-=Buzz=-

Arrived at work today to find my much prized Mexican Red Knee tarantula dying in his tank

I have had this particular spider for nearly 10 years and obviously I was rather attached to it after than length of time.

I'd like to find some way to "keep him" as it were.

Anyone know anything about preserving passed on pets?

Any suggestions what I could do ?

scunnered

iTrader: (1)

I think "freeze dried" is the way to go on this one.

-=Buzz=-

Ghostdog, thanks for that.. but I don't like tatoos and would never have one where it was visible anyway.

Freeze drying? Would I be able to keep it on my desk at work after that?

I though about some sort of resin treatment to maybe make it into a paperweight or pen holder, like the ones you can buy in Malaysia etc. but it would be my own personal pet one.

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

Ghostdog that's a bit harsh!
Besides it should be written TAWT so he can read it in the mirror

-=Buzz=-

Some people do have tatoos of their pets though, don't they?

I personally wouldn't have a tatoo, but thats me. Maybe I could get a sketch done and have some sort of framed picture I suppose. Might be a good idea.

-=Buzz=-

Hmmm.. I wonder if they'd do a spider.. I'll look into that one B2Z.

RichWalk

Feed it on left over McDonalds, kids Breakfast cereals and Panda Pops for its remaining days, should do the trick.

Audi-Boy

Did he have a name?

-=Buzz=-

Actualy, yes

My wife called him "Dora" from the mexican word Camadora I think it was, which means something like Red Knee.

That was before we realised it was a he - we originally thought it was a she, you can't tell easily when they are hatchlings.

Tiggs

lots of usefull info here!

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...9&page=1&pp=20

-=Buzz=-

Thanks Tiggs - I'd briefly managed to forget about that

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

I was looking for that That was the best thread on scoobynet ever IMHO a true classic

jimbrit

Talk about bloody double standards.


Post about losing a cat and any posts that were not supportive were vaped by the mods.

Talk about a pet tarantula and just because its not a fluffy and popular pet flames and trolls are allowed to get away with insulting Buzz.

However the guy whose cat was run over might appreciate some of Ghostdogs fine art.

My 2p

J

-=Buzz=-

Jimbrit - thanks for the support.

Yes spiders aren't cuddly, cute things, but they are still pets.

Mine must have "liked" me, it didn't bite me once

||VaNDaL||

err........ have you thought of pickling?????perhaps if you did some shallots, you could bring him out to enjoy at christmas, perhaps with some cold meats




or mebbe look for other stuff to do on the "WEB" hahaha

Audi-Boy

What do tarrantulas do as a pet?

I don't understand, did you give him a friend or was he lonsome for 10 years

AM GUNNA GET ONE!

RichWalk

You given up hope on finding a talking crow then AB?? BTW Spiders most definitely cant be taught to speak......

OllyK

Not sure - but could be handy to leave on the seat of the Scoob when you leave it, quite the deterant

-=Buzz=-

what do they do?

Erm... sit around a lot.... spin webs... oh yeah..

AND EAT THINGS ALIVE!

I've got a bird eating tarantula thats about 10" legspan.. it's beigger than my hand

That's still alive though

Pickling.... Nah, they lose their colour and fall apart after a few years.

Did I give him a friend? They'd have eaten each other. Spiders don't HAVE friends, they just have mates Andn then the female usually eats the male - if only I was so lucky and my wife would eat me

mj

easy mount!

This response submitted by wetnwildtaxidermy.com on 7/4/02. ( tomvoyer@***.net ) 68.14.4.178



Well you done good laying itout. spiders and tarantulas get very fragile if not frozen right away. i mount quite a few and here is the method i use. Turn the tarantula over, and starting at the small hole in the rear ofthe abdomen, slice him up the bottom from then silk hole, to just before the mandible(fangs). Using forcepts or a popsicle stick, scarape out all the goo from inside the abdomen. Go slow as it tears easily.Thentake your forcepts and pull out al the meat in the upper body at the leg roots. It will sort of resemble lobster meat. Clean this out as best you can till you reach the root of each leg. Take a syringe, and inject each leg with Rittels Preserve-it. Then dust the interior with borax. Using sculpall, refill the upper body where all the meat was taken out and glue shut. Take a ball of sculpall, and knead in into shape to refill the abdomen and then also glue or sew shut. Position him in desired pose, and hot glue the legs down in desired pose. Let dry about a week or so. He should not lose much color so at this point, spray him with an an aerosol hair spray like women use on their hair, and it willmake all the little hairs on the body and legs stand on end and the results are great.
Tom

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Brendan Hughes

Thanks a lot for the memories, Tigwell - I've now had to explain my paroxysms and near-asphyxiation to my office colleague...

Tiggs

lol- glad to be of service!

Redkop

Sorry jimbrit, but I don't seem to have received an RTM from you reporting this. So apologies for the delay in vaping.

jimbrit

Sorry but didn't feel the need for this thread to be moderated. I was more annoyed that the cat one was , hence the post

^Qwerty^

How about turning it into a paper weight?

dsmith

Ahhh but Jim, Cats have a very special place on S'Net. You can tell remarkable tales of Mole culling to great applause from the gallery but threaten to even speak harshly to some random birdkilling, vole torturer that defecates over the garden you let your children play in and the thought police are here in moments


And buzz - personally I'd start I collage with it. You could add little bits of pasta, sea shells and other stuff you find in the bin to make it look like your favourite "spider at the seaside" memory.

Deano

RoadrunnerV2

Throw the corpse in the skip and be done with it

-=Buzz=-

Deano.. thats a fantastic idea! Except... it's never been to the seaside.. it'd have to be a sort of office theme, 'cos thats where it lived... paperclips and pencil shavings I suppose

I don't think I fancy the DIY taxidermy though...

I think I'll just buy a Goliath bird eater to replace it instead, if I can see through the misty eyes to find my way to the pet shop



Redkop - no need to moderate on my behalf - I've printed GD's artwork off and put it on the the office wall - my colleagues all wanted to do exactly that while it was alive, but thanks for the thought