Wildlife & Related

[buffalobo]

Had to evict this guy this morning, his condo got buried in the infill to finsh grade for drainage before deck goes in.

Not the biggest but front runner for ugliest we have found out here.

[Irving]

Nice! I heard that it is the Oklahoma Spider migration in South East Colorado this month, so apparently thousands of those will be crawling around looking for mates in SE Co.

My daughter just got a Pink-toed tarantula for her birthday yesterday.

Here it is, and her holding it. She went in and held it by herself with zero encouragement from me.

[buffalobo]

Amazing critters, to be admired from afar and approved for full auto inside 15ft.

[ChickNorris]

Lovely spiders!

I know first hand two things that might be useful:

If not securely snapped under that bitty plastic tap on one side only, the top hatch of that style cage can easily be pushed open by a medium sized garden snail.

A tarantula is smart enough to learn where the door is & how it works.

[Great-Kazoo]

Nice! I heard that it is the Oklahoma Spider migration in South East Colorado this month, so apparently thousands of those will be crawling around looking for mates in SE Co.

My daughter just got a Pink-toed tarantula for her birthday yesterday.

Here it is, and her holding it. She went in and held it by herself with zero encouragement from me.

They're real casual pets. Our daughters like to sit on her shoulder as she wandered around the house.

[Irving]

That's like when my wife commented that our dog was "so good!" on the kayak. Yeah, she doesn't like water and has no where else to go. A 6" drop is enough to kill a tarantula.

[Great-Kazoo]

Lovely spiders!

I know first hand two things that might be useful:

If not securely snapped under that bitty plastic tap on one side only, the top hatch of that style cage can easily be pushed open by a medium sized garden snail.

A tarantula is smart enough to learn where the door is & how it works.

It also works in reverse, as the daughter found out. A cat can flip it open, then use the tarantula like a hockey puck. Which you might notice the cat playing with, when you bring your daughter home from school. A happy resolution is not in the stars for said arachnid, or tears to follow from the daughter. .

[ChickNorris]

That's like when my wife commented that our dog was "so good!" on the kayak. Yeah, she doesn't like water and has no where else to go. A 6" drop is enough to kill a tarantula.

If you were replying to me, that was mostly my point though I didn't state it very well at all. I was more concerned about the spider getting out & being hurt than being afraid of the spider just 'escaping'.

[Irving]

If you were replying to me, that was mostly my point though I didn't state it very well at all. I was more concerned about the spider getting out & being hurt than being afraid of the spider just 'escaping'.

No ma'am. Kazoo talking about the spider riding on a shoulder.

I'd mostly be worried about the cat batting it around or knocking the cage off the table.

[ChickNorris]

Indeed, my cat is fascinated with the garden snails & I can't have the cage & cat left unattended together. I came home once to find the cage tipped on its side & all occupants unaccounted for. Then had to grab a headlamp in order to trace the shiny trails to locate almost everyone that afternoon. Unfortunately that didn't work for all who fled because Monkey played soccer with some of them on the hardwood. I did eventually find everyone but it took a week for the last snail to be recovered (with Monkey's help no less) & no one's shells were severely damaged/none of them died thank goodness.