Pamphobeteus antinous "Big Black" Rehouse and Notes
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- In this video, we rehouse my old P. antinous female into a new enclosure to give her some room to burrow.
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Big black Beauty. My P. spec.mascara has moulted on May 4th but I haven't seen much of Her so far. I'd guess She'll propably halfgrown yet.
I like that name MUCH better, Mike! haha This one actually burrowed for the first couple years I had her, and it was a great day when I actually saw her out and about.
doing her best t. ockerti impression
Hahahah Yes!!!!
Such a huge carapace!!
Yeah, she's a big girl!
Please please do another showing of the phornictopus sp. Purple. You are why I got my first tarantula, my little grape.
Happy Mother's Day to your wife!
Hello, Racheal! One will be included in the video that I'm posting later today. She's in need of a molt, but she STILL has those purples!
Stunning!
Thank you!
I only have 32, but most are terrestrial. 27 to be exact. Every single one made a burrow when given enough substrate. Out of that 27, only 3 hide in their burrow constantly. Everyone else tends to stay on the surface, yet every single one still made a burrow. I can personally say in my experience even the bad hair flingers rather run to their burrow then stand their ground. On a side note, when my well established turantula burrows around the side of the enclosure, I actually tape that off. It sucks because you can't see them in their burrow, but I feel it makes them calmer and more relaxed. Like just having that place to escape a potential threat makes a huge difference. I feel if a turantula tries to hide in its burrow only for it to be lit up by outside light just adds more stress to them. I'm a huge supporter for more space and more substrate for adult turantula.
I agree completely. I'm finding that more and more of my adult spiders will do a bit of digging if given the space. And, like you said, this can REALLY cut down on the hair kicking. Thanks for chiming in!
Hi Tom and Billie (Happy Mother’s Day for yesterday) hope you’re both doing well.
Smashing video Tom! And what a beautiful big Tarantula you’ve got there. That’s some enclosure for her, nice and roomy, It actually makes her look small 😝.
As per usual Billie’s done a fabulous job.
I especially enjoyed seeing your spider lifting her butt in the air, like she didn’t care 😂😂
Thanks for sharing this Tom. Take care and have a great week ahead 🕷️🕷️😊😊
Hello, Joanne! Thank you so much! Yeah, this is one of my big girls. I was actually shocked when I figured out how old she was. And she has done some digging since we posted this, and is now calmly sitting in her burrow entrance. This was definitely a good call. Thank you so much, and I hope that you're having a great weekend!
Happy Mothers Day Billie.
Billie said thanks! :)
Absolutely brilliant Tom, very informative and
Thank you so much, George!
Amazing. And love that TC! Happy Mother’s Day Billie!!
Thanks so much, Josh! We had a great one!
god this is my ultimate tarantula, if you ever have slings........
We shall see... :)
I love how you and Billie work together with these rehousing
Thank you so much! I agree. haha
The enclosure is beautiful. I appreciate you doing these videos. Happy Mothers day camera lady. 💐
Thanks so much, Pepper! Sorry for the late reply!
Tom, please ignore first message, hit send button by accident, brilliant Tom as always, very informative and enjoyable, and happy mothers day to Billie.
Thank you so much, George...and no worries! I think that Billie had a great one, thank you!
Hey Tom & Billie! Great video! 🤟
Totally agree with your move of moving your terrestrials to enclosures with deeper substrate. I think most 'terrestrials' just need to have a burrow to feel safe. Essentially, they're just burrowers who hunt further away from their lair (probably a few inches away, not much more; they rely on the web laid outside to feel the preys) than specifically, obligatory burrowers, and that's why they can tolerate an enclosure with no option for burrowing. I doubt you'd find any terrestrial in habitat with no burrow.
I could see the difference between 1" substrate and 4" with my Sazimai blue, as a sling, no molt inbetween. In lower substrate, no burrowing. After rehousing, burrowed right away. Still spends the majority of its time on the ground, but retreats when feeling discomfort. I've got another 2 Sazimais to rehouse (same sac) and I'm sure they'll do the same. ;)
Oh myyyy... that old Pampho lady is so pretty. ❤ I'm glad you've been so gentle with her and didn't startle her too much... Age commands respect, right? 😜
Keep it up guys, have a great weekend! 🤟
Hey, Thomas! I agree completely, and I'm moving a lot of my spiders into deeper enclosures with more sub. I DO have some that don't seem to use it (my adult Phormictopus species don't seem to care), but MANY of my so-called terrestrials will dig if given the room. It just leads to calmer spiders overall, and that's what this is about.
My P. sazimais both went through psycho stages where they were the two most defensive spides in my collection. haha They have finally calmed down though.
I hope all is well with you!
Tom
Happy Mother's Day to Billie! Hey camera person. You are honored tomorrow. Do not let Tom put you in the background on Mom's Day. That is a really big BLACK T. lol She looks rather dark brown. I love your set ups. They are so good.
Happy Belated Mother's Day! I hope that you had a great one. I think that Billie sure did. And Billie said, and I quote, "I don't want to be in the videos!" hahaha Hope all is well!
@@TomsBigSpiders So Billie is not going to be on cam. But we see her work. That is Cool. Hugs to her for Mother's Day.
These are a mess even among Pamphobeteus. None of the ones in the trade are the actual antinous, and we have 4-5 different undescribed species from Peru being bred (and undoubtedly at times hybridized) in the hobby.
My girl is what’s usually traded as a “Big Black” but that could include more than one population, so I might try picking up “Rio Urbamba” (possibly the species my specimen belongs to) to be sure I know what I have; there’s also P. sp. “Pucallpa” which (at least according to the breeder I asked, and he also had photographic evidence for the two being different) apparently has much slimmer femurs.
Pamphobeteus, Phormictopus, and Xenesthis are all a disaster. And I, too, worry about the different species being paired together. The gene pool is going to be a muddled mess. And I will keep a lookout for those species.
Hey Tom great video she is beautiful.i do have a AF and she stays in her burrow alot.she does come out though.she is probably my biggest tarantula buy I do have an AF p sp nigri colour which is a very big spider.
Hello, James! I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who has one that burrows. This girl did some digging, and now she appears to be much more calm in her enclosure. Thanks, bud!
Hey Tom! Awesome video as always! I don't have any Pamphos and honestly I don't really feel like I need one. I buy trophy old worlds, not trophy new worlds. Not slamming anyone who does that's just my preference. Love getting to see yours! She is stunning! I packed up 3 males today, my P. subfusca Lowland, E. cyanognathus, and O. Marinduque Purple, as well as rehousing my Dolomedes albineus. Overall everyone was pretty well behaved and the poor Pokie just kept scrunching up and trying to hide. It's always so sad because they really do NOT want to fight you and they get SUCH a bad rap! Eventually I had to just coax him out into the catch basin and he just immediately pulled his legs over his carapace and tried to disappear. Speaking of Pokies, I definitely need one in my collection and I'm trying to decide between vittata, miranda, and another subfusca LL, or maybe HL. Which would you pick? (I know how hard an ask that is for you!)
Also, to answer your question from the podcast a few weeks ago, this is definitely more of a "fun" thing but I LOVE sorting things by colour and I really enjoyed the Orange Tarantula Halloween Special and the Blue Tarantulas podcasts! It's a fun and awesome way to group tarantulas of different genera together and talk about spiders you wouldn't normally group together due to geographical differences, ways of life, etc. Like, G. pulchra and P. arboricola are both big beautiful black tarantulas but no one would ever COMPARE them in any other way because you really can't get more opposite than those two and I just LOVE that juxtaposition. It's also a cool way to throw some underappreciated/unknown species some love and give them the spotlight. Would love a one on black, purple, and honestly grey because there are NOT enough grey tarantulas and you like research so go find me some :D in all seriousness, I really would love some podcasts covering your experiences with spiders of certain colours.
I also LOVE the vs. podcasts. T. albo and N. tripepii could be a really interesting one because they're both SUPER fluffy and people tend to love that look but most of the time you’re going to probably get some different behaviours. I'd also really love for you to get Luis back on at some point. Y'all had amazing chemistry and I love his hot takes. I would also love an updated podcast/video on obscure species you keep because your collection is ever-evolving and it's been a hot minute since you did that video/podcast. What cool new things have you grown up since then? And I think I mentioned this before but I would ABSOLUTELY adore a podcast about other non-tarantula inverts you keep. I know you said those tend to not do as well cause people come to you for tarantula stuff but I think a lot of people who start with tarantulas do eventually branch out into other arthropods and I think hearing you talk about them- even just your observations, not necessarily as a "care guide" but just "hey I have these blue death feigning beetles too they're super cute I love feeding them dead crickets" would be awesome!
Happy Mother's Day to Billie! Keep up the awesome work, really looking forward to your summer vacation because things go crazy at work and I'd love to see some longer videos!
- Charlotte
Love these videos and info is excellent! Happy Mothers Day too Billie! You're the best camera person!!! 💐🕷🎉🎊🕷
Thank you so much, Lisa!
Quick question about the tarantula crib XL you showed in this video...in your opinion, do you think that would be large enough for a T. stirmi adult? I have a sling right now and I've been thinking about what kind of special jumbo enclosure I'll need in 2-5 years. I currently use stackable InterDesign sweater boxes (roughly 15 X 13 X 7 inches) for my adult terrestrials, but I know that a Theraphosa is almost certainly going to need more. Thanks Tom!
Hello! That's a great question! T. stirmis can reach 9" or larger, so that might be a bit cramped for one. I have my T. blondi on the shelf above one of these cubes, and she would definitely be a bit large for it. Right now, she's in an enclosure that is about 10 x 10 x 24", and she looks to have enough room. I hope that helps!
I have a nhandu chromatus and brachypelma boehmei that i have given the opportunity to burrow with alot of substrate and they both have made a maze of tunnels in the substrate but they also mainly sit out on display which is pretty cool for my viewing pleasure but i think its right if you see terrestrials in the wild they all live in some sort of deep burrow
That's so awesome! I'm finding that more and more of my "terrestrials" will burrow if given the space to do so.
@@TomsBigSpiders i also found that since giving my nandhu the opportunity to burrow she has stopped giving me threat poses and kicks less hairs now so when she gets spooked she just runs into her burrow now
Whatever happened to the “Chicken Spider” variant
Mine? She's doing fine! She's actually included in the video I'm posting later today.
@@TomsBigSpiders cool…though I meant the species in general. Heard about them years ago
@@johnnytactical3054 Fear Not Tarantulas just had them in and was selling them.
Hello great video information and rehouseing Tom
Thanks so much, Moon! I hope all is well!
Is it called "Big Black" because of the car it drives? (Resident Alien reference for those of you who don't get it.)
Hahahah Yes!
Hi, Tom. I was wondering if you're t's have lost their fang how would you feed them 🤔
If it's one fang, they can usually still hunt and eat using the other. If it's both, you would have to prekill the prey and mush it up with a couple drops of water and give it to the spider that way.
If you have choose between antinous and stirmi which would you pick?
I love both species, but Theraphosa have a special place in my heart. If I HAD to choose, I would go with the stirmi.
What happened to Seven the P.formosa?
Hi, Shane! Unfortunately, she passed away last year. I've been meaning to make a video about it. She got all of her legs back, but by that point, she was around 10 years old and likely passed of old age.
@@TomsBigSpiders sad she was a pretty one, to bad the bad molts happened in her later years.
Ever heard of bloodyred tarantula?
Hi, Kevin! Selinacosmiinae sp. North Luzon? I think that's the "bloody red."
Open question: I worked at pet stores in the 1980s so that’s my perspective I’m wondering why people aren’t just using a 10 gallon aquarium or a 20 long for housing the tarantulas all the habitats seem too small to me. Nothing against Tom this is a great channel.
Well, aquariums have some issues.
1) It's nearly impossible to get good cross ventilation in an aquarium unless you're good at drilling holes in glass without causing cracks.
2) The screen lids they usually come with are unsafe because tarsal claws get stuck in them fairly easily, so you have to make or buy some other kind of lid.
3) The vertical distance from the substrate to the lid is often too high to be safe, so you have to fill the tank with a lot of substrate to lower the danger of Ts falling from a height.
4) They're quite heavy to pull off the shelf and do maintenance on regularly.
I think the consensus among most keepers is that they require so much modding to make them ideal for tarantulas that it's not really worth the trouble.
@@nicodimus2222 thank you very much for your feedback!
This enclosure is equivalent to an 11 gallon. 18"x 12" x12" . Thanks!
Nicodimus explained it very well! Back in the '80s, we didn't have specialized tarantula enclosures, so many folks used 10-gallon aquariums. They can work if put enough substrate in them and use drilled plexiglass on the top. But, the lack of cross ventillation can be an issue. Thanks!
i'm european and i only use real plants
I'm American, and I use them more with arboreal, but I'm sick of my big terrestrial tearing them up.
seem like a knock off Grammostola quirogai
Right? I mean, who do these people think that we are kidding here? We are TOTALLY onto these scammers.
I find your videos very informative Tom, as l have only been in the hobby for 3years now always greatful for input,in Australia we are a little more restricted on what we can have, so seeing others species is always a plus, thanks again Keith
Thanks so much, Keith! You guys can only keep local species, correct?