Smithy has been moving around, but remains on the side of the container. After calming myself down, and reading enough to be convinced it's nothing to panic over, I noticed clear droplets around her "feelers," the pedipalps. Tarantula blood is clear, and I was really worried that she fell off the container and hurt herself. Again, I looked in to it, and I've convinced myself for the time being, that it's just condensation, or even venom.Mustapha is STILL hiding in his burrow. I learned that Ts sometimes go in to hiding to molt. He HAS been refusing food, so I'm going to lay off offering his dinner tonight. If he is molting, he wouldn't want it for a while anyway, and those little crickets are very hard to get back out!
I just fed Smithy her dinner, and I think it's already gone. Well, that convinced her to get off the side of the container. MAN, I LOVE THIS SPIDER! I'm losing track of how many crickets she's had. 3-4, plus that larva. Wow!
That's it for tonight. I'm going to upload some new pics soon. It's hard to take pics of them (especially without a flash!) but I do have a few of Smithy that came out nice. Mustapha on the other hand is still too small!
I have had really good luck photographing with macro mode on my camera (usually the little flower) and a shining a lamp right on the spider. Not for too long, of course, don't want to piss them off.
ReplyDeleteOh, I suppose I should include some proof, huh? :D
ReplyDeletehttp://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v403/ellimist45/Bubbles06-21-09/
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v403/ellimist45/tarantulas/
Ooh you're pictures on tarantulalovers REALLY made me want to take the plunge and get a T.
ReplyDeleteThey're gorgeous.