Hi there! It has been a long time. Most of the babies have molted for the third time and are getting big. I had to move them into deli cups - some I moved into chinese take out containers, and after looking at them after a couple of meals, I think those might not last too long. I have switched to feeding them only a couple of times a week, so that they'll be hungry enough to take down their own prey(i.e. I won't have to kill crickets anymore!). Here are some photos I took.

  As you can see, The middle photo is of a baby in the process of molting. The bottom photo is of the burrow the baby excavated after being moved into its new home. You should be able to see 2 openings. When I moved them, I put new coconut coir in the new container. I then put the old home containing the baby inside the new container on its side. I then gently nudged the baby until it left the old container. I, then, removed the old home and dumped the old substrate onto the new substrate. I had hoped that this might help them to settle in more quickly. With several of the babies, the old substrate stuck together in a clump. I'm sure webbing helped. These guys actually dug burrows, which surprised me as most go them had shown no signs of burrowing before. Que sera, sera!

Hey there! how's it going? I hope everyone is getting ready for the holidays. I haven't been on in quite a while. There hasn't been  a whole lot going on with the babies. A handful of them have molted. They are too big for the ketchup containers when they molt, so I have been trying to get deli containers from the store when I can and have been re-housing them as soon as I can. The first one that molted has been real hungry and took down a medium size cricket with no problem. I guess this means that I should probably feed them less, and, therefore, I won't have to kill the crickets anymore. An interesting occurrence, when I re-housed the little guys, I put their ketchup containers inside of the deli container and gently nudged them into their new home. I then dumped the old substrate on top of the new substrate. My hope was that it would give them a sense of security by having something familiar around. Several of the babies - where the substrate basically fell into the new container whole or at least mostly intact - have actually dug burrows. At least one now has a burrow with an entrance and an exit - or should I say 2 openings. I just find this intriguing as none of the ones left had burrows before. I will have to post some photos soon. Ciao.

I know I have been scarce here, but I finally have some news. I have had one of the babies molt for the 3rd time since I have had them! I think moving it to a new container helped speed up the molt by a few days. Taranttulas have been known to molt after moving to new quarters. Here is the pic.

Well, that is all I have. The new molts will be BIG. At least bigger than before! I have been trying to get new containers for them all, so they'll be content for a couple of molts at least. Ciao.