My spiders won’t feed, is on its back or hasn’t come out of its hide?

December 8, 2021

This often indicates that the spider is about to moult. This is quite a stressful time for the spider and it is best left alone. Spider will often stop feeding and block the entrance to their burrows a couple of weeks before moulting. Another reason for spiders not feeding or fasting is that they are […]

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Just received my spider when should I feed it?

December 8, 2021

Though they will often feed straight away it is best to wait four days or so for the spider to  settle and lay down some web. Some burrowing species may take longer to settle.

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Do you ship out of the UK? 

December 8, 2021

No. Since Brexit we are unable to ship to the EU. We can ship larger wholesale orders by Air Cargo, airport to airport.

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How much is shipping?

December 8, 2021

For orders containing just livestock shipping is a flat rate of £10.00 to anywhere in Britain with a UK postcode. Orders contain both livestock and equipment are usually also £10.00 for the first 10 kilos anywhere in mainland UK. Orders containing just equipment are done by weight.

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What days do you ship? Can I specify what day my order arrives?

December 8, 2021

We can send out orders Monday to Thursday. We can’t ship out Friday as we cannot guarantee Saturday arrival. You can specify which day you want your package to arrive during the check out process and we will look to have it that day should we be able to fit it in and there are […]

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Can you offer specific sexes of Tarantulas?

December 8, 2021

Sexed specimens are listed in the description or product title for instance (AF) for an adult females. We can try and sex out specimens by eye from Unsexed Sub Adult / Adult stock (SA/A).  This is an educated guess and is not guaranteed.

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Can you supply me with sexed pairs?

December 8, 2021

We do not offer specific sexed pairs unless the sex is specified in the description. When pairs are offered there will be listed in the breeding pairs section as 1.1, 1.2 etc depending on the ratio offered. In the species description there will be details on whether the male is mature ready for breeding or […]

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What does (AF), (A), (S/A) & (MM) mean?

December 8, 2021

AF = Refers that they Adult females are offered, SAF = Refers to Sub Adult Females, SAM = Refers to Sub Adult Males,  A = Refers that unsexed adults are offered, SA = Refers Unsexed Sub adult are offered, (SA/A) Refers to mixed unsexed Sub Adult / Adults,  MM = Refers that a Mature male […]

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What does 1.0, 1.1, 1.0.2 etc. mean?

December 8, 2021

When spiders are offered in breeding groups this refers to the sex ratio: Male.Female.Unsexed so therefore 1.2.3 would mean a group of 1 Male, 2 Females and 3 Unsexed.

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What does CB, LTC and WC mean?

December 8, 2021

CB = Captive Bred, LTC = Long Term Captive, WC = Wild Caught.

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