How are you all doing out there? I missed yesterday's post,because I was taking photos of "Flat Matthew" with 2 of my other tarantulas and my African Black Giant millipede for my nephew Matthew. He had asked me to do that. How could I say no? Anyway, They weren't being real cooperative and wanted to explore more than anything. Ok, so yesterday I had 3 babies that still had no spot. 1 had a spot. There were 2 new molts and 58 old molts.
Today, there were 2 that had no spot. 1 had a spot...and 2 newly molted babies. I caught 1 in the act. It's so exciting to see that, because I don't get to see it that often. Here is the photo I took.
Of course you can't tell from a still photo, but it was wiggling its tiny legs strengthening them so it can turn over and stand....so amazing to see. I don't think I'll ever tire of seeing that.
I have been told by my co-workers that Aragog is eating voraciously...eating up to 2 cricket legs a day! Yeah Ferda Lance and Paul! Here I am going to include a photo of Colby's greedy glutton. Every time I open the container, I think DANG this one is BIG. Then I realize it's the one I have set aside for my co-worker Colby, and I think to myself, "No wonder!" It has always been a hearty eater and definitely dwarfs most of the others and still appears larger than the one closest to its size.
This following photo is of one of the very few that have created any type of a burrow, and this one has made the largest burrow out of all of them...and it still doesn't quite fit into it.
You can see its little booty sticking out there. That cricket leg I had just put in there, and it was demolished by the next day...which was a relief. I didn't think it was eating much since it had molted. I have noticed that, even though the are young, They don't eat much until about 3 - 4 days after they molt. I had thought that the babies might recuperate faster than that since my older Brachypelma juveniles only need 2 - 3 more days than this after molting - so far. I have read and been told, that as they age, they require more and more time to recuperate after molting. I guess, that if nothing else, we will learn to be patient as we wait for them to prepare to molt and then recuperate afterwards. 2 of my others closed themselves in their burrows for a whole month before emerging after molting. At least these guys aren't burrowers. They were fine except for being somewhat hungry. OK, well that is all I
have for tonight. TTYL. Ciao.
Today, there were 2 that had no spot. 1 had a spot...and 2 newly molted babies. I caught 1 in the act. It's so exciting to see that, because I don't get to see it that often. Here is the photo I took.
Of course you can't tell from a still photo, but it was wiggling its tiny legs strengthening them so it can turn over and stand....so amazing to see. I don't think I'll ever tire of seeing that.
I have been told by my co-workers that Aragog is eating voraciously...eating up to 2 cricket legs a day! Yeah Ferda Lance and Paul! Here I am going to include a photo of Colby's greedy glutton. Every time I open the container, I think DANG this one is BIG. Then I realize it's the one I have set aside for my co-worker Colby, and I think to myself, "No wonder!" It has always been a hearty eater and definitely dwarfs most of the others and still appears larger than the one closest to its size.
This following photo is of one of the very few that have created any type of a burrow, and this one has made the largest burrow out of all of them...and it still doesn't quite fit into it.
You can see its little booty sticking out there. That cricket leg I had just put in there, and it was demolished by the next day...which was a relief. I didn't think it was eating much since it had molted. I have noticed that, even though the are young, They don't eat much until about 3 - 4 days after they molt. I had thought that the babies might recuperate faster than that since my older Brachypelma juveniles only need 2 - 3 more days than this after molting - so far. I have read and been told, that as they age, they require more and more time to recuperate after molting. I guess, that if nothing else, we will learn to be patient as we wait for them to prepare to molt and then recuperate afterwards. 2 of my others closed themselves in their burrows for a whole month before emerging after molting. At least these guys aren't burrowers. They were fine except for being somewhat hungry. OK, well that is all I
have for tonight. TTYL. Ciao.
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