African Red Trapdoor Spider

[roo_71]

One mean mo-fo

-roo

 

[Jordan]

Yeah he does look mean. Would not want to stick my hand in that sucker terrarium that is for sure.

 

[Heika]

One mean mo-fo

-roo

Is this a new hobby, roo? (Yuck.)

 

[Scrappy]

eewwwww....that's just too creepy for me!

 

[Will Hayward]

At least you breed lots of feeders for it... Mmmm pygmies.

 

[Noseyambilobe22]

trapdoors are fun. We used to sell them at the pet store that i work at, but stopped when everyone was scared to muck with them

 

[roo_71]

Oddly enough spiders creep me out, but these things intrigue me. It’s quite nervous/aggressive – you touch one hair on it and it goes ballistic and it’s somewhat venomous too - get bit and I will most likely have a bad week. I wanted some threat posture photos so I gently poked it with some tongs – it jumped on the tongs several inches from my hand – just about sh!t my pants. I could feel my heart beating like crazy. Don’t get that kind of excitement with chams.

It has made its burrow so I most likely will only see its legs pop out when it feeds.

I don’t plan on getting more – just a one time deal – and one is plenty.

-roo

 

[Jordan]

"Don't get that kind of excitement with chams."

You should stick your hand in my female veileds cage.

 

[Scrappy]

roo I probably would have shit my pants LOL

 

[roo_71]

You should stick your hand in my female veileds cage.

Understood, at least veileds arent venomous though.


On a side not, I found its trap door. I through a few crix in and it snagged one. Its placement of the burrow was pretty smart. It burrowed in a corner and we all know how crix like to travel around the edge of containers to look for a way out. So at some point they come across that trap door - then they are all done.

-roo