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Pepper Chile rose
Grammostola rosea
Pepper is back on the food after her 8 month famine. She's never looked better, and is ready and willing to mate. Shame Roger has other ideas.
Roger Chile rose
Grammostola rosea
Roger is one of the best looking tarantulas I've ever seen. He is healthy, feeding well, and acting like a normal Chile rose does.
Shame he appears to be gay.
Mugabe Usambara Baboon
Pterinochilus murinus RCF "Usambara"
Mugabe is healthy, and eating well. I havenot seen him out of his burrow in nearly a month. All I can see is the glint of his eyes if I shine a torch on him. I'll try to persuade him out for a pic or two.
Idi Mombasa Golden Starburst
Pterinochilus murinus
Idi has made a fantastic recovery from his crushed legs. One has healed into a neat scab, the other I removed in a bit of nailbiting surgery. Since then he's been moved into a much smaller tank, where he seems to be thriving. He has begun to web more heavily than before, and eats very well indeed. His next moult might be difficult - that scab may cause problems, and if it does the poor sod faces losing yet another limb.
Miguel Curly-hair
Brachypelma albopilosum
Miguel is much happier in his big tank - he's dug a deep burrow beneath his cork bark and webbed himself in. I checked his abdomen the other day to see his bald spot is now totally black, so a moult should occur within the next week.
Maz Indian Violet
Chilobrachys fimbriatus
Maz has developed a good appetite and a calm temperament. His colours are absolutely stunning in the right light - I'll post a couple later on. Looks to be a female, and these mature at a small size (4" or so) therefore I will be seeking a male ina few months.
Punta Tiger Rump
Cyclosternum/Davus fasciatum
I found out from the dealer that Punta is 18 months old. Since his moult he has settled nicely and feeds very well, despite at first appearing scared of crickets. He is handleable but nervous. One of my best looking spiders.
Carabobo Greenbottle Blue
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Following his bad moult in which he lost the use of his fangs, Carabobo looks like a spider who's been beaten up and dragged through a hedge backwards. Such a shame, becuase his colouring is so bold and vibrant.
He is very thin, uncoordinated and totally unable to feed. I believe he can drink - but he is a touch and go case until his next moult (if he makes it that far)
Pele Guyanan Pink Toe
Avicularia avicularia
Pele moulted today, and his legs have begun to turn a pale minty green over the course of the day. This is his second moult in under a month. Pele eats very well (like most of my T's) and has built a strong hammock web.
Guarico Venezuelan Suntiger
Psalmopeous irminia
Just like Kate's one, he's developed an evil temper, striking repeatedly at any potential threat. His small tank has become a mass of tangled web tunnels encased in dirt that he moves through at immense speed. He is a voracious feeder.
Winston Trinidad Chevron
Psalmopeous cabridgei
Winston looks like a washed-out version of Guarico. He lives in a similar web, but stays close to the floor at all times unlike Guarico. He is currently off his food so I expect he will moult fairly soon.
Bangkok Cobalt Blue
Haplopelma lividum
Another small T with a temper, Bangkok will sink his fangs into everything and anything that comes too close. At the moment he is a patterned grey spider - the blue will not show for a few months yet. He is an eating machine that I rarely see due to him living in a very deep burrow.
Chong Malaysian Earth Tiger
Cyriopagopus schiodtei/thorelli
Chong has still got a minor mite problem around his chelicerae, which I hope will vanish soon. He has calmed down a lot lately and is nowhere near as psychotic or hungry as when I first got him, so fingers crossed for a moult in the next couple of weeks.
And my mealworms don't smell
Ah well, when I get my own place, first job is to rig up a purpose built spider room.
