It's been about ten days since my last update. I've been a tarantula keeper for almost three months now, and the spiders are very much in to their routines. Aside from a molt (which hasn't happened in a while) or something new, like the death dance, there isn't much to post about. However, I'm sure the next molt will mean re homing for both Ts.
Mustapha is fasting again, so I bet he'll have his soon. Smithy is eating like a little piggy, and she only got her new suit a month ago, so still more time on the clock for her.
I DO need to clean out some mold in both containers, and re dig a burrow for Smithy, because hers somehow disappeared. Who knows, maybe she's like, "Look Mom, I don't want or need of these so bugger off." Still, I'll keep trying, just in case.
I keep feeding the Ts larvae. I'm hoping they have growth hormones in them:P Plus, they're only eating those and crickets, and I like to keep the diet varied. I gave one of the larva to Smithy last night, and it walked right in to her. She didn't even have to move to eat. I thought it was pretty hilarious. On the other hand, when she eats crickets, she's super fast! She's so quick, it really makes me worry about handling her! I've never seen anything move like that! She's from one end of the container to the other, in a blink of the eye. Pretty crazy stuff!
I was introduced to a tarantula called the Hysterocrates giga, or H.giga, and I think I'm in love:P They swim, and appear to change colour, in between molt cycles. Holy WOW! Unfortunately, I'm going to have to wait on that. I only wanted one T originally. At only two and a half months in, I don't even know if I'm going to make a good spider keeper. If in the future I do decide to take the plunge again, I'm going for the H. Giga.
Well anyway, I have a wicked cold, and it's time to cover the 'tiels for the night.
I love my little zoo!
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