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Lotabob
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 Posted - 30/06/2011 : 18:42:21
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OK I have taken a few pictures of her but now she's just going to be left to settle in and will try feed her tomorrow (they dont tell you that when you buy 1 spider you get 100 cricket babies to look after too, lol).
Close up of her big rump
Little fluffy bear
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 18:50:00
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Aww, she's gorgeous! I bet you're thrilled with her.
Been googling chilean rose tarantulas (very interesting but no more livestock atm) and found a pic of spider porn ...I didn't know spiders did that!!  |
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Lotabob
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 19:01:31
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| Spider porn lol, thats new, lol. I am over the moon, I still haven't handled her yet but I want her to be nice and calm so I'm giving her some breathing space. I'll keep you posted (and tempted) on her progress. |
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Lotabob
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 19:02:09
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| DAMMIT, just thought of a pun, spider porn on the web. |
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 19:08:12
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LOL!!
Nice one, Bob!!
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reptiledanny
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 19:27:18
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it looks kinda cool :S but still wouldnt have one in my house  |
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 19:47:13
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| It would only be like holding a mouse ...with double the legs!! |
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Evolution Morphs
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 19:52:15
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Thanks bats but I don't even like holding/touching mice lol
I leave that to the wife :) |
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Lotabob
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 19:52:26
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| I just threw the crickets a tiny piece of potato and they went mental for it. Poor things, I've decided to sort them out a faunarium and give them a nice place to live before they die. |
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Evolution Morphs
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 19:56:47
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Arhhh that's nice for them bob they will appreciate it lol
At least you can say they had a lovely life
When the wife feeds the cresties and the beardie I think poor little crickets and locus
Then I think na it's over within 1—2 seconds for them and they seem to like them
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 20:01:27
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| Aww bless ...I remember my first pet crickets - they do reward a little tlc. Yes, they love potato, a bit of tomato, lettuce, cabbage, and fishfood ... You can buy 'bug-grub' which is brilliant for gut loading live food. I did a terrible thing though and gave them water. A cricket hasn't the sense to get out of a water bowl. Even a bowl with paper tissue in wasn't safe. Also they're like locusts, any humidity and they die. I lost loads of baby crickets that way. I now give my pet locusts enough fresh veg/leaves to provide water needs, and no water bowl. (You'll be getting like me, hooked on creepy-crawlies lol.) |
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Lotabob
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 20:25:42
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Well one cricket just went to cricket heaven, I popped one in for Trixie, she stalked it and pounced.
I actually really like the crickets, I was watching them eat and missed Trixies strike. lol. They now all have little white bellies full of potato, fish food is a good idea, I've loads of that, the reptile shop guy also said he give his rice crispies, so thats on my list. I would never mistreat an aninmal even if its just a feeder cricket, they will be well looked after.
Dinner having dinner
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 21:02:49
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Wow - good old Trixie - they're a bit less complicated than royals then. They do do one royal thing though, don't they? They can be expected to do a fast for part of the year? At least I understood this from my (brief) reading up on them.
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Lotabob
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Posted - 30/06/2011 : 21:22:28
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| Yeah they do say to expect fasts upto 8 months . It was amazing to watch her eating (and a bit scary, I could see her fangs), the crickets stripped that bit of spud to the peel, they are working there magic on the peel no though, I tell you why compost, just have a massive bucket of crickets. |
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BlueDragon
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Posted - 02/07/2011 : 11:21:03
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| Aww, she's lovley. I bet it'll feel good to hold her. Good on her for feeding too : ) |
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Trixie (THE BIG SCARY SPIDER).
