keeno86 Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 thought id share my creepy crawlys. the best bit im actually petrified of anything with 8 legs lol firstly my burgandy goliath bird-eating tarantula, still a baby at the moment but can grow to 25cm, her name is freya. and secondly my much smaller Chilean rose tarantula who my daughter named barbie lol. nealjt and carpinthenet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealjt Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) Super cool! I used to have a red rump and a zebra, red rump called Boris very docile and "friendly" the zebra was mighty aggressive so got named Begbie aka trainspotting Would love a Goliath! What do you feed her? What will you feed her when fully grown? Am currently in Cyprus on hols and this is the best I've spotted so far, about the size of a USB stick... Have seen bigger before though. Found this critter on the first night... .... Oh and my boy caught this... Edited July 3, 2016 by nealjt keeno86 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeno86 Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 hope you are enjoying your holiday mate! love the praying mantis and if i see that spider in the first pic running around the room id be hiding under the blankets while the missus deals with it. at the moment she is a sub adult, still bigger than most normal tarantulas, she currently destroys large locusts and dubai roaches, she will eat 5 in one sitting is i let her. as for when she gets bigger ill be feeding much the same tbh, ill give her pinky (frozen mice) once a month as a treat but that sort of thing if fed to regular will cause more issues than its worth in some of the larger tarantulas. im currently looking to get the goliath birtd eater, its the largest in the world, mine is the second largest in the world. there are a few bird eating species out there that will all reach over 20cm. nealjt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealjt Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 It seems so wrong but I've got to admit I would be tempted to feed a live mouse.... it is funny that you say of being scared of spiders, when I see a biggun run it makes me jump the over way!!! keeno86 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bivvystreet Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Crikey I wouldn't be keen on the mouse let alone the spiders,I am a big wuss where such things are concerned nealjt and keeno86 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealjt Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 There is a lake down the road from my nemesis bayeswater that has a massive population of grass snakes. Hoowage great things, green and will randomly scoot across the bank or happily take shelter under bucket lids or chairs, proper freaked me out! keeno86 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeno86 Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 ive got a corn snake, as there is no swearing on here i cant tell you her name, she is an evil little thing. ill try get a pic up in a bit, but she`ll probably eat the camers lol. nealjt and spr1985 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bivvystreet Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Lol, think you Southerners are more used to our slithery friends than I would be for certain. Never seen a snake in the wild in nearly 50 years ,blimey I'm bad enough with rats you can keep your snakes thank you very much. keeno86 and nealjt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InteraX Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Lol, think you Southerners are more used to our slithery friends than I would be for certain. Never seen a snake in the wild in nearly 50 years ,blimey I'm bad enough with rats you can keep your snakes thank you very much.I was fishing a local club lake near me a few years ago. It's in the middle of a nice housing estate, so no night fishing. In the middle of the day, I saw something moving across the water. Initially, I thought it was a small rat, but the shape wasn't right. As it swam past my swim, no further than 5m out, I could clearly see that it was a snake. Not sure if it was grass or adder, but I suspect it was the latter. My parents had an adder resident in their garden years ago. They're not really a problem to be honest. I would just recommend that you avoid treading on them. Apparently they don't like it. nealjt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bivvystreet Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 The only part of my feet any adder would see would be the smoke coming off my trainers as I beat a hasty retreat ianain and nealjt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealjt Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 My discoveries from this evening, just for you bivvystreet [emoji12] (sorry for hijacking your thread keeno86!) https://goo.gl/photos/bQnXqFcxhdZv8BxW8 keeno86 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealjt Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 My discoveries from this evening, just for you bivvystreet [emoji12] (sorry for hijacking your thread keeno86!) https://goo.gl/photos/bQnXqFcxhdZv8BxW8 Well that was lame, had to delete the file as I couldn't edit my post... I'll try again ! https://youtu.be/_YICb5O0EAc keeno86 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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