My new A. Geniculata

[Fuzzball79]

She's here and absolutely gorgeous. I just misjudged the size a bit, so had to put the divider into the faunarium or it would have been a bit too large.
Just now she's taking careful steps around her new home (already! My Rosea sat still for hours before moving around).

 

[Tgirl1010]

She is a cutie. Those guys love to eat and grow fast! You will enjoy her, I'm sure.

 

[hellknite]

About how big is she now?
Congrats on your new addition!

 

[Fuzzball79]

Thanks. She's only about 5-6cm body (10cm with legs), but no doubt if she grows like genics are supposed to she'll overtake my Rosea soon. She spent ages grooming herself, too cute.

 

[CrystalRose]

Congrats on the new addition. She's very pretty!

 

[Tomoran]

What a beauty! Congrats!

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Congratulations ! Hope he/she brings you a lot of joy

 

[Fuzzball79]

LOL! I misted her substrate a little bit this morning, careful not to get any on her and she actually jumped out of her hide and went for the water droplets. What a nutter, I love her!!!

 

[bestco]

I have on of these gorgeous t's

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

LOL! I misted her substrate a little bit this morning, careful not to get any on her and she actually jumped out of her hide and went for the water droplets. What a nutter, I love her!!!

Hello
I've found with mine,if she attacks the water or droplets she's hungry. Try and see if I'm right, but that's what I've found.

 

[Fuzzball79]

Hello
I've found with mine,if she attacks the water or droplets she's hungry. Try and see if I'm right, but that's what I've found.

She was fed a Turkmenistan Roach last night, which she tackled like a pro, so she shouldn't be hungry. That said, when is a genic not hungry, lol?

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

She was fed a Turkmenistan Roach last night, which she tackled like a pro, so she shouldn't be hungry. That said, when is a genic not hungry, lol?

That's my point,you'd find her hungry in a normal state that will progress into a more attentive aggressive state if left then they attack any movement or fluctuation within their environment.

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

My female is 18cm+ DLS,and she goes through stages which I've observed in all her time with me. She will have certain stages, normal pre molt and the most aggressive eating occurs post molt. These aren't like your average T that eat to a standard that could be compared with most others or general specimens, I've only found 2 other T's in my collection that match this T's aggressive eating cycle Lasiodora Parahybana and Nhandu Carapoensis(come close but no cigar Pamphobeteus Sp. Machala and Phormictopus Cancerides)This has not been influenced at all by her life cycle so far,so from sling to juvie to adult size its been constant.

 

[Fuzzball79]

Heart attack moment last night:
I was checking on her and couldn't see her in her faunarium at all. Panic mode!
Bear in mind that I've got a large Exoterra Faunarium with partition up until she's a bit bigger, so you can probably see where this is going.
I don't know whether she got spooked by the hoover or whether she's just been nosy, but I found her on the other side of the partition! And then as if she thought "Oops, I got caught!" she calmly climbs back up the partition and decides to take a little rest up the top.

So I open the lid and gently tap her back legs to get her to climb down, which she ended up doing. I can say one thing about her: She may be quite confident and bold, an aggressive feeder showing no mercy to her prey (and water droplets, lol), but she's so far shown no aggression or threat towards me. She's really chilled out (still NOT going to handle her, lol).
I've now removed the partition as I don't want to risk her falling off the edge if she decides to go for another adventure, but have added another larger hiding space and foliage, so she doesn't feel exposed. She prefers to remain in her old half, but goes for the occasional wander to her new side. I reckon she'll be fine.

 

[Fuzzball79]

She had another meal tonight. She was chilling in her new log and I maneuvered the roach towards her. Unlike my Rosea who eats her prey where she catches it (or at least nearby), she actually carried it all the way to her flower pot hide.
It was so cute to watch: At first she tried to climb over the ivy, but then decided it was too shaky and went underneath it using her front legs to push the foliage aside.