C.darlingi - Rear horned baboon

[Charmyknux]

Question for you Nada: at about what size do these guys start getting their horns? I just purchased a tiny sling at the reptile show the other day ($9, couldn't pass it up!)

 

[Nada]

around 2"+ sometimes later.

 

[Charmyknux]

around 2"+ sometimes later.

Cool! Thanks

 

[Nada]

and...... here's the double.

 

[Charmyknux]

How cute!!

 

[Ceratogyrus]

Amazing how often these double clutch.
Great result.

 

[Nada]

looks to be around 100 of them. not bad at all

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Nice one Nada,lucky to have these and this to occur with them as well.

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

I will hopefully be able to say I have one of these in my collection, I want to fist get a m.balfouri communal going and add a few more pokies as well.

 

[Nada]

I will hopefully be able to say I have one of these in my collection, I want to fist get a m.balfouri communal going and add a few more pokies as well.

Everyone should have at least one horn.

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Everyone should have at least one horn.

I feel the same way,and which makes it more of a must is the fact we are not allowed to keep our local horned baboon spiders. So I will add some of these at a stage,but I don't think many have these too breed in South Africa.

 

[Ceratogyrus]

A pity that everyone can't own these. Don't know what I would do without my Ceratogyrus. I would also love to be able to add more onto my permit or breed these, but looks like that won't happen soon.
A few people have bred these in SA, but obviously quietly as breeding permits have not been issued for these before as far as i know.

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Have one! My 4.5" female is always a delight to watch.

She acts weird everytime water is present near her lol

Quick question: is it possible for adult C.darlingis to just fatten up from drinking? My female hasn't eaten for a month now and hasn't drank any water for the past 3 years. 2 weeks ago i misted and she went berserk to suck every droplet. A couple of days ago i misted and the same thing happened. Today i noticed her abdomen is 150% bulked up. She molted last December. Premolt preparation? Or just thirsty?

 

[Ceratogyrus]

Possibly carrying eggs? Although not sure it would show that quickly... The rain might stimulate it to start producing eggs though.

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Even without a mate? She looks cuter than ever though

 

[Ceratogyrus]

Even without a mate? She looks cuter than ever though

Correct.
They don't need a male to start producing the eggs (proven with phantom sacs).
The female only fertilizes the eggs as she is depositing them in the egg sac along with the sperm stored in the spermathecae. So that is why there is no fixed gestation period. The female can lay the eggs as soon as they are developed, so she could start growing them in anticipation of a male. The rainy season here usually gets the male wandering, so maybe with the extra water she was waiting for a male and decided to start developing the eggs.

Hopefully that makes some sense...

 

[Tongue Flicker]

I see so that explains the weird frantic behavior when i misted after a very long time lol.

 

[AlyeskaWolf]

How cute!!

I agree! So cute!!!

 

[AlyeskaWolf]

No not dumb , although it is a bit annoying, as I am not a fan of KTBG ... at all. I may just change my name to avoid further confusion.

I am interested to know more about this as I just ordered from him, and wasn't happy about the way things came...I had heard good things, but...I know the deli cups I ordered were used, they were dirty. :/

I decided to go Jamies Tarantulas next time...

 

[Nada]

I am interested to know more about this as I just ordered from him, and wasn't happy about the way things came...I had heard good things, but...I know the deli cups I ordered were used, they were dirty. :/

I decided to go Jamies Tarantulas next time...

It's just a personal preference Alyeska. I'm not suggestingthat he does anything underhanded, or will "screw" anyone. I personally just prefer not to deal with him. If you'd like to pm me, we can talk about it, but it's nothing that needs to be made public.