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Hahaha, when I posted that I only saw the photo with the T on its back. I guess I am right then. 
Congrats on the molt!
Congrats on the molt! -
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Finally my new Ts have arrived......Update.
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I saw your first post and didn't realize you had made a second with an update. I was so concerned for them - 10 days of an adventure! I'm so glad that they are all safe and happy.
Thank you for posting all the spiderling photos with their setups. It is making me less concerned about what I will be facing shortly with my own group.
Congratulations!
Thank you for posting all the spiderling photos with their setups. It is making me less concerned about what I will be facing shortly with my own group.
Congratulations!
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They're all doing great, at least they were well packed for their adventure.
I'm glad you're feeling a little happier about your new ones. Slings are really no harder to keep than adults but some will burrow and stay hidden for weeks, even months but you learn not to worry.
Months and months
my smaller B. albo has yet to come out of his burrow since i got him back in december. the larger one, is out and about now so he can be seen. Think he's ready for a new home so i have some KK's on order for him.
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Months and months
So, they haven't eaten at all during that period too? My adult B. albo was a garbage machine when it came to feeding. She would eat almost right up to the day before she moulted. She was a bottomless pit.
I guess they are different when they are babies. My little 1/4" B. albo is obviously going to take years off the back end of my life with worrying.
they hide in the burrows with an opening for food to crawl down and become room service. When they go into premolt they'll block off all openings and make you pull your hair out waiting for them to molt and open a hole again. once they get around 1.5" it seems they come to the surface so you can see them. My B. albo and B. boehmei have both done this, all my other Brachy slings aren't quite that big yet so i'm waiting to see if it's true with them also.
My G. pulchra is in premolt hiding in his hide. The only T i have so far that uses a hide to hide in
the G. puchripes has burrowed down in the corner of the amac box so he's always visible and is in premolt so he's blocked the starter burrow off. The A. seemanni is the only exception to the slings hiding for months. He's only 1/2-3/4" and is always out in the open when i check on them, and he's also in premolt.
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They still feed. I just leave a cricket in overnight and they're usually gone by morning, often one the only clues they're still alive.
I was wrong. It's my son's G. pulchra that is out and about. Probably because he's closed all the tunnels to his burrow and can't find an opening to get back inthey hide in the burrows with an opening for food to crawl down and become room service. When they go into premolt they'll block off all openings and make you pull your hair out waiting for them to molt and open a hole again. once they get around 1.5" it seems they come to the surface so you can see them. My B. albo and B. boehmei have both done this, all my other Brachy slings aren't quite that big yet so i'm waiting to see if it's true with them also.
My G. pulchra is in premolt hiding in his hide. The only T i have so far that uses a hide to hide in
The A. seemanni is the only exception to the slings hiding for months. He's only 1/2-3/4" and is always out in the open when i check on them, and he's also in premolt.
