Sicarius thomisoides 'Six-eyed Sandspider' Rehousing and Care

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[OrbitalRescueSage]

I kinda wish you'd stop doing that 'I hate to call it a dangerous or aggressive' animal. Because these ARE dangerous, and if bit, you will probably die. This isn't an H Mac or OBT that are 'just misunderstood defensive spooders, ' (where a bite gives you cramps and burning sensations for months) this and the Dark Den guy's Deathstalkers are very much a dangerous animal. I wouldn't want people to pick this up going 'it can't climb glass! and it prefers to run and hide' to find that one time where it doesn't, and they haven't cleaned the sides of the enclosure in a while or its super dry and static is grabbing all the dust to the walls. There was this video series on pet to zoo rescues, where the guy preps animals for zoos and he made a short series on this particular King Cobra that was rescued from some person on his way to being a Darwin Award recipient, and pretty much came out stating, 'do not under any circumstances get this snake as a pet.' Just because you can be safe around them doesn't make them safe to keep. I just feel like there's been the competition over the last year among the big T youtubers to show off keeping lethal to human animals like its some kind of dare. I don't know who started this trend, as I don't watch allll of you T youtubers, but I do know you all communicate, and I'd like to request that you stop this dare thing before idiots kill themselves. Because the last thing I need is my apt manager to hear about people keeping spiders dying to stupid like the fake tide pods challenge and suddenly I had to show my DL to buy laundry products for a month, and her telling me to get rid of all my T's. Okay? I'm not allowed cats, dogs, rodents, fish, but because T's are 'naturally occurring vermin' according to my lease, I'm allowed to keep them.

[morganfiedler]

Hey Tom, always great to wake up with one of your videos. Try not to pay that one guy any mind. I think he's projecting his own irritation at other keepers onto you and it doesn't actually hold any water. Anyone who is familiar with your videos knows you are caring, compassionate, and don't take unnecessary risks to gain views, and that your main goal is to provide factual information about the hobby and try to get people inspired to learn about nature. The fact that you are a parent plays a big part in your caution and compassion, I think. You're trying to keep Billy and the kiddos and the puppies as safe as possible (not to mention the spoods) while you follow your dreams, and we love you for it. Keep up the great work and thanks for inspiring me to dive into the hobby that has brought me so much joy.
Love, Morgan.

[alicemilton]

Your quarantine look is getting Shakespearean

[johnroughneen]

That fact about them embedding grains of sand into their exo skeleton is mad! Like to see a close up of that happening

[mostlytanks]

Been looking to add one of these to my collection! Been one of my favorite spiders since i was a kid. Nice video!

[cakemike]

Much Love from Newfoundland. Keep up the good work!!!

[lesleycheryl]

To oribitalrescuesage: Tom is a humble guy who will say “I’m not an expert”, but he has been keeping, observing, and studying the behaviors of these animals for over 20 years. In any other job, that would define someone as an expert, IMO. Sit down and watch a few of the videos. I have never ever heard him downplay any of the risks of keeping any kind of animal.

[Pdgirlkc]

Happy to find a video of rehoming one, I have 2 that I’ve had since they were a month old, now they’re the size of nickels. Should be fun to move 😫

[Milkingtarantulas]

Very intense video. Great job with the rehousing.

[iandavies]

Just listened to the latest podcast. You just keep being you mate. Never change what you do. You are the most respected YouTuber amongst actual hobbyists. Certainly here in the UK where your regularly mentioned in Facebook groups etc. Your message is being heard. Keep up the good work 👍

[BushcraftingBogan]

Literally minutes ago I almost pulled the trigger and bought one for 98 USD. They were out of stock which gave me time to re-thonk it.
I still want one but Im going to keep studying before I do it. I want to be able to lecture my friends about everything I know about them first.

[SaraJean]

These are kool. Thanks for the video and info Tom!

[mattaddis]

Great video Tom, I own 3 myself all bought as tiny slings. They grow much quicker than I expected molting almost monthly.
Not at all defensive just very skittish. Was great to see a update on yours

[tink]

Awesome video Tom. These little guys are amazing! Every time I see them come up for sale in the UK they sell out before I can buy them. I’ll have one one day though 🤞I love the look of the enclosure too. Very nice.

[klaskristian]

Great video Tom! Yes, it is not a speicies you want to have loose in the house

[whiterosetarantulas]

Hey Tom, I have a friend and fellow admin on my Facebook Group who has studied venom and toxicity for many years now, he also told me of the article you referred to early in the video, its states that the South American Sicarius sp spiders are lacking a certain protein that the African spiders that were thought to also belong to Sicarius have in their venom that makes the African sp very dangerous, this is why the African sp have now been reclassified as Hexophthalm. My friend has posted pictures of himself handling his Sicarius thomisoides which I dont advocate anyone else attempting what so ever by the way just to be on the safe side. I wish I could find the article again but after a quick search its eluded me!

[Thekinglou]

It's videos like this that helped me determine what type of spiders I wanted to keep. I knew nothing about spiders but was interested in owning some T's. I made a list of T's from pictures and it wasn't until I did months of research on different types of spiders from watching videos from Tom Moran, Dark Den, The Tarantula Collective, Tarantula Kat, Tarantula Haven and more that my list dwindled to New World T's, and specific "Newbie" T's. These videos were/are very informative and if it wasn't for experienced people like this I may have purchased a T that was way above my experience level. Thank you Tom, keep up the great work. I've learned a lot and want to continue to learn more about the hobby.

[kaylab]

Such an interesting little spider! Very nice video.

[bobbiscrittercave]

I think these are incredible spiders, and I'd like to have one someday, but I know I'm not ready for something of this level.

[drdoolittlefishhobbyist]

Gotta tell you Tom I was sweating watching that. I've watched a tonne of your tarantula videos and am getting used to most of them but true spiders still scare the hell out of me and this one had my heart rate through the roof lol. I just love your true respect for these spiders. I keep many scorpions for the reasons you pointed out that they don't climb my enclosures and they are pretty easy to read . Having said that in the uk at the moment we have a lot of tiny jumping spiders around at the moment and I have taken to collecting them in small enclosures so I'm getting there slowly but I can tell you now these sand spiders will never be sharing my accommodation with me.