Our Arizona Blonde A. chalcodes sling

[octanejunkie]

Picked this tiny fellow at our LPS about 3 weeks ago but hadn't had the chance to post about it till today.

Although I've put 2 B. lat pinheads in the enclosure over time I've not seen it eat, and almost immediately after getting it it burrowed and buried itself in the enclosure. I've not seen any of the pinheads since either.

Today I caught it outside it's burrow but as soon as I tried to get a pic it slowly and surely retreated into the burrow. It's one of the smallest slings we've had to date.

 

[PanzoN88]

They all tend to burrow at that size. Even my AF A. chalcodes 'New River' will dig every now and then.

 

[m0lsx]

My adult chalcodes moved loads of soil to get their enclosure how they wanted it. But my johnnycashi sling is normally out & about.

If your chalcodes grow at the same rate as my johnnycashi, then do not expect it to grow over the next year.

Also expect a charachter, my chalcodes is always ready to come out & say hello & touch any of the plants & it will hit them, with a fair amount of force. I once inadvertently touched my chalcodes as I was doing something. It turned & hit a plant. Just to make a point. But it loves company & attention.

 

[New2T’s]

Don’t expect to see it out much. It will stay burrowed as a sling. They aren’t good eaters either. Mine hardly eats. Super slow growers. Mine has only molted twice in a year and a half.

 

[octanejunkie]

Don’t expect to see it out much. It will stay burrowed as a sling. They aren’t good eaters either. Mine hardly eats. Super slow growers. Mine has only molted twice in a year and a half.

Thank you for sharing that.
Though ours has not molted in our care, as far aa we know, your experience is consistent with mine, and everything I've read about this species.
Playing the long game with this tiny fellow.

 

[octanejunkie]

UPDATE: A. chalcodes sling has buried itself in a hole and we haven't seen it for weeks

That is all

 

[menavodi]

UPDATE: A. chalcodes sling has buried itself in a hole and we haven't seen it for weeks

That is all

That is good news

 

[octanejunkie]

Finally saw our chalcodes out this morning and it looks bigger than before!

I suspect it molted

 

[menavodi]

 

[octanejunkie]

Definitely molted, just found this on the other side of the enclosure lol

 

[octanejunkie]

Fed a 2-3mm B lat nymph yesterday afternoon, largest meal yet. Did not cripple the roach, wanted to let the LP hunt it. The roach found a hide right away. Woke up this morning to find the T munching the roach.

same pic for perspective, she sling is in the corner of a 2" amac container

Since emerging from it's burrow, it has been filling the water dish almost nightly with it's bulldozing remodeling of it's enclosure. Getting fatter, too.

 

[octanejunkie]

A chalcodes molted last week. Here's her first meal since the molt, exo in the bottom right corner of pic

 

[octanejunkie]

Yeah, it molted. Sucker put its dirty laundry in its water dish for me to clean up

 

[octanejunkie]

I found the Al the chALcodes lounging on a substrate-filled water dish the other day. It obviously does not like it's water neat.

Here he is with his girlfriend cricket. They hang out in the basement a lot, obviously to make out.

 

[BrokenRay]

Haha