Well, I am glad to be back. I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. All the babies were very hungry when I got back. Only one died while I was gone for 6 days. Of course I went straight to the pet shop to get 50 small crickets and to pick up my parrot from boarding. Because they hadn't eaten in six days, many of the babies actually attacked and killed the crickets I gave them. If you remember, none of my babies would kill their prey, but because a couple of people that got babies from me said that theirs would kill their crickets, I figured I  would try to feed live prey to mine this time as they should have been hungry. I an guessing that mine don't like to kill their prey because I feed them every other day. Perhaps because they are so well fed, they just don't feel the urge to kill. I haven't asked the others how often they feed their babies, but ,obviously, if they are hungry they will do whatever it takes to eat. At least one of them was still willing to kill its prey the day after I got home as well. Since today is Wednesday - day 3 since I have been back, I haven't fed any of them...a day of rest and relaxation for all. Ciao.

Well, tonight is the last time I will be able to update my blog until next week. I am going to my mom's for Thanksgiving. I will be back Monday, but I don't know if I will be able to post anything until Tuesday. All the babies have been fed and watered. I'm sure I will be a nervous wreck leaving them for 6 days. Hopefully, they will be ok. As of tonight, there are 4 that still have not molted, but they are fat and looking ready to pop. Have a happy Thanksgiving everybody.

Well, I have a couple of things to tell you tonight. First and foremost, there are only 5 that still have not molted.  Secondly, the baby that had molted twice this time has died. I believe this is what happened the other times as well, but I can't prove that. This time, I marked its container so I would know which it was. It seems that for some reason it molted very quickly after the normal molt and perhaps its body couldn't handle it. It had fed, as it should have, after the second molt, then, just died  - all within a day. Other than that, I really don't have anything else to report so .....Ciao for now.

Well, things are literally "popping" around here. There have been 11 new molts since yesterday! A few had barely finished when I checked on them. One appeared to have just righted itself and still had a couple of legs tangled. I hope that doesn't mean it'll have problems tomorrow. Anyway, I took a picture of something I thought was interesting. Here it is.

In this picture, somehow this little guy got its exuvium stuck to the lid of its container. I have never seen any of them on the lids of their containers, but that doesn't mean they don't investigate them while I'm sleeping or at work. I just thought it was interesting.

Well, it has been a while, and a lot of the guys have molted in that time. T here are 20 new molts, and they are doing fine. I sent 2 more to Texas. They should arrive tomorrow at the latest. Other than that, I have no new news.

How's it going? Since the last post 2 days ago there have been 6 new molts. Things are really starting to pop again - literally. LOL. They all are looking great.
  On another note, about a month ago, I bought 2 Green Bottle Blues, Chromatapelma cyanopubescens.  At first, they were doing well. Then I noticed 1 was walking kinda drunkenly. I increased the humidity, and it did better for a while then reverted back to the odd drunken disabled walking. Then the other started showing similar signs. I moved them to much larger containers. The healthier of the 2 now seems normal. The first to fall ill has been in a death curl for several days. I have been holding out on calling it quits. Yesterday I wasn't sure if it was actually attempting to move, or if it was my imagination. To day, when I open the container, it definitely moved a leg. I am hoping that whatever was the problem will be overcome. I am leaning towards a mold problem. I did find a small spot of mold on the rim of the container when I was removing it. Keep your fingers crossed.

How's it going? I didn't post yesterday, and that's because there was only one change among the babies. There was one new molt. Here is the photo.

When I opened it's container, it still had it's old exuvium stuck to its abdomen. When I pinned the old exuvium to the substrate, it peeled off with no mishaps. Today, it's looking a lot darker - blacker - actually a charcoal gray. Anyway, that is the only change in stats. I have noticed more and more that some of the little guys will - not regularly - spin a lot of webbing. Sometimes when I open the containers, I think a lot of mold  - or something  - has grown overnight. Sometimes, it is obvious that it's over the carcass of a cricket. Here is a photo.

The best example, I inadvertently destroyed by picking it up with my tongs thinking it was a magnificent mold bloom. I the process of trying to remove it, I literally pulled all the substrate out of the container. Even with the above webbing, a lot of the substrate came up with it. Sometimes the webbing isn't visible until I try to remove the remains of the cricket and most of the top layer of substrate is dangling from my tongs. Well, that's all I have for now. Ciao ciao.

Hello. I am back, but I'm afraid I have no new news to report. No one else has molted, although there are a few that are looking dark as though they may be close. Some of them should be close as it has been more than a week since the first one has molted. Oh well. All I can do is wait. Patience is a virtue they say. Ciao.

Well, tonight, there isn't a whole lot of change in the stats. The one I found yesterday that I thought was dead...was dead. There is one that molted, and this is rather exciting. It is a lot larger and really does look like a tarantula now - well at least compared before. Here is a photo.

The photo above isn't the same baby, but it does give you a good idea of what the newly molted one looked like yesterday....a big change. What I find perplexing is that the other one that has already molted does not look like this new one. It should, but perhaps because it molted so soon it didn't have time to mature much?? I don't know. Well, that's all I have for today. Ciao ciao.

Well, here I am again. It has been 2 days since the last post. Not much has changed. On the 1st, the only change was that 1 died. I have since increased to humidity in all the containers in the hope that perhaps they were too dry. Today, there is another one that I think is dead. It is on its side with its legs curled under in a death curl like manner. I have set it aside in the hope that perhaps it might be molting in an unusual position - which does happen from time to time. Either way, we will know tomorrow. Well, that's all for tonight. Hasta mañana.