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The race is on!!!
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Sadly another day to wait
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Mine arrived yesterday!!! Unfortunately, one was dead, crushed (by whom? Don't know... At the border? Could be...). Another one was dead (why? Cold?). All the others were in fine shape, specially the three P sp green.
Hope yours will come soon, Enn!
Hope yours will come soon, Enn!
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I'm so sorry that you had 2 DOAs. Odd that one was crushed though. Mine haven't arrived yet so they going to spend another 24 hours in some cold depot.
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oh look forward to pics. Had snow here too for like half n hour lol.
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Sad to say my little ones have still not arrived 
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so sorry Enn that sucks
I've been in touch with the seller and he asked if I had a tracking number which I don't so I'm wondering if they never got sent but I'm waiting to hear back.
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Poor you. It's been quite a long time now, and it's cold outside... Did you order in Poland with spiderworld? Because usually they are very trustworthy.
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Thank god. You scared me..at least the sp green are ok..
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Could it be delayed due to bad whether? The most probable repsonse you will hear from them I think. Hope the lil ones are all fine..
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Spiderworld are great, excellent packaging, but I'd ordered these from spidersonline. I've dealt with them a couple of times without problems and their communication is great so I'm sure I'll hear back soon. I'm hoping that there has been a mix up at their end and they've not been sent out.
Man i hope you're right. This is way to long for a T to be out in a shipping container. I'd be suprised if any survived. However, my B. albo that i accidentally ordered while buying feeders survived 7 days in transit and is doing great. So hopefully if this isn't a mixup and they have shipped, yours will be excited to get out of the packages and into their homes
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Hope so, Enn. Keep us updated!
Don't want to hijack the thread... but yes, I'm happy the three Phormictopus arrived alive. But one hour after having been put in its new enclosure, one of them had a bad molt (first time I'm experiencing this). Maybe because of the cold, the stress or the exhaustion of the trip, don't know. It molted upright, was caught in its molt... I sprinkled some water on it, it helped the T to get out of the molt, but it lost: one pedipalp (the other one is in bad condition too) and at least three legs; the fangs seem to be still trapped in the old exuvia and some dirt seems to be sticked to them... But it's still alive (and kicking... some hairs when I try to help!). I'll feed it in one week with a small pre killed cricket and see if it takes the food or not; if not, I'll try "cricket soup", and if nothing works, I'll wait - fingers crossed - until next molt, hoping that it'll come sooner because of the damage and because the T is still little. Maybe it'll be able to molt anyway, even without food, I dont' know...
The T that I lost was a Hysterocrates gigas, bigger than the other slings; I think it died because of the cold outside, or maybe because of a shock: being bigger didn't help. And the T which was crushed was a Ceratogyrus sp. Mozambique sling, flat and with legs detached, as if someone slapped it. My theory is: someone at the border opened the little enclosure to check, saw the living T, smashed it because he was frightened and put everything back in the enclosure. Of course, I'll never know, I could be totally mistaken, but what I saw made me think it could have happened this way.
Anyway, back to Enn's concern here! Hope everything's gonna be fine, Enn!
Thank god. You scared me..at least the sp green are ok..
Don't want to hijack the thread... but yes, I'm happy the three Phormictopus arrived alive. But one hour after having been put in its new enclosure, one of them had a bad molt (first time I'm experiencing this). Maybe because of the cold, the stress or the exhaustion of the trip, don't know. It molted upright, was caught in its molt... I sprinkled some water on it, it helped the T to get out of the molt, but it lost: one pedipalp (the other one is in bad condition too) and at least three legs; the fangs seem to be still trapped in the old exuvia and some dirt seems to be sticked to them... But it's still alive (and kicking... some hairs when I try to help!). I'll feed it in one week with a small pre killed cricket and see if it takes the food or not; if not, I'll try "cricket soup", and if nothing works, I'll wait - fingers crossed - until next molt, hoping that it'll come sooner because of the damage and because the T is still little. Maybe it'll be able to molt anyway, even without food, I dont' know...
The T that I lost was a Hysterocrates gigas, bigger than the other slings; I think it died because of the cold outside, or maybe because of a shock: being bigger didn't help. And the T which was crushed was a Ceratogyrus sp. Mozambique sling, flat and with legs detached, as if someone slapped it. My theory is: someone at the border opened the little enclosure to check, saw the living T, smashed it because he was frightened and put everything back in the enclosure. Of course, I'll never know, I could be totally mistaken, but what I saw made me think it could have happened this way.
Anyway, back to Enn's concern here! Hope everything's gonna be fine, Enn!
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If they did leave on the 29th they've only been in the mail a week..so there's still hope I think. Fingers crossed for you Enn.
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Hahaha, Hermes. Nice one, where's pigwidgeon up to?The containers are coming via My Hermes and they're awfully slow
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Oi! Hoping your Ts will be arriving later today @Enn49
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Man i hope you're right. This is way to long for a T to be out in a shipping container. I'd be suprised if any survived. However, my B. albo that i accidentally ordered while buying feeders survived 7 days in transit and is doing great. So hopefully if this isn't a mixup and they have shipped, yours will be excited to get out of the packages and into their homes
I have had them take this long once but that was back in September when it was warmer
Thank you. I'm sorry to hear about your little Phormictopus, I do hope it pulls through.
Oi! Hoping your Ts will be arriving later today @Enn49
No joy today.
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The polish guy told me that he sent tarantulas to someone in India... They waited for three weeks in the package before delivery... And everything was fine, not a single death! Sharing this just to encourage you!
