Gah Brachyssss......

..... Have lost another today. Am temped to just give them up. This genus well and truely hates me thats for sure grrrrr.

I'm sorry to hear that. I really don't get what you could be doing wrong as they are almost bulletproof. What sort of conditions do you keep them in? I'm sure you keep them perfectly to the book, so I'm stumped!

Alex

Sorry to hear that

Brachys really don't like you, do they Sel Bad luck on losing another one.

bmsonline wrote:I'm sorry to hear that. I really don't get what you could be doing wrong as they are almost bulletproof. What sort of conditions do you keep them in? I'm sure you keep them perfectly to the book, so I'm stumped!

Alex

Lols i keep them dry and overflow a waterbowl once a week. I dont get whats going on :S. How can i lose so many lols???? Avics i can keep perfectly and have no trouble yet the beginner species no i cant.

Sorry to hear about your latest loss .

sorry to hear that, it's a bizarre one?!?!

Lisa Baines wrote:sorry to hear that, it's a bizarre one?!?!

Yups in the matter of about 3 months i have lost:
1x B.angustum
2x B.albiceps (both died within 4 days of each other)
1x B.auratum
1x B.boehmei

And i duno why????

what was the temperature? what were they kept in? and what size were they?
And have you seen any evidence of parasites, external or internal? have you,may be, noticed an influx of mites perhaps?
I'm sure you had them right but this has sort of got my interest.

if your other tarantula's are fine I would conclude that there isn't a problem with your feeder stock. It has been known for contaminated crickets to partially wipe out peoples collections.

Lisa Baines wrote:what was the temperature? what were they kept in? and what size were they?
And have you seen any evidence of parasites, external or internal? have you,may be, noticed an influx of mites perhaps?
I'm sure you had them right but this has sort of got my interest.

if your other tarantula's are fine I would conclude that there isn't a problem with your feeder stock. It has been known for contaminated crickets to partially wipe out peoples collections.

Thing is a friend who also keeps Ts fetches my livefood so i know its not that. They are kept the same as my Grammies. All temps etc are fine iv had numerous tarantula people over to have a look and nothing. All Ts were from different sources originally too. No mites etc but surely that would of contaminated my other Ts?

you would have thought so.

well i'm stumped then! but this situation would have alarm bells ringing in my head. Although it isn't unusual to lose a few specimens in a short time once in a while, to have so many of the same species go at once is quite alarming.

however it just might be a stroke of bad luck. sorry i cant be of more help hun xx

i dont know myself but is there any illness for t's that can only effect certain sp and not others, is this a posibility? sorry to hear you have lost so many

All slings?

Young_Gun wrote:All slings?

Nope slings, juvis and sub adults

selina20 wrote:

Young_Gun wrote:All slings?

Nope slings, juvis and sub adults

Must be something up with your conditions then I would suggest.

What water source do you use?

Young_Gun wrote:

selina20 wrote:

Young_Gun wrote:All slings?

Nope slings, juvis and sub adults

Must be something up with your conditions then I would suggest.

What water source do you use?

Theres nothing wrong with my conditions Dan and people regularily come over to look. If it was the water then Dan and Sylvi would lose their collections.

selina20 wrote:

Young_Gun wrote:

selina20 wrote:

Young_Gun wrote:All slings?

Nope slings, juvis and sub adults

Must be something up with your conditions then I would suggest.

What water source do you use?

Theres nothing wrong with my conditions Dan and people regularily come over to look. If it was the water then Dan and Sylvi would lose their collections.

Wasn't meant in a nasty way, just suggesting that there must be something wrong or you wouldn't be losing the animals like you are.

Young_Gun wrote:

selina20 wrote:

Young_Gun wrote:

selina20 wrote:

Young_Gun wrote:All slings?

Nope slings, juvis and sub adults

Must be something up with your conditions then I would suggest.

What water source do you use?

Theres nothing wrong with my conditions Dan and people regularily come over to look. If it was the water then Dan and Sylvi would lose their collections.

Wasn't meant in a nasty way, just suggesting that there must be something wrong or you wouldn't be losing the animals like you are.

Wouldnt that mean i wouldnt of kept Voodoo alive. My set ups are dry but with waterbowls overflowed once a week. All are kept on eco earth with hides. The were all in a variety of set ups from sling pots to cricket tubs to faunariums

I don't know what Voodoo is?

Like I said, I was just suggesting there must be something up for you to be loosing the animals like you are, didn't mean anything by it other than an observation.

Do you live near any farmland/open fields etc?

A friend in Devon was recently losing animals left right and centre with no explanation and it turned out that it could have been attributed to a farmer using gas on rabbit warrens in a field near him.

Young_Gun wrote:I don't know what Voodoo is?

Like I said, I was just suggesting there must be something up for you to be loosing the animals like you are, didn't mean anything by it other than an observation.

Do you live near any farmland/open fields etc?

A friend in Devon was recently losing animals left right and centre with no explanation and it turned out that it could have been attributed to a farmer using gas on rabbit warrens in a field near him.

Voodoo is my B.smithi that had deformed book lungs so couldnt maintain humidity. I live in Portsmouth lols there is no farmland for miles.

Hmmm I wonder if it has something to do with a change in air pressure. How long has this been going on ? I know my spiders do strange things when the air pressure changes .

stiggmatt wrote:Hmmm I wonder if it has something to do with a change in air pressure. How long has this been going on ? I know my spiders do strange things when the air pressure changes .

How would that only affect one genus??? Also i live on flat land lols.

Did you keep the brachys in the same area as your other spids? I can only imagine it could be down to bad luck or wondered if they are near cedarwood maybe? Cant think of anything else that it could be other then bad luck :-( SOmtimes it happens like that, could be bad genes etc

Alan Edwards wrote:Did you keep the brachys in the same area as your other spids? I can only imagine it could be down to bad luck or wondered if they are near cedarwood maybe? Cant think of anything else that it could be other then bad luck :-( SOmtimes it happens like that, could be bad genes etc

yups all my spids are kept together in a bookcase lols.

I would maybe check what type of wood ur bookcase is then, might be an idea but to be honest think its just bad luck :-(