Balfouri communal update and care
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- Balfouri communal update and care
Today we look at our Balfouri slings and give them a much needed rehouse, theres 34 slings in this pot as you can see there quit the messy little things so today we check there progress and growth and give them a brand new enclosure that will see them through for the next few months before needing to be rehoused again.
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I find it so funny when you take apart a spider's completely webbed up home and then there's just a roach or other prey living in it like it's the most ordinary thing.
"Yeah. I belong here. I'm a spider."
8:34... 30 baby M balfouri and one REALLY freaked out roach, LOL... nice mate...
That roach is like: Get me the F*** out of here!!! Hahaha
"A certain aroma to it" 😆😆😆 I'm eating my breakfast!!!
Everyone has there own way of doing things. Each to ther own.❤❤❤❤❤❤
Very well said 👍
I love the way you explain it in such a fluid manner while making it very entertaining to watch and very informative for me.
Thank you we just try and enjoy ourselves and share what we have with you guys 👍
"Bring me a shrubbery." - M. balfouri
Just wanted to say thank you for your videos - I was arachnophobic and would splat them out of fear and feeling unable to remove them.
Well, I had a (for me) relatively large spider in my room last night and went calm, recited your mantra and found a tub saying “got my catch cup, now let’s shift the little beastie back outside” 😂 so thank you for helping me overcome my fear and appreciate these wonderful creatures
Thats awesome shelly,im so glad you see them differently now
Did you narrate it? Did you mention to your imaginary audience, that these can be a little skittish? Did you point out the beautiful colors? ;)
This video literally calms my panic attack,
They are soooooooo adorable, thanks a lot
Beautiful slings!
Amazing Dave, absolutely fascinating to watch the little guys scurrying around...thanks
Your very welcome mate 👍
Couldn't believe there were over 30 slings in that small container ! Goes to show that balfouri definitely have a higher tolerance to others of their kind as opposed to most other Ts out there. Simply stunning. Stay safe and thanks for sharing :)
Keeping them in close contact works well for these guys 👍
I love these little Kiwis with Legs
M balfouri is the next spider on my list. Seeing these little ones run around is great to see!
You wont be sorry mate get some 😂👍
Awesome video, I can feel just how much fun your having and teaching us
I really enjoy sharing my collection with you guys ❤️👍
Great stuff Dave love anything Balfori as you know, Andy
Thanks buddy
they are so cute! I was very shocked at how many were packed into that tiny space
Keeping them confined works very well with these guys 👍
great video as always, looking forward for the re house of these guys when they grow up
Nice big enclosure I think 👍
how absolutely cute they are. those big fat "butts" on them are so funny :))
Another smashin video ...
Man, that will be awesome communal set-up. 34 slings. ❤️
Im hoping so 😂👍
@@daveslittlebeasties hehehe after 4 months make an update video please :) let's see how will they remodel their enclosure. 🙂
@@kriszzillaYT its all planned matey 👍👍
@@daveslittlebeasties 👊 nice!!!! Thanks mate!
Cute!!! Precious....I'm almost there guys there to the point where I'm ALMOST ready to make purchase...and to prove to you all I've ALREADY purchased 5 30 by 30's acrylic tanks...
Almost ready..
Thanks Dr.Dave. (LoL)
Love from Clarksville Tennessee
Slowly does it my friend and choose wisely ❤️❤️❤️
Hi Tina.
Check out MariLynn Moore's films here on YT.
You are maybe related to MariLynn..?
She IS from Tennessee. 😀👍😎
thanks PROFF another amazing project in the making. this will be interesting for the future update.--thanks camera lady.
Cheers Graeme I will keep you updated 👍
Happy balfouri communal!
+4... not bad lol XD very nice, set up Dave
A wonderful footage Dave. I have just. Watched Caitlin H enderson who has discovered a social tree dwelling Huntson spider which lives in colonies in tr EE’s in Australia
Those are some fine looking spooders!! Love it.
Glad you like them!
Another brilliant video my friend ❣️Thanks for sharing 🕷🖤
When I started the tarantula hobby 16 months ago I didn't know they could be kept together. Knowing what I know now I would have started with the M balfouri!!! One big enclosure with a ton of spiders!!! I only have room for 10 enclosures (tiny apartment lol). A tank the size of my 8 enclosures would be massive! 100 adult M balfouri massive! All the regrets!!!! (p.s. I still love all of my different colors/colours of tarantulas) 4 Caribena versicolor (s?), Brachypelma boehmei(s?), Neoholothele incei sp Olive (female!), Grammostola pulchripes (s?), and my Tlitlocatl albopilosus (female!).
Thats the beauty of the Balfouri ,a colony does not need that much space to be effective in fact they do better being kept close together to stop any aggression amongst them .
I just paired mine again! I'm so excited to do something similar to what you just did. It's gonna look amazing all webbed upp! Can't wait for the update!
And there it was.. If I just kept watching lol Still hoping for a future update when it's all covered in white! :)
@@JohanExoticGlobal There will be another update and a rehouse once they have grown a bit more 👍
@@daveslittlebeasties Can't wait!
Excellent update Dave
"certain aroma" 😂 hell yeses!!
👍😂😂😂its true my friend 😂
Great video so many babies
I had two sacks one had 56 and the other 26 I think 👍
Missed the notification. Well done on your breeding!!!
Great video and very informative 👍😁💯
soo plump and lovely.
Once again ... excellent video ... such a cute little kindergarten ... and they are doing soo well :-)
Thank you my friend 👍
Absolutely adorable little babies! 😍
definitely one of the best tarantulas out there
hello great video update Dave I remember the raggys member that has 100 baifouri in a gigantic tank
Yes that was Kieth and a great video 👍
Fantastic x👍🏼🕷
Thank you! Cheers!
Brilliant video Dave, really enjoyed that, and a great little set up aswell, super.
Thanks George 👍
Thirty four! Wow! I’m really wanting one of these communals. Not 34 though 😄
They're thriving! :)
What an awesome video. I've always been fascinated by balfouri but always been put off by the whole communal thing and I haven't really done much research into whether they can be kept solo or not, I'm assuming they probably can. They don't seem to be very skittish or bolty from what I've seen on TH-cam videos which I definitely prefer lol.
Yes they are pretty steady spiders and I keep my breeding females on there own with no problems in fact they do very well on there own 👍
They can be kept solo.
I really loved watching that
Another fantastic video dude !
Thank you so much mate 👍
Sweet lil buggers Dave great video buddy can't wait go c them grow I defo need a balf communal
There very interesting spiders mate well worth keeping 👍
Thankfully I'd finished my breakfast b4 seeing the squished roaches 🤢🤣🤣🤣 cool vid Mr and Mrs Dave 😍😍😍
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@daveslittlebeasties I sure did after I finished gagging 🤣🤣🤣
Setting mine up tomorrow can't wait 😍
Good luck insure it will be lovely 👍
Wonderful little babies. Thank you.
34? I hope you have about a 75 gallon tank handy for when they are adults. LOL lots of fun to come with this bunch!
It will be a nice big project on its way 👍
They are cute Dave stunning spiders I have a Af and a sling which I rehoused recently a must have species.
it took me so much time to notice the YAMAHA shirt !! vroom !
The speed of them flying around haha
There pretty quick Sarah 👍
I love you videos! This was awesome! You guys are a great team!
Thank you appreciate your kind words❤️
Great vid mate
Hoping to start my own small Balfouri communal soon! Great video!
Thanks mate they are very interesting 👍
Aye, they're cute little fuzzies with wee tiny fangs. Quick as lighting too! Those would be fun to watch them grow and web that enclosure, Dave. They are so doggone fascinating to me, guess that's why I love arachnids. Still to chilly here in the mountains to order yet for me, but one thing I've learned as I've gotten, ahem, elderly (LoL), is patient. Lots of patients. I've got grand children afterall. 😂😂 They keep telling me they will disown me as a grandmum if I start getting spiders. 😂😂
Don't listen to them , tell them any more talk like that and there OFF the christmas list 😂😂
@@daveslittlebeasties maybe for Christmas I'll give each of them a b. hamorii for their very own! My son-in-law hates spiders so one day I took a small toy spider and put it under the sun visor of his truck. When he pulled it down to get his sunglasses I thought he was going to pee his pant. I laughed till I almost did! 😂😂😂
@@lindabriggs5118 Linda your so wicked I love it 😂😂😂😂👍
I love playing practical jokes on him. He absolutely freaks when he sees a snake. But we have Eastern Rattle snakes, Copperheads, and Cotton Mouths, all venomous. But we also have non-venomous snakes here as well. I've finally think I've taught him to recognize them so he doesn't shoot those. We also have Black Bears, Bobcats, Puma, Cayotes, White Tail Deer, Elk, Wolves, and really mean feral Hogs around these mountains. Some also come into town. It's fairly rural where I live. Close enough for country living and close enough to big cities such as Atlanta (two hour drive south) if you have to a big city.
@@lindabriggs5118 Sounds like a dream you have everything I love in life what a fantastic place to live ❤️
💙💚BALFOURI💙💚
Oh, oh, oh!!! Oh my gosh! I did it! I finally did it! Today is the day I bought two T's! Yup, I got my T. albopilosus confirmed female sub-adult and my G. Pulcripes sling. Well actually bought and paid for. They will be delivered on Tuesday by FedEx. I'm like a kid right now, Dave. Steve with Arachnoiden was a fantastic help since he recently had his website reprogrammed and between our emails back and forth for two days I was able to order. It was pretty funny really. I'd try to order and couldn't and he's find the problem and getvtgat fixed and is try again and find a new problem and email him and he'd get that fixed. Back and forth a few more times and voila` I was able to order! It was wacky and will be memorable. Kind funny it happened to me. I'll let you know how delivery day will be since they are being delivered to my workplace...that will be fun😲😲 I can imagine my co-workers now...lol! 🕷🕸🕷
This is great news I look forward to hearing how it all goes sounds like two nice new additions 👍
Literally torn between having M. Balfouri communal or P. Sazimai 3inch fem. And then this video came out, I think its a sign haha. Nice Video Dave, Keep it going
I would go for the Balfouri you will see a lot more of them 👍
What a cool video!
Thank you so much 👍
Absoluty love the balfouri! Only have one at the moment but Hope in the future to start a colony!
Cheers from denmark :D
There a great species to keep and watch .
I absolutely love the slings, some of them looked huge! I could sit and watch all of your spiders for hours! You have so much experience and advice, I am currently studying Entomology, it’s just a small course not a degree or anything exciting! Would you be ok if I ask you a couple questions? I won’t bombard you but please say no if you can’t ! Your videos are amazing! ❤️
Glad you like them! always ere to help if I can ❤️👍
they are well nourished :-D
Thank you we must be doing something right 😂😂👍
@@daveslittlebeasties 😆😆
The spiderlings of the wolf spider look like twinkling lights
Again-- 👍👍.
Today i woke up for work n found my cats had pulled my first Ts tank out to a 6 foot drop. C.Darlingi 2 y.o had it from a tiny sling. Never thought a bug would make me need to mourn.
That’s so sad 😢
Thats such sad news my friend , maybe put a thin wood bead at the front of your shelves so they cant be pushed out 👍
I always enjoy watching it!
Is Mr. Dave a fan of MotoGP?
I'm looking forward to Mr. Dave's video from Japan!
Hi my friend, and welcome all the way from Japan thats amazing and yes I love the MotoGP 👍👍👍👍❤️
@@daveslittlebeasties Thank you so much! I love the MotoGP too!!
New subscriber . My son and I have bought our first one and looking for good husbandry tips . Great videos would like to meet you one day sir .
Thanks for subscribing my friend im happy your enjoying the content👍
Just been donated a mature male so here brushing up on the care.
Great video mate! I can't wait to breed my M.balfouri later this year!
Good luck with breeding fingers crossed for you 👍🤞
@@daveslittlebeasties Thanks mate! It's definitely a project I'm looking forward to. I'd start now but I have hundreds of wolf spider slings and space is a bit of an issue at the mo. Again dude great video!!
@@pjsmith2744 What wolf slings do you have ?
@@daveslittlebeasties I have about 200-250 T.georgicola slings. I bought a WC female a few months back and she gave me the nice surprise of a egg sac one morning. Six weeks later and they have all emerged!!
@@pjsmith2744 Thats fantastic are you selling any ?I dont have any of these 😂👍
I love your channel...how do you keep so many different humidities at once
Most are the same or there about it docent have to be that precise 👍
Excellent video again Dave. You explain things so easily. So many little legs in that small round pot. How long does it take for them to web up ?
About a week and then they started 😂👍
WOW great looking M.Balfouri now with 34 In one enclosure how big will you let the get before you re house them into a larger enclosure and do you plan on keep that many together all time even when you rehouse them ?? it looks great and as we see they are starting to web it up I can't wait to see that enclosure completely webbed up awesome video keep up the amazing work
I plan on keeping them all together there will be a certain amount of them that will be males and will be removed and I will probably take a couple of females out to add to my breeding females and the rest will be left to there own devices as a colony , they will stay in this enclosure until there around 1 inch or so overall size , we will film the rehouse when there ready to go.👍
I have a communal of 3x balfouri's myself.. That is, i think i still do. They stay buried inside their skull. I am adding 1 subadult/adult female into it, as well as 3x others later this month or the next one possibly. Different egg sacks but i think they'll get a long :) It's a facinating species!
There should be no issues as long as there similar sizes, I would rehouse them all together once you have them all make a new enclosure at move them all together so its strange ground for all of them 👍
@@daveslittlebeasties I have thought about improving the enclosure they currently have and have them all together in it. The issue is that they live inside a skull they have also burried under - So I'm uncertain of the best method for removing them. I could lift the skull, but it's not that tempting to use my fingers to lift it up ( a lot of webbing attached to it)
@@Quak3cry if your rehousing them ll together you will need to destroy the old enclosure and let them rebuild it from scratch 👍
@@daveslittlebeasties I know. That's my plan to remodell their old enclosure. But.. It's the getting them out of their that i'm unsure how i'm gonna do. Would you advice just lifting up the skull they have? i don't think they would attack me for lifting it up, but probably wouldn't be happy either.
@@Quak3cry Ye you could do what size are they ? if small just lift it up and put the whole thing in there new home or chase them out and catch them up would work better
Great video! Which is the most dangerous tarantula spider you have pls?
Probably my funnel webs 👍
@@daveslittlebeasties thankyou!
That was cool, I am sure you have got rid of the guys by now. I live in the states and you probably don't ship here. I don't do facebook so..... I have got my first tarantula yet lol One day!!!!!
Sorry only the uk 😭
I love this Communal. So with 34 in one enclosure at the size that these "beasties" are, what size would you end with (tank wise) when they are adults?
I have [planned to set up a 60x45x45👍
That was lovely to watch 34 little ones awesome mate Could you help me on something iv got a desert blond tarantula what kind of substrate should i go for thank you
I would use whatever you like the look of but keep them on the dry side with just a light watering of a portion of the enclosure once a week , I think they would look good on that Beardie Life like the GBB I have .👍
Can you please do timelapse videos of the spiders webbing up the new enclosure?
Hey Dave have you seen the video of the guys that built a giant set up for 267 scotia island blue in same enclosure world record pretty kool, love your vids thanks 🙏🏻
I would love to have some of these. I would also like to live where you do so I could buy some of your slings, but I live in the USA.
Maybe one day!
Great Vlog, as always, just wandering if you ever sell any spiders
Yes I sell all that I breed through Facebook on messenger .👍facebook.com/Daveslittlebeasties/
@@daveslittlebeasties cool, thanks, just friend requested you, we were looking for a Poecilotheria metallica.
@@alunlambert7456 None of my females dropped this time so we will try again👍
Firstly brilliant videos and very informative. I’m looking at setting up a communal but unsure on stocking densities. My finished enclosure is a modified JUWEL Vision 450 litre tank which is 151 x 51 x 66 cm how many would you say this would be suitable for ?
Wow you could keep 100 adults in that no worries 👍
Hello Dave! Thank you for your videos, they're incredibly informative! I'm currently gathering information to set up my communal for Balfouri, a small one (10-12 slings). I wanted to ask if you build your own enclosures or if you have a preferred shop you recommend?
Some are my own design
Hey Dave thanks for the great videos so helpful, new to your channel and new to keepings T's I have recently purchased a juvenile Trinidad olive and a sling Caribena versicolor so cute. Do you personally have a shop if iwas looking to add more to my small collection.
Also another query i purchased a trinidad olive and since I got it nearly two weeks ago it doesn't move occasion it's legs twitch and.i have to feed and water it by hand. Do you have any idea what's happend and is there any hope ..it's been nearly 2 weeks and no improvement. It's abdomen is full and I do t have the heart to give up on the wee furry.
Your Trinidad olive does not sound right maybe contact the place of purchase , are all your temps good and general care in place, I dont have a shop but I sell all mine on Facebook you can contact me through messenger for a list of available facebook.com/Daveslittlebeasties/
@@daveslittlebeasties thanks Dave I'll hit you up on Facebook, I got another olive but this wee one a think is still hanging in there when I spoke to them about it I was told it was just nerves and she/he was dead.. surely not because kits legs still move and if I flip it over it will drink water . Just not sure what to do with it I don't have the heart to put it in the freezer as I was told to. 🙁 Thanks for the reply .
@@GameNwatch82 Just keep it warm and hydrated 👍
Hey there Dave :)
Can I ask do you sell the slings? As I’m looking to purchase a Balfouri :) or if you don’t sell the slings can I ask where you purchased them? Great content by the way :)
Yes I do sell them you can contact me on Facebook facebook.com/Daveslittlebeasties/
My favorite T. They're so pretty! How old do they have to be to get that beautiful 2-tone color?
About a year.
baby♡
Will you be taking any of these to the weymouth show in May? I would love yo get some from you
Yes im sure their willl be some 👍
Brilliant.
I got a newbie question...do you put the oak branch straight in from the tree or freeze it for a bit first?
There is absolutely no need to freeze anything just put it in as long as you have collected from a safe place you will be fine .
@@daveslittlebeasties 👍✌ great stuff. Thank you!
They seem to run and stop at the same time when they're bunched together. I think I would have used a bigger enclosure for 34. Maybe.
That 20x20x20 enclosure is more than adequate at this size in fact they need to be kept in close contact with each other and this stops them becoming territorial within the enclosure , once they are an inch or so in size they will be moved to a larger enclosure , to much space to early can be detrimental to there wellbeing 👍
@@daveslittlebeasties I see. Thanks for explaining.
@@daveslittlebeasties it's interesting isn't it. Some will say any animals should be kept in the biggest space we can manage. But a large cage can make pet rats territorial too. And/or insecure.
@@amyesworldcatherinesminime7945 Yes many animals actually suffer given too much space especially when developing .👍
wait so will you be housing them all together?
Yes they will stay together 👍
@@daveslittlebeasties thats amazing just saw your most recent one with them, is it truly possible to keep 30 full grown ones or so together? i am getting some of these as well and i thought 4-5 was the "limit"
@@lukaslefevre8007 You can keep as many as you like together providing they have a large enough enclosure to suit 👍
Hi dave, me again, my adult female white knee is developing a kind of bald patch on top of her abdomen, as I told you in Boscombe, she's not eating and is holed up at the moment so I cannot get a good look at it, she is still quite plump though. Is this patch caused by anything and should I need anything to make it better. Thanks m8
Sounds like she is preparing to moult mate nothing to worry about , this might take. a little time so relax and be patient and wait for her to reappear 👍
33 actually)
34 for sure 😂😂😂👍
Dave, have you ever manged to lay your hands on anu Australian T'S
No im afraid not
Dave are the balfouri mates docile or nasty kind mate I keep Brazilian wondering spiders funnel web spider and sand spiders but the balfouri is new to me mate I have heard of them but only seen them on your video
They are pretty easy going mate 👍
@@daveslittlebeasties thank you so much mate
Do you have a store/online store
no not at the moment but I sell on Facebook you can contact me through messenger facebook.com/Daveslittlebeasties/
Thanks for the reply Dave. Really like your vids and into tarantulas as a potential hobby. Unfortunately I’m not into or on Facebook but I’ll keep on watching your vids and waiting for a more accessible way to view
@@daveslittlebeasties wouldn’t mind starting from just a sling
@@johngear1415 Thats the way to go mate start small👍