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deejeff442

deejeff442

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one of the mods deleted my first post for a profanity reason.its cool though. well here is what my dog found in the yard.i am keeping him in my 540 tank i have sitting outside .i am thinking of keeping him if i can research what he needs to live .if he will have problems i will let him go on my land and he can go about his merry way.

 
2quills

2quills

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Aphonopelma Hentzi (aka...Texas Brown Tarantula). They are burrowers so a nice layer or dirt substrate with an assortment of rock sizes, maybe a log or two and perhaps even a little pond area for em. Beatles, roaches or crickets looks like what they eat. My great grandfather used to keep tarantulas as pets, they always creaped me out as a kid though...
 
rickross23

rickross23

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Aphonopelma Hentzi (aka...Texas Brown Tarantula).  They are burrowers so a nice layer or dirt substrate with an assortment of rock sizes, maybe a log or two and perhaps even a little pond area for em.  Beatles, roaches or crickets looks like what they eat.  My great grandfather used to keep tarantulas as pets, they always creaped me out as a kid though...
Spider expert!
 
deejeff442

deejeff442

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he creeps me out too.since i moved to texas i have seen alot of creatures.N.Y. dont have anything like here. my wife thinks we have a 10 gallon tank in our storage ,i will look in the morning. we have plenty of places to buy crickets around here.when i was younger my friend had one and he let it walk all over him .i dont think i would do that anytime soon but i would like to watch him for a bit.if i feel he aint happy i will let him go.lets see what i have tomorrow in storage for him.
 
rickross23

rickross23

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he creeps me out too.since i moved to texas i have seen alot of creatures.N.Y. dont have anything like here. my wife thinks we have a 10 gallon tank in our storage ,i will look in the morning. we have plenty of places to buy crickets around here.when i was younger my friend had one and he let it walk all over him .i dont think i would do that anytime soon but i would like to watch him for a bit.if i feel he aint happy i will let him go.lets see what i have tomorrow in storage for him.
Spiders creep me out!
I had a leopard gecko for 1 year before I sold him since I lost interest in him. He was a great pet. He would try to climb the glass, but couldn't. He was very fun to watch and very fun to feed. I look to get one soon......maybe....
 
deejeff442

deejeff442

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well i put this guy in a 5 gallon bucket to get him to the tank he is in now.he almost got out a couple times.crawling up the side.no way my wife would let this guy in the house if he could get out. i do have a cover for the 10 gallon.i will research him and see if i will keep him.
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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Nice! I wish my wife was as understanding as yours. LOL Farther out west - those things crawl all over the place... as mantis stated. LOL
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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 LOL...I HATE THEM......If I see them crossing the road I run them over
Spider killer! Spider killer! :laughing:
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/391892/ok-a-new-pet#post_3477503
Spider killer! Spider killer!

LOL....In NY you rarely see spiders like that.....When I first moved to OK....my step sons caught one in the yard and brought it home
I FREAKED!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband laughed....BUT I made them take it far away from the house....
 
deejeff442

deejeff442

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well i went to check on the spider and he is dead. i was going to put him across the street on the land.now this is weird.i found him on the bottom on the inside of the overflow box which is 40 inches tall. he climbed that thing. i think he died when he got over the top and fell to his death since there are two big drilled holes in the bottom he could have easily got through.the tank is on 2 by 4's so there is space under the tank.
 
2quills

2quills

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Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/391892/ok-a-new-pet#post_3477577
LOL......yeah....I wished it dead

You channeled him with your negative spidey energy and he couldn't take no more.
Pretty neat though that he figured out which way to escape. Sad that he had to perish in the attempt. What if the wife would have found him ALIVE in the middle of the night somewhere other than the tank? Food for thought...
 
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siptang

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Nice Jeff, how did the things go with the Mrs? about what we talked about in our pm?
 
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