Hello there. It has been a couple of days since my last post. My dog had an allergic reaction to something. I think it was a vaccination he got Friday.. So, I spent all weekend keeping a close eye on him. I did keep up on feeding the babies. The only change in stats occurred Saturday. One of the little guys died. It was one of the smaller ones, and it had been acting odd the day before - walking all disjointedly - so I wasn't too surprised to find it dead. I went through them today, and there are no more changes  Hopefully they will begin to molt soon and this monotony will be broken. Ciao for now.

Well, it has been a couple of days. I didn't post anything yesterday, because there were no changes and, therefore, nothing really to tell. Today there still are no changes...no new molts and no deaths  -absolutely nothing of interest to report. I still have to kill everything before they will eat. Well, I guess that's all for today. Hopefully tomorrow will be different. Ciao.

Hey there! How's it going? Another day another cricket, huh? Well, today I had a little surprise. As of yesterday, there were 2 that still hadn't grown enough to molt. Today, they still haven't molted. That's not the surprise though. Today, there should have been 55 that had already molted again. However, there were only 54. One of them has already molted again! During the last round of molts, I had thought that a couple of them had molted again before this molt. Now, I am sure of it. I am keeping all the the containers in a 10 gallon aquarium. As they began to molt, I separated the new molts from the others by placing them in the aquarium at opposite ends. The one I found today was in the middle of the ones that had already molted, and, as we all know, there are only 2 left that haven't molted. The same ones that were there yesterday! Any way, I do have a couple of photos to share. One is of one of the guys molting. It always fascinates me to see this. Gigi, my Brachpelma albiceps, molted Saturday and I was able to see almost the whole thing(even though it took about 4 hours). The other photo is of
(I think) my fattest baby who was still feeding on the cricket I gave it yesterday. So here they are.

This above, is the baby molting - just like something out of an alien or horror movie.

Here is the greedy little glutton. It amazes me how much their abdomens can swell and stretch. From what I have noticed, after they molt, they really don't eat too much. Don't get me wrong! They eat, and they eat regularly, but it seems they eat in moderation until their abdomens have filled out somewhat nicely. Then, they really seem to start gorging themselves. Their abdomens are noticeably larger every time I open their containers when the begin this gorging cycle. Well, that is all I have tonight. Hasta mañana y vaya con Dios.

Well, here we are again!. Unfortunately, I did not get to post anything last night due to an unpleasant food poisoning incident that had me up and in the bathroom until 2:00 A.M. I did though, before it set in, get to check on all the little guys. So, the numbers for yesterday are as follows. There were 2 new molts, which left 3 stragglers still trying to get there. There were 51 that had already molted.
  For tonight, there was 1 new molt, and 2 stragglers. There are 54 that have already molted, and some of these are already looking huge and ready to burst.
  Well, those are my findings for tonight, but before I post this and sign off, I would like to pay tribute to Marguerite Jane Schultz co-author of The Tarantula Keepers Guide. She has passed away recently, and will be greatly missed by all who enjoy these creatures. At least she, together with her husband, have graced us with their wealth of knowledge. God Bless.

Tonight, we have some changes. Yesterday, there were 2 new molts, 9 that hadn't molted, and 41 that had already molted. Tonight, there wee 4 new molts, 5 that hadn't molted, and 49 that had already molted. Colby, the guy I work with says his baby took a live but very very small cricket. This astounded me, because no one has said that their babies will take live food or even food that is moving even a little. I wonder if he hasn't been feeding it as well as I do mine. This also makes me wonder if I don't feed mine for several days i f they will be more inclined to attack... I shall have to set a couple aside for this experiment. Ciao.

Good day everyone. I am back. This has been a busy week here with the baby tarantulas...so many molts and hungry bellies to fill. Tonight there were 8 babies that molted since yesterday. This, of course means that the number of babies that have not molted is dwindling rather quickly. There are 19 of those left, and that leaves an even 30 that had already molted. I really am anxious for them to get to the size where they can catch their own prey. I'm tiring of having cricket guts on my fingers. Well, that is all for tonight. Bye bye.

Okay! here we are again. I skipped last night, so I would have a little more to say tonight. Sorry if you missed me. So this is what I have. Yesterday, there were 7 new molts. 23 that had already molted for the second time, and 27 that had not molted.
  Tonight, I have  - again - 7 new molts. 30 that have molted for the 2nd time, 19 that are closing in on their 2nd molt. One thing I like about these Lasiodora parahybanas is that they are not wanderers. I can open their containers, and they have really no desire to leave it to explore. I got a couple of

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Green Bottle Blue) today, and they just want to go go go. As I said, with the L. parahybanas, I can go check on something or chase down a cricket, and at least so far, they just hang out and are content to stay in their containers. I did, however, today see something interesting. I had placed half of a small cricket (which was real more like a medium cricket) in one of the containers, and within a couple of seconds, the baby had lashed out at it - or at least in that direction. It was like when my older tarantulas aren't interested in feeding and are trying to just slap it away to scare it off.  This was the first time I have seen any of these guys do this. Perhaps they might finally start acting like predators instead of scavengers soon.  I have a couple of photos I wanted to share. One is of one of the little guys that had just finished molting today. It is so pale and fresh. The other photo is of one of the ones that molted a few days ago.. Well, that is all for tonight. Ciao ciao.