All right! As I may have said, I sent one of the babies to Kalamazoo, Michigan. If it doesn't arrive tomorrow, it should definitely arrive on Monday. A young guy from Richmond, Virginia came by this evening for 20 of them. That still leaves me with 66....much better than 106 though. Being a nice guy, I only gave him ones that were doing well and had already molted. Of the ones I have left, there are still 4 that have not grown enough to have a black spot. The one that I had posted a picture of that has a white patch on its carapace ( I call him Invalido...means cripple) is one of these. There are 9 that have the spot but still have not molted. There were 3 that had molted since yesterday....one of these seems BIG. I mean significantly bigger than all the others, and I'm wondering if it might have already molted again for a second time. I guess I need to divide the tank into 3 sections. One for those that haven't molted. One for those that have molted, and then have a section for future molts. One expert I received an email from said that in his opinion the Lasiodora parahybana doesn't seem to molt more often than other tarantulas, but that they seem to increase more in size than others when they do molt. From what I have read, most juvenile tarantulas tend to molt about once a month. People also say that as they grow and age, the molting process takes longer, and they take longer to recuperate afterwards. One article I read online says that Lasiodora parahybana can reach a size of 6 inches in a year. I am assuming that is if you constantly power feed them. I don't intend to power feed them for a whole year...just until they get to be about an inch or two. Well, that's all for tonight. Ciao.
No comments:
Post a Comment