Feeding time...
Posted by gatch | Labels: Tarantulas and Scorpions | Posted On Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Fed my pets today. The Smithi still isn't feeding, I think she's in pre-molt stage, i just misted her enclosure to make sure she doesn't get dehydrated. She really enjoys the setup I made for her. I know its common for this species to sit still all day but my specimen really likes to explore. When she gets startled she retreats into the cave i built into the backdrop. I had to take out a darkling beetle from her tank because it kept crawling around and bumping into her. She just pushed it away when it got too close. I guess that's just another sign that she isn't going to eat anytime soon. Can't wait for her to molt.
Chancho the Mexican Fireleg on the other hand, found his meal right away. I dropped the Lateralis roach quite a distance from where he was sitting, and after the roach ran around a bit he was on its trail. Milliseconds later the roach was fastened to his fangs. I sometimes feel remorse for throwing perfectly innocent cockroaches into my pet's enclosures...but then I remember that burger I had for lunch, and i figure Cattle is to Man as Roach is to Tarantula. Logic, like the now dead cockroach swimming through Chancho's digestive tract, is devoid of all emotion.
I still don't have a name for my new female Cobalt Blue, a gift from my girlfriend..(she actually hates my spiders, but loves me enough to buy me one for my birthday). I'm thinking of a name that has something to do with lightning, since this species is also referred to as "blue lightning". But it has to be feminine as well..."Electra" maybe...i'll have a name for her by my next post. She made a deep burrow in her enclosure, which she webbed up quite a bit. Haven't seen her for a couple of days now, but I dropped a roach in there and if it disappears then I'll know she ate it. Cobalt blues are notorious "pet-holes"...gotta love their metallic blue color though.
The rest of the gang are all healthy and well fed. The Chaco Golden knee sling molted to about 1.5 inches in legspan the other day. The gold bands around the knees and the gold patch on its abdomen are signs of what a beautiful spider "she" (i hope) would grow up to be. It would take patience though, as they're relatively slow-growers, but definitelly worth the wait.
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