Spookie Spoods

08/03/2023

I love everyone who is making cute spider videos and changing people's minds about them :D

08/03/2023

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08/03/2023

Some of my silk moths hatched, they are really cute. They have been domesticated so long they don't fly, but they still use them to fan pheromones around to ...

08/03/2023

An excellent post on spider handling and interaction!

Hey Guys!! I'd like to talk about handling your spood. There's many adorable videos on the internet of jumping spiders climbing all over their keepers and playing on jumper playgrounds.

Let's talk about how they get there. Poking your spood to get them to come out for social time is not recommended at all. Let them come to you. They're very curious creatures, and will venture out on their own. If you have to poke at them to get them to come to you, they absolutely do not want to do that. It's almost like dragging a dog by a leash.

It's such a huge concern for me that it's a question on the website. If a spood is nestled in their hammock, any age, leave them be. They don't retreat to their hammocks to pass away, they go there to rest and feel safe. They may even be in premolt and you can disturb the process. If you've nudged them out and they seem sluggish, most likely they're prepping to molt, so just please don't do it period.

You'll see if you let them come to you it will be an extremely rewarding experience earning their trust. You'll become best friends in no time 🥰

27/08/2020

Some pictures of Miles! He is currently my only near-adult (I think he needs another molt.)
I have trouble getting good pics of him through the plastic, and he's shy and hasn't wanted to come out.
He is hammock king, he has like 4 hammocks across the top now. Webbing everywhere! He sits up there and watches me.
I have plans to make him a bigger enclosure.

P. regius

26/08/2020

Yellow-3 is one of my biggest spiderlings from Spookie Boo's clutch (but still pretty small!). I just watched them shove a molt out of their hammock. Since then they have been cleaning their legs. I also caught a picture of Red-2 out and about. Most of the rest are still sleeping, they're more active later in the day.
I saw several molts fall out when I was feeding them yesterday so some are progressing to the next stage :) They definitely still have a wide range of sizes, some are smaller, they don't all develop at the same rate.

They were born July 14th, so they are almost a month and a half old.
I currently have 23 spiderlings, which doesn't seem like a lot but the clutch was pretty small- probably about 30-35 spiderlings. I've already rehomed 4 of them, and a few are spoken for. I haven't lost any in a while.
The rest I'd like to see how their colors evolve before I rehome any more. I loved Spookie Boo and would like to keep some of her children to continue another generation :)

26/08/2020

Kind of... but not quite.
I seem to have problems with spiderlings leaving the nest. They just don't want to! I gave them some gentle encouragement with a soft brush- I figure maybe their mother does something like that? But most of them went back in again. I just have one brave explorer.
I gave them some fruit flies just in case.

23/08/2020

HIIIIIIIIIII!!!!

23/08/2020

Lucas The Spider Creator Explains How He Makes People Fall In Love With Spiders | The Dodo

I love this! If you haven't seen Lucas yet, they're just little short cute episodes.

Lucas The Spider Creator is Making People Fall In Love With Spiders | Lucas The Spider is the cutest spider ever - we caught up with Lucas The Spider's creat...

22/08/2020

Still hiding. I wonder if it's because it's been so overcast and rainy lately.

20/08/2020

Green-4 is winner of most impressive hammock. It's large and thick, impressive for such a small spiderling! I have a couple spiderlings who are close, and then there are a few that just make little thin hammocks.
I wonder if they are getting close to another molt. I'm seeing bigger rumps again.

19/08/2020

Not today.

19/08/2020

I was watching Green-5 eat their fruit fly. They noticed another one nearby behind them. They set down the one they were eating, and went after the second fly. After a valiant lunge, they missed, so they returned to resume eating their original fruit fly.
I continued watching, and they finished their fruit fly, and went on the hunt and successfully got another :)

Sometimes it takes me a while to feed them because I get distracted watching them.

19/08/2020

A teeny tiny spider molt! I can't get my phone camera to focus any closer. I happened to see it when I was cleaning their cups. :)

18/08/2020

HermannExotics

Cute little drink!

My first post, spoink having a drink of water :)

18/08/2020

Baby Spiderlings moving around in nest

Look at all that cute wiggling around! :D

https://youtu.be/NJbjCyEvaIY

Thinking about coming out? Phiddipus regius

18/08/2020

Over last weekend I went and picked up an egg sac from a really nice person I met online. Their jumping spider, Courtney, was already on her 4th big egg sac and she was getting a little overwhelmed with spiderlings! I'm already in spiderling care mode, so I was happy to take it, since Spookie Boo's clutch wasn't that big.

They hatched on August 9th, so are about due to come out whenever they feel inclined. (Spiderlings hatch not completely developed, so they will stay a week or so in the egg sac living off their leftover yolk and doing one more molt before they emerge.) They are doing lots of wiggling! I'm excited!
I'm looking forward to caring for them when they come out! Their mother was a lovely tan and cream color, with black legs and head. The spiderlings she has that have gotten markings already look different from Spookie Boo's spiderlings :)

I keep everybody on my windowsills, which get good indirect light. Natural light seems to be a key component to happy, healthy spiderlings. They just can't take direct sunlight, because they can overheat and dry out fast! (Also keep that in mind if you release native spiderlings into the wild- find them a nice shady spot.)
I did have some black ant invasion problems at first, but I think I have that resolved now. (Our house is old and has lots of cracks for them to get in, they wanted to loot all the fruit flies!)

18/08/2020

Some more spiderling pictures when I was feeding yesterday.
I love them all for different reasons :3
I try to encourage them when they're chasing the fruit flies. They do a good job. They are good spiderlings.

18/08/2020

Yellow-2 let me take some cute pics of them while I was doing feeding yesterday.
Most of my spiderlings have molted into having markings! Many seem to have bright whites. I wonder if they will all look like their mother.

18/08/2020

Spookie Spoods's cover photo

18/08/2020

Red-4, one of my overachievers, has already built a second thick sleeping hammock. And grabbed their fruit fly right away :)

17/08/2020

Fweeee- nope going back!
Yellow-2 using the all-important anchor line.

17/08/2020

Phantastic Phids

Good handling tips! Like any creature, spiders have their own personality, and some like handling more than others.

Here are some handling tips for those thinking about interacting with their jumping spiders!

17/08/2020

Spookie Spoods