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Published: 2007-03-29 10:54:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 4276; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 58
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Dogar takes a break from drawing his self-portrait to pose for a photo. No, I dunno how he picks the pencil up either.He is a tiny baby Chaco Golden Knee (Grammostola aureostriata) on about his third molt. Chacos get to be a pretty decent size though, around an 8.5" legspan, but they grow slowly.
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They're my favorite t's by far, for some reason they make me think of little grizzly teddies
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im going to get an avic. avic. soon, any tips?
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Yeah, humidity is important for them. I keep mine on an external hard drive because it's sufficiently warm to fog her container up when I water her. Avics are pretty touchy and sometimes they'll just die for seemingly no reason as well :/
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well that's disappointing. I'm thinking about putting one in a 10 gallon aquarium, should that be enough room?
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It depends on the size of the spider, you don't want the enclosure to be too big or it can have trouble finding its food. 2.5 or 5.5 gallon would probably be better for something Avic-sized, though it's also important to note that since they're arboreal they prefer height to width. I've got mine in sort of a tall plastic "cup" with a snap lid.
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1 quick question: what could I put in a 10 gal. appropriately?
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An older Grammostola aureostriata maybe? They get pretty big but they grow slowly. Or Theraphosa blondi but those are supposed to be rather touchy (never had one myself.)
You could still keep Avic avic in a 10 gallon, just so long as it has plenty of stuff to climb up and you keep an eye on its eating habits. Another thought would be doing something like this with it? [link]
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I would never put a blondi in there. I would get at least a 20 gal., a 10 would be cruel. Maybe a smaller theraphosa, but not a blondi. The aureostriata sounds good.
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I dunno, like I said I've never had a blondi but I have seen them in 10 gal. tanks before. They might not have been full-sized yet, not sure.
I had to suggest aureostriata though, cause they're my personal favorites
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I really like the Baboon Spiders, they're cool lookin
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This makes me miss the time when my tarantulas were just little spiderlings. He's adorable. My G. aureostriata is almost all grown up now.
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Normaly I hate spiders but I have to admit, it's really cute xD
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What a cutie! My little grammostola aureostriata is just this size right now. I've only had him/her for about a week and a half now... hasn't eaten yet though. Did you have trouble feeding yours this small? They're so precious :3
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They always ate pretty well when they were little, the only times I can recall them not being interested was before molts. Now I'm missing all my fuzzballs, I'm out of the country and my mom is taking care of them until I get back =<
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Wow, nice mom. My mother told me never to ask her to care for it because she was already refusing
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Haha, she didn't like tarantulas until she got roped into holding one and she saw how gentle they are when they plod around
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The weird thing is, I love so much looking at spiders in pictures and from a distance, but when they are really near me I get all squirmy and remember that they are bugs.. @n@
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they aren't bugs, or even insects.
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Old comment is old. Anyway, aren't they like crustaceans or something? I know that now xD
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arachnids. not even remotely close to crustacean.
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Or maybe it was crabs that were arachnids... I'm so confused.
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He's so adorable!
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Don't they take like seven years to mature? They're so gorgeous too O__O
I think this guy was one, I forget though.. (he belonged to the lady who I got Dogar from, I photographed some of her spiders while I was getting mine) [link]
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Oh yes! Beautiful when they are adults. So rich, glossy black. I know someone with an adult female, she is so pretty. I think he wants to try and breed her. I would love to have at least a juvenile so I won't have to wait.
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Really cute. ^^ They're adorable when they're small
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I've got a Kazon too, it's his sister >___>
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eeeeeeeeeeew!..no offence lol i dun like taranchulas...that i can't spell 8D..but this reminds me....today a couple of mai friends came over and we found one of these in my yard! [link] 
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i can understand being afraid of getting bitten but "eeew" doesn't make sense to me T_T; Tarantulas are fluffy, even! Also that is a HUGE caterpillar, I've never seen one that big o__o
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it turns into a ...royal walnut moth ^^
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How cute! He's so tiny. My tarantula is pretty big. I have had him for over 3 years, and he has only molted once. Just his body is bigger than this little guy XD
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Cute, in a bristly sort of way. How'd you get the camera to focus so well?
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What a cute picture. You can see his tiny little eyes looking up at you. XD
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When I was little I had a spider (I found him in the garden) but my Mum squished him.
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lol awh. I'd be scared he'd get lost or something. Does he only have two eyes? Is he supposed to?
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He does have eight eyes, but they're so tiny it's pretty much impossible to make them all out XD Here's how a tarantula's eyes are arranged though- [link]
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very cool ^^ wish I could get one like him..so cute. how long is it going to take for him to finish growing 
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That's the cutest baby T I've ever seen!! Commence with glompage. x3
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He's so cute! 
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Oh wow!! He's really cool. 
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HAY I have a pencil just like that. How weird! It seems that everyone has them.
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Now I feel like I have to check mine for spiders...<__<
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yea, i'd beworried my mom would moosh him :/
andand... he looks kinda wierd... almost like an addon in photoshop, the wya he's kinda... almost floating on the pencil... ._.
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If you were that tiny, you'd hardly make a shadow either. :3
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