I'm pretty sure that I broke my own record with that one. haha Hahaha She really does! Thank you!

Hey, Charlotte! I do that ALL of the time. haha I just feel that it REALLY needs an O in there; don't you agree? haha I currently have one in the Barbarous Growth enclosure that is burrowed all of the time. I'm going to be rehousing my other one soon. After years in the hobby, I've been finding that more and more species will continue to burrow through adulthood if given the substrate depth to do so. As a result, I've been using deeper enclosures for most of my new rehousings. I always hesitate to do those types of podcast because some folks get SO offended. haha I will definitely get around to keeping more Phormingochilus and Omothymus species in the future. I did enjoy the ones that I kept; I just got sick of getting males. I never end up making husbandry videos when I get males, so there are so many species that I kept that I never shared. haha Thanks so much; I hope that all is well! Tom

I have two and dont like them. They are very restless in containers which i use for smaller species like them. Little manipulation in terrarium = escape. So i must keep them in containers for bigger species (and they arent even adult xD)

Well, considering that these took about 5 years to reach adult size, I would guess that the females can live over 10 years.

Hahahaha @wls!

They sure do, James!

Hello, Brianna! My Psuedhapalpous sp. colombia just molted and is about 1" now. I'm so glad she is finally showing some size! Thanks!

After I posted this, they sold out of this size on Amazon in the US. haha I'll definitely be picking up more, as I love them. Glad that it worked out for you, Chris!

Yeah, they are very striking!

That's awesome, Dana!

I'm getting one tomorrow! My very first tarantulas😁

Thank you so much, Moon...and Happy New Year!

Thank you so much, Susan! I hope that you and yours did as well. Happy New Year!

I'm glad that I could introduce it to you!

Hey, bud...Happy New Year!!! I hope that you and the family had a great one. And thank you! Hope all is well!

They are very cool little spiders!

Hi, Robin! I think that I just broke my personal record for fastest rehouse with that one. haha

Thank you so much, Alistair!

Hello! That's awesome! I'm so glad to hear the Davus sp. is doing great, and congrats on grabbing one of these! :) Thank you!

That's awesome, Melly! Happy New Year!

Keep us posted!

What a great grab, Josh! Congrats!

Yeah, my two are definitely a bit spunky. haha Although they've never bolted out of their enclosures, they have made me sweat a bit. haha

Hi, Chris! Well, hopefully they start showing colors sooner than later for you. Happy New Year to you as well...thanks!

Happy New Year, Lynnette! Yeah, I totally get it about the list...mine is always growing too! haha Thank you!

Thank you so much, Melody! Hahaha Nothing will ever top that name. lol

@@TomsBigSpiders nope, I was, going around calling it the blue bottom, LoL 😂

We sure did, Linda! I hope that you and yours did as well. It was VERY cold up here, so we had the fireplace going quite a bit. Happy New Year! I've had young A. chalcodes burrow to moisture before, so that wouldn't surprise me. Yeah, my B. emilia has NOT hit her calm stage yet. haha And that's awesome...what a great gift! Hope all is well!

Thank you, Chantal! Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you and yours, Joyce! I hope that you had a great holiday! Hahaha. That would mean dealing with people in my own home...nope, hard pass on that. haha Thanks so much!

Happy New Year, Mausami Rai! I was hoping that you'd see this one. haha Yeah, they are both doing great. I just check on her, and she IS using her hide, so we'll have to see how that goes. Yeah, I think that was my fastest rehouse ever. hahaha Thank you so much!

@@TomsBigSpiders happy new year to you and your lovely family too!! Once again, I absolutely loved this video and every other one you made thus far! Thank hope this year brings us all lots of amazing discoveries with our mysterious pets!

Thank you so much, Michoz! :)

The good news with these guys is that they seem to be less dependent on it as they get older; you'd just want to keep them a bit on the moist side as slings and juveniles. Thank you!

I love them myself! If I find something that I like, I always love sharing (although, I just went to buy more of the 8 x 8 x 8, and they are sold out. haha). And I'm so sorry to hear about your C. versicolors...that's terrible! Thank you again for the very kind words!

Thank you so much! I'm so glad that you're getting into the podcasts as well! And a toast right back at you! What are you drinking? I'm a huge fan of single malt Scotch!

@@TomsBigSpiders To be honest it could end up being anything as I'll be at a friend's house for Hogmanay, but should def be a single malt whisky in there somewhere... I used to favour the smoky peaty Islay malts like Lagavulin, but have sort of moved on to the more mellow Speysides like Tamnavulin and north highland ones like Old Pulteny. It's in steady supply here, so very much spoiled for choice 🤣 Anyhow, have a good one Clan-SpidMoran 🎼🎵🎵 😉👍

A couple other folks have said that their are curious as well; apparently, we aren't the only ones who are seeing this! Thanks, Tina!

Happy New Year, Dee! And thank you!

Hi, Michelle! Mine are quite the characters usually!

Man, what a GREAT name for a channel! Now...get some videos up there! haha I'll have to do an update on mine soon. I've been trying to get footage of it, but it always bolts to its den before I can get a pic or video. And Happy Birthday! Sorry that I'm late with this!

That blue just pops, Sandy! Thanks!

Happy New Year, bud! I hope that you had an awesome holiday season! Thank you so much!

@Tom Moran yeah buddy all good my end, 3 more snakes purchased.....but I'll be back with some new tarantula species by the end of January, so all good. Hope Billie and the kids are well 👌

Thank you, Thantos!

Happy New Year, James! I hope that you had a great holiday. And thank you so much!

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear that!

Yes, those do look amazing, Dylan!

Happy New Year, George! Thank you so much; that blue really does pop. Thank YOU for always taking the time to comment; we both appreciate it!

I think that I broke a personal record with that one, Luc! hahaha Happy New Year, bud! I hope that you had a great one! Thanks!

Thank you!

I was feeding my Pseudhapalopus sp. Colombia springtails for a while. It was just soooo tiny! hahah Yeah, you might have a ways to go!

Hi, Michael! You just can't beat that metallic blue!

@@TomsBigSpiders thats for sure super fast too mine bolted last night when feeding shes back in her enclosure safe and well lol

I have a sp. Purple and gold, and I kept it the same way. :) Thanks!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too, bud!

Happy New Year, Mike! Yeah, I think that set a personal best for me. haha Thank you so much!

Ya, I wonder if Ts can be trained to stand on a "rehouse pad" we can just lift and move over... it'd be less stress for us AND them... goofy spoods.

Hey, Nick! Happy New Year, bud! I hope that you and the family had a great holiday!

Happy New Year, Dusty! I don't know how she does it, because when I try to record, it's not nearly as good! She always does such an awesome job. I can definitely try to catch my girl out, as she spends most of her time in her burrow. And yes...I've definitely seen them (and I don't want to mess with them! haha). Thanks again!

@@TomsBigSpiders Happy New Years Tom! There are like 1% of the tarantulas that I would worry about if "They wondered onto my hand" this is one of them. I have handled many wild spiders in the past. They normally call the "spider guy" to help them get rid of a spider in the office. I have trained them well. Page me over the intercom if there is a spider and I will come deal with it... sort of thing lol. 99% of the time is is a orb weaver, daddy long legs, P regalis, or wolf spider. Catch cup, piece of paper, released outdoors, done. We did have some 5 to 6 foot rat snakes in the past! That was fun to take to the front office LOL. All were eventually released into the wild. No deaths. I caught them all and released them into various areas. I took one up to my parents house, I took one to the north of our city, 1 to the south of our city, and 1 to the creek that was nearby. This species was native for all 4 locations so I was fine with that. All 4 were at or above 5 foot in length. The biggest 6 foot+ female I dropped off at my parents house has done a real number on the mouse population. I am guessing she had babies They haven't had mice in the house for 2 years. They did have a 3 foot snake in the basement, which I took care of and released back into the wild. I have finally taught my mother and father what the good spiders are and they FINALLY respect them! They have 3 species of Hogna in their yard. After showing them the 24 different species that are in their yard they don't spray for bugs anymore. Wish there were tarantulas species..... new pets... just saying lol. Rabidosa rabida is the most common but there are some variants in size that don't add up. I have seen some that are almost 6 inches in the last 20 years. Now that I have an awesome cell phone I will be capturing the pics in the future! Have you seen a 6 inch wolf spider? I have! Have you seen an 11 inch dragon fly that was green? I have! Screen shots or it didn't happen applies here lol. I will get my screen shots and pics as well. Imagine a 12 inch wing span Dragon Fly that is forest green! I have seen this! One day I will catch it! One day I will report it to the fish and wildlife board! 22 years ago I saw a BIG dragonfly. I didn't have the tech I do now. I saw a spider as big as my foot 26 years ago. Somebody killed it before I could capture it. All of this was in Kansas btw. The large 6 inch wolf spider (you can't mistake the striping) was in Andover, and the large 8+ inch spider (oddly still looked like a faded wolf spider) was at El Dorado (El do raid O is how we say it lol) Lake in 2008. I will produce pictures of these mutants in the future, I have armed my parents and family with the knowledge to do this. Grab something common (aka a quarter/dollar/yard stick) and take a picture. You think you know nature? I have seen things that can't be explained! I have a camera now at all times. I plan on shocking the world with what I have seen. No photo shop needed. It will be raw photos and specimens delivered to the Fish and Wildlife foundation. Everything will be recorded in time. I just need time to amaze the world of what they don't know. H Maxima, T blondi, bat catching centipedes, tarantulas that fish underwater. One by one I will eventually show the world what I have found. Some things are on the brink of extinction I.E. the 12-14 inch green dragon fly. East to South East Kansas is where I have seen it the most. Prove me wrong, find a 5 inch green dragonfly, prove me right, find a 10+ inch green dragonfly. I have seen 3 in my lifetime. It has been 25 years since I have seen one. I am 43 right now. I am sure they are out there. Both a big bodied "Wolf Spider" and a huge 12+ inch "Green Dragonfly" are in the south east portions of Kansas. Catch, measure, report, and release, is all I ask of you. I will do the same.

Hello, Callie! Awwww...sounds like a molt will be coming soon!

Happy New Year, bud! I don't want to go back. haha And it sure is. haha

Happy New Year, bud! hahaha Yeah, I noticed that when I went to get the link for them. haha

Happy New Year, Thomas! I thought that I put a link in the description? They are not sold under the name "Barbarous Growth" for some reason. www.amazon.com/dp/B08YQMYH41?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

@@TomsBigSpiders Thank you so much Tom! 😄 I'll try & order some when I get back from holidays. So far I've been getting terrariums from Exoterra & the likes but heck, moving 18x18x18" glass enclosures full of soil is such a hassle... Hope to see many more wonderfull videos of yours this year! 🕷

Hello, Cody! I will try to catch her out! She's an old girl now...

Hahaha So sorry! ;)

Hey, Jason! haha That's insane! Talk about scary. I've had a few do that over the years, and it's something a lot of folks aren't aware of. When in doubt, carefully open the burrow and leave a prekilled prey item at the mouth over night. If it's gone in the morning, it's still eating.

I've got two of those as well!

Hey, Kevin! Thank you...I think? haha Maybe it will be this year! haha

Hello! The little white balls are harmless, but be very careful that there aren't any other additives to it.

Tom Patterson (he's on FB), Pinchers and Pokies, Micro Wilderness, Spider Shoppe.

Hello! It should be in the description for this video. They don't call them Barbarous Growth on Amazon for some strange reason. Or maybe not so strange, as it's such a weird name. :)

Absolutely beautiful spider Tom I will definitely be on the look out for one of these, as we have 2 invert shows coming up!!! Great video Tom and love this species!!🕷🤘

Hello, Mrs. Silkystreebzz. My humblest apologies. I will TOTALLY stop posting. Wait, is she gone? Okay, in that case...wait until you see what I post NEXT; you'll need one of those, too! Hahaha

Hey, Donnie! Yeah, they start off so small!

Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of Holothele species yet!

Which one might that be? :)

@@TomsBigSpiders The green bottle blue baby 🥰

Yeah, this isn't one I'd let dry out early on. I only mention that as I've had some folks lose them that were keeping them too dry.

@@TomsBigSpiders oh ya have seen alot new commers keep ts either to dry or to wet n kill em off inadvertently and it definitely sucks to learn that way and alot these people doing yt videos are only out to show their t collection and sell merch and might share a bit of need to know info about the ts thays why I like ur videos ur get down n share the good need to know info and temps n such which is awesome thays why I liked the old tarantulaguy1976 videos when he was talking about stuff like that or giving breeding tips n other things would Definitely like to build a mechanical mom

Mine have grown rather slowly overall, but higher temps would likely lead to faster growth rate. There always seems to be people out there who report faster growth!

@@TomsBigSpiders b4 I forget haply new year Mr Moran to u n ur family hope yall have a great new year and keep up the amazing videos definitely 100 put of 10