Enn's bunch

[Enn49]

I'm up to 9 moults in 10 days now, that's almost a third of my lot. Today it was the turn of Sasquatch. my I.hirsutum, it's first moult with me. Now I just have to work out how to get the exo out as it never leaves it's web.

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[Thivo]

Great... I guess it's their season for molting (Is there a specific seasons for T's to molt? )... 'Coz two mo my T's has just molted yesterday and happy to see them doing well...

 

[Enn49]

2 new Nhandu chromatus arrived this morning. They came in decent sized containers, well packed with kitchen towel, heat pad in the pack along with a bag of substrate and another container with a supply of food, very small crickets. All this cost me the grand total of £12.25 (18.25USD) including shipping.

Luzia




Zingu


The full kit

 

[Enn49]

After only 1 hour the only sign of the newbies was a minute hole in each tub and now 3 hours after their arrival Luzia has made it half way down the substrate

 

[Thivo]

Nice and healthy Slings... They are really wants to burrow, create their own hide and stayed there for a long time... Then they will surprise you when they came out... they molted already...

 

[Enn49]

Nice and healthy Slings... They are really wants to burrow, create their own hide and stayed there for a long time... Then they will surprise you when they came out... they molted already...

Thanks. Yes, I've found that with my other tiny ones but these burrowed so soon, most of my others took a day or 2 before digging down.

 

[Enn49]

Another moult. This time one of my 2 tiny K. brunnipes, Pixie. These 2 terrified me when I got them as they were so tiny but they have both fed well and this is Pixie's second moult with me.

The 1st moult on the left, the other is todays


This pic is Elf, the smaller of the 2. The green tape was put over the air holes which proved too big and Elf escaped through one, luckily I found it. Elf will no doubt moult in a week or 2.

 

[Enn49]

My 2 L. parahybanas. It's hard to believe they were just 1'' dls when they came 9 months ago and are now around 6''

Mole


Pip

 

[Enn49]

A few new pics

A very hairy I. Hirsutum, Sasquatch after it's moult earlier in the week.


P. irminia, Falcon.




A. sp Aurora, Nacre, has settled well


D. fasciatus, Beck, has stayed on the surface since I rehoused it so at last I get to take some photos of it.

 

[Enn49]

I'd not seen my N. sp Guyana, Arawak, for a couple of months and the substrate was rather soggy so I rehoused it onto drier sub and took the chance to get a pic.

 

[Thivo]

For a couple of months... I cannot wait for that long... before one of my B. Albiceps was burrowed and didnt see it for several days... I started to worry, so I slowly dig its burrow and cant find where it is, till I pour all the substrate out into a vasin and cant find where is my Albiceps... So many things comes into my mind... Is it still alive? Does it scapes? But How? Till suddenly on the corner there was a movement and there it is... Hayyssttt... Since then, I always check my T's even they are hiding... I guess I am not addict huh! Hahahahaha...

 

[Enn49]

For a couple of months... I cannot wait for that long... before one of my B. Albiceps was burrowed and didnt see it for several days... I started to worry, so I slowly dig its burrow and cant find where it is, till I pour all the substrate out into a vasin and cant find where is my Albiceps... So many things comes into my mind... Is it still alive? Does it scapes? But How? Till suddenly on the corner there was a movement and there it is... Hayyssttt... Since then, I always check my T's even they are hiding... I guess I am not addict huh! Hahahahaha...

Usually as long as food is disappearing and there is movement of the substrate I don't worry too much.

 

[Enn49]

Last night just before 1am I did my last check before bed to find Culli, my O. diamantinensis, on its back in its web. This was my first chance to watch a moult from beginning to end. Culli isn't one to panic when I move its container so I shifted it so I could take some pics along the way. So here are a few of them.

1am


1.21am


2pm


The old Exo


Culli's new clothes this morning

 

[Fuzzball79]

He's (or she) coming on great. Beautiful colours

 

[Thivo]

It is nice to watch them molting... I did the same observation as well into my G.Pulchripes just a week ago and I was amazed and wonder how do they feel while molting, after molting... 'Coz what I know after several minutes of molting they are still soft and fragile... I am just guessing that it is painful...

 

[Enn49]

It is nice to watch them molting... I did the same observation as well into my G.Pulchripes just a week ago and I was amazed and wonder how do they feel while molting, after molting... 'Coz what I know after several minutes of molting they are still soft and fragile... I am just guessing that it is painful...

It was a great experience. I wouldn't say it was painful for them unless touched, but I guess stressful and tiring.

 

[Enn49]

Yet another moult. B.smithi, Pico, has done the deed today

 

[Enn49]

And another, K. brunnipes, Elf, has moulted and I'm really surprised that I managed to spot the Exo as it is sooo tiny.

 

[Thivo]

Yeah it is so tiny... Elf may even pass through to that screen before... He did escaped before on vial... Harry Houdini!?~*

 

[Enn49]

Yeah it is so tiny... Elf may even pass through to that screen before... He did escaped before on vial... Harry Houdini!?~*

Yes it did escape the vial but luckily stayed on the bottom of the ExoTerra vivarium that I keep them in otherwise you're right it would probably have squeezed through the screen. I don't think it will now though.