channel. so that the tunneling might pass close to the glass sides; enabling better viewing, while accommodating the spider with a deep digging area.
You know that there is colored tile gap filler? I did the kitchen myself and bought tilegapfiller color. So I mixed the color myself. I think you can use it for the tile glue also
For the background, I’m thinking of a mixture of olive green with a bit of dry brush strokes of slate gray. Or maybe just slate gray with dark green dry brush stokes. 🤔
I am definitely going to treat myself to a Theraphosa species sometime this year. It's going to be my stepping stone to old worlds after being in the hobby for a couple of years, and so far my collection only contains new world Tarantulas.
*I love how you were just admiring how cool the plant was and Linda was like "oh you like THIS PLANT!?"* 🤣😂
Brilliantly said 🤣🤣🤣
Omg the timelapse of Bonita exploring the enclosure and then digging and webbing tickles my fancy so much. 😍
I loved the timelapse! And Linda grabbing and destroying the plant made me laugh so much haha
I recently learned that you can go frame by frame with " , " and " . ", which makes the takedowns so much better.
two gorgeous ladies right there! good work petko as always!
Linda: _Get _*_over_*_ here!_
Hahaha!! 🤣
I actually really, _really_ enjoyed the time-lapse! Great footage of a huge T just doing her thing- I wish there was more footage available just like it. It was fun to watch her explore, dig and web, and groom herself.
Bonita is stunningly beautiful! I can't wait to see her enclosure grown in like Linda's is; all the green plant life will make her stand out even more like the jewel she is!
Her grooming was so cute 🤭
@@Samson16436 Yes! Very cute! 😍 I love watching Ts simply exhibiting their natural behaviors- it's so satisfying to me to watch a well cared for, content animal comfortably existing in their own little world. 😌 All the little details are so fascinating, and often, like this video, quite cute! 😄
The time lapse is such a good idea, that was so interesting watching her inspect all of her new surroundings and then she decided to put down a web carpet at the entrance to her new home, I would like to see that with all rehousings 👍👍👍
I really like the background of Bonita's enclosure! It kinda looks like limestone, so I bet it would look really cool with some little ledges and maybe some kind of plant that would cascade down. As for the urticating hairs, I wonder if it would help to mist everything down before moving stuff?🤷♀️ Looking forward to the livestream!!
I liked it too
I love it to
Would be interesting if misting works but think people would be worried about humidity 🤔
Great video Petko. Beautiful T's. Tyfs God bless you
"last time I totally forgot about the hairs. Doesn't happen this time."
*Grabs hide bare handed*
Please never change Petko ❤️
Love to see these 2 giants grow... Also, holy moly Linda is incredibly intimidating... Love her 😍
I like the background, it makes everything else stand out including the tarantula. Awesome vid petko 👍
Yes, it looks like a cliff or rockface. I like the lightness of it.
I love watching a T clean itself. It's so cute.
😂"look how beautiful this enclosure is"
Linda..only one roach!!!!
Off she goes destroying your plants.🤣
Oh my, Linda!!!!
Got to love Theraphosas. ♥
You could probably a stain that background with Coffee to darken it up and make it look more natural
Nice! I cant wait for the livestream!
Linda, destroyer of worlds!!
I love Linda. Thank you!
The background looks good the way it is I think. Btw don't forget to water those plants u put in with Bonita!
Hi petko! Simply paint it with darker ultra fine grade tile joint mortar. It will give you the look you want, also it will develope a nice natural patina over time. Use a thick mix, it will give you a more rugged and natural look.
cant wait for you to get an apophysis. awesome vid!
Honestly I like the brighter background because it’ll help when filming the spider, contrast and such lol.
a trick use brewed coffe and apply it with a brush it lets the rocks look older and its natural
Linda's feeding response was crazy lol So fast, never seen a spider scoop one up like that XD
I spent summers at my Aunts in a Louisiana trailer park. Big pond filled w red water as dirt is deep brick red. And tarantulas w hundreds of holes. The residents killed the spiders all the time so pets and kids wouldnt get bit. I grew up terrified of all spiders. Didnt care if they were poisonious or not. For me to watch you handle all those spiders has me freaked out but at least I can watch your videos.
I love Linda 😍😍 she's a queen!! And both species are just stunning!!
I actually really like that background, i'd leave it the way it is!
Im really impressed by the "Courage" to just leave an enclosure open while being in another room.
Linda had me cracking up 🤣. maybe she likes a well balanced meal. salad with her protein....even though they can't swallow actual food haha in her mind she wants some salad 🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely loved this video it was so great to see Linda haven’t see her in a while
I'll watch any videos you make live or otherwise
Love this channel man!!!!
The tile grout is available in other colours, not just white, no need for paint.
Yes I love the gray background. It looks like stone and it makes everything easier to see!
I really like the background also I think it looks like a rock wall and it's very fitting
The first plant in Bonita’s enclosure is pothos. Pothos loves high humidity. Pothos comes in several color varieties and leaf sizes too. Pinch off stems to make it get thicker with more leaves and bushier. Linda’s enclosure has the Wandering Jew plant with the purplish color. Very easy to grow, loves humidity.
Linda tried “salad” she didn’t like 🤣
You don't make friends with salad... xD
How many spiders have gotten out when you go to feed another, leaving the last enclosure open? :) Great vid and content as always! Thank you!!!
Super talented at building stuff
Nice to meet you Bonita and Linda! Nice video!
Don't know if you read the comments but when messing with anything inside of a tarantula enclosure that has urticaria hairs, give the whole thing a light mist with water and you won't have any floating in the air.
Acrylic paints are fine, that's what I use.
I'm not sure about what you have available, but most spray paints can be used but you have to wait for them to fully dry because the aerosol in it is toxic but once dried they're fine.
But I would go with acrylic paints. Safest option.
I love how happy they make you 💛
Dude the enclosure looks sooo cool I actually love the plain color it’s very simplistic and the way u dressed it up with big leaf and dead plant thing was amazing and Bonita loved it too for sure I thought the time lapse of her checking to all out was amazing too she went up around the background and near the big leaf and definitely appreciated the work
Lmao!!!! I live for the sand! It's so awesome man.
@The Dark Den, try Darkwash on the background. Basically, water and some water pigment mixed. Spray on, and wipe away.
I just love your videos! 🔥❤
Always so happy to see a Dark Den video:)
very interested video like always salute and respect from Greece!
I use a product called Dry Lock, that waterproofs cement. You can add cement pigment to it, to give it color. If you mix some quickset cement, and some pigment, you can spray it on with a spray bottle too.
I’m so afraid of spiders but somehow, I LOVE THESE GIRLS!
Extra cool video to watch as I've just recently got my first T! Selenotholus Sp. Kotzman advanced sling, about 1cm body length. Only after a few days I've seen webbing around the burrow entrance, and seen it feed.. absolutely in love! Really looking forward to seeing it grow into an adorable monster like Bonita or Linda!
Yes. A lovely Australian fossorial.
And the best thing with the Kotzman. They tend to stay on top of their substrate. My girl won’t go into the ground. At least when friends come over. They can always see her. Because you never see my other tarantulas 😂
I didn't knew I wanted to see this until now
I love how far the dark den has come! Must be so awesome to have it all downstairs now.
Love Linda! Looking forward to the live Friday.
Petko first of all loads of love 😅🙌 I also used the tile glue for my terrarium there are also special colorings for concrete this way you can make it red or black straightaway or try throwing sand over it while it's wet gives more structure and color as well
Love your stuff keep it going❤️
I love the Pothos plants in the enclosures. I propagate a lot plants to have more plants, some do great and others just don’t make it. I agree the background could use a little darker color. In Linda’s enclosure, the plant in the front, the Inch plant are poisonous to cats and dogs. If you have a piece of the plant that breaks off, just stick that piece back in the sub straight, with some water, and it should grown roots. Inch Plants are very hardy, and they grow really fast.
That new enclosure for Bonita is awesome!!!! It doesnt need to be darker at all. I love how the doors open too. She is such a smart girl and well-behaved. Went right in with no problem. You're a great Tarantula dad lol. Now into the second half of video....
Yay, another live stream😊❤️ I forgot to say acrylic paint. Ts are OK with acrylic paint. But I like it as is. But if you wanted to, water down brown ior black acrylic paint, paint, dab off excess, that should give you light and dark areas, like model makers do😊
love to see these two giants.....thanks for the vid petko!
I love watching your feeding videos ❣️❣️
I like the background. It makes an interesting contrast to the dark brown of the substrate.
Food coloring i think you can mix into tile grouting for different colors
It was a joy to see linda!!!
She got so big and velvety!!!
Bonita is darker than her cousin,
They both are huge!!!👌👌👌👌
Another great Monday video Petko! I love watching you do feedings and rehouses. Always looking forward to mondays and seeing what Petko will post 🖤 hoping I can catch the livestream because I love watching your videos! I hope you and your family are doing great!!
Omg noooo i'll be at work during the next live stream! I will try to catch it during work 🤣🤣🤣
You can “paint” bonitas background with natural charcoal that’s finely ground and mixed with water, may not be permanent but as long as there isn’t chemicals in charcoal it should not harm the tarantula if ingested
Terrified of Spiders, but love seeing them nice and cosy in their new enclosures.
Linda breaking the plant killed me! She is so funny!
Linda was hilarious hahaha, the end of the video had me laughing so much lol
Hallo Petko. The Structure of the Background looks great. Use a Acrylic Primer and then Acrylic Paints in Artist Quality, they're more durable. Start with a dark Ground and then drybrush It with lighter Tints. Let It dry for about a Week. Bonita grooming herself looked quite cute.
Love the enclosure!!! Maybe hot glue some little plants. But I think it’s fine!! I’m looking to get a T blondi. I like them better than the stirmi. They’re a little fuzzier.
maybe for the background you can put glue and moss or something :)
I love this shirt. Wish it were still available.
Liquid acrylics are safe. Just check if they put anything unnecessary into the bottles, proper producers usually put a "non-toxic" label somewhere. If you want to be extra safe, the highest quality acrylics you can get from miniature building and wargame/boardgame stores. I used Vallejo's liquid foundations.
The plants might need extra watering to help it’s roots start up since you just cut them that might be why they die sometimes
Amazing spiders man very nice. Thanks for the upload. Take care. 👌👌
Great rehouse and feeding video
Brilliant job with the time lapse, your T's got moves..😆. I love your channel, your animals are in great care.. 👏
I'm sure you can buy a darker coloured 'tile glue' (grout?) so you don't need to buy paint
You don't need any paints. That's an awesome rock background.
P.s. Temporal should be Temporary. Much love
I believe the plant is a Tradescantia aka Wandering Jew (original common name)/ Wandering Dude/Wandering Jewel. They have a zig-zag pattern to the stems (hence the name) and can come in many greens, pinks, purples w/wo white striping/mottling, and can have anything from a silvery surface to a fuzzy finish.
🤗🤗🤗super excited always love Linda videos🤣 she says my plant🤣🤣 she always ready for a hunt
If it commands some respect, wait until its full grown...
I love that whiter background its soo clean and fresh
Hello Perko yes it was hurting are ears lol thanks for the live love it and love your enclosure always look amazing and Bonita Linda are very happy thanks for all you do... How Is Felix love the cart too woohoo another live cannot wait
Yayyy another video!!!
I would really like to visit The DarkDen some day....very nice setup
Bonita and Linda are my favorites, i LOVE theraphosas so much!!! I can't wait to own both species one day
you mention (in past videos) the difficulty to see these diggers in their burrows.
Might you consider a change to an enclosure; put a divider into it so that one part of the enclosure is deep & the other not so deep, so that the spider might dig in the deeper side, which is a slimmer channel. so that the tunneling might pass close to the glass sides; enabling better viewing, while accommodating the spider with a deep digging area.
You know that there is colored tile gap filler? I did the kitchen myself and bought tilegapfiller color. So I mixed the color myself. I think you can use it for the tile glue also
Specimens are amazing. Felix needs a friend for his habitat.
Nice video! The plant looks to be a Tradescantia albiflora. I had some myself. ^_^
GREAT video thanks!!
Linda's enclosure is perfect. Love the plants. Maybe she wanted a salad with her roach lol. Great video !!!❤🥰😀
For the background, I’m thinking of a mixture of olive green with a bit of dry brush strokes of slate gray. Or maybe just slate gray with dark green dry brush stokes. 🤔
I am definitely going to treat myself to a Theraphosa species sometime this year. It's going to be my stepping stone to old worlds after being in the hobby for a couple of years, and so far my collection only contains new world Tarantulas.
It's like Linda heard him talking about how amazing the plant was doing so she decided to destroy it.
How about water for the plants please 💜
Great video, I love both your Theraphosas!!!
I'm not sure why I find Linda to be such a funny name for a tarantula, lol.
Soon I'm going to rehouse one of my tarantulas. But the enclosure needs more substrate