Three more slings!

[octanejunkie]

Our B. albo is almost three years old and my daughter and I decided a few more Ts might be fun, so we ordered a GBB from Jamie's last week and picked up 2 slings locally; a B. vagans and a G. rosea.

We fed the GBB it's first meal 3 days after receiving it, a pinhead Lat, and the other two we watched eat before we bought them, both had strong prey instincts (out of the fee specimens we observed of each species) and the GBB was an opportunistic Hunter and waited for the prey to get close before it struck.

All slings are around 3/4"-1" in size and are in Jamie-style sling enclosures that I modified by drilling airholes in the sides and using a solid top; except for the GBB which has the traditional screen-vented top.

The G. rosea and B. vagans have both burrowed while the GBB has just started webbing (literally 3 or 4 strands) and appears to be the youngest/smallest of the three. It has been rather stationary and observed either perched on a leaf or near the top of the enclosure on the side wall.

All 3 slings are in a micro climate tank to help keep temps in the low to mid 70s since it has been a touch cold here, but it's been warming up so I might remove them to get better air flow.

I guess that is all I have to report for now but we are hopeful these 3 new species will become good display Ts and help eat all these roaches we are growing lol

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[Enn49]

Congrats on the new arrivals

 

[Whitelightning777]

Gotta have pics!!

 

[octanejunkie]

Gotta have pics!!

The two burrowers are burrowed, lol, so pics will have to wait, but here is the GBB
Sorry for crappy phone pics

 

[Whitelightning777]

Those are ok. We can see the enclosure and the spider, What's not to like?

 

[octanejunkie]

GBB started webbing it's enclosure

 

[Arachnoclown]

Nice additions...soon That Gbb will be the biggest.

 

[octanejunkie]

Nice additions...soon That Gbb will be the biggest.

We shall see

For a "skittish" species this one doesn't move about a lot as a sling LOL

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[octanejunkie]

B. vagans under the ledge of the burrow

 

[octanejunkie]

G. rosea at the bottom of it's burrow

 

[octanejunkie]

GBB hanging out

 

[ALD]

GBBs are my favorite. Such gorgeous coloring and I love how they change with each molt. I love feeding mine. Congrats.

 

[octanejunkie]

Fed all three slings yesterday

B. vagans ran out of it's burrow to grab a freshly molted lat as big as it's own body

G. rosea's roach ran into one of the burrow openings and was never seen again

GBB laid low under the curled leaf in it's enclosure until the roach nymph was close then pounced on it

Good feeding day overall

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[octanejunkie]

GBB been webbing some

Close up

 

[octanejunkie]

B. vagans hanging out

 

[octanejunkie]

Feeding our GBB sling

I missed the strike but here are two vids showing the T becoming aware of the prey and then dragging it into its lair.

On first attempt the roach scrambled but I prodded it back towards the T with a paperclip bent straight and the T snagged it immediately - it was faster than I

T sees the roach and turns around
http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5ac0ff0385eed/YouCut_20180401_084235248.mp4

T got the roach before I could start recording (I need a tripod)
http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5ac0feff99427/YouCut_20180401_083214992.mp4

 

[octanejunkie]

Feeding G. rosea and B. vagans slings

I wasn't able to get video worth sharing but I was able to verify the slings got their prey, here are a few pics

B. vagans is the more outgoing of the two

G. rosea hasn't been seen outside it's burrow yet

 

[Whitelightning777]

I usually have my camera on the tripod or already running before putting in the feeder. Sometimes I'll edit the video and cut out the beginning of it if it's to retarded.

 

[octanejunkie]

I usually have my camera on the tripod or already running before putting in the feeder. Sometimes I'll edit the video and cut out the beginning of it's to retarded.

I'm using my phone so I need to look I to a tripod and video editing software lol

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[octanejunkie]

Moved our sling nano climate to our critter rack

Bottom row, second from the right

GBB is out

B. vagans out topside too

I saw G. rosea out of it's burrow too but by the time I grabbed my camera it retreated. Hope it gets less shy soon lol