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Hurricane Gustav
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Okay. Here's the update. Its long so sorry ahead of time...
I decided to leave them in their enclosures and just secured them inside of a 10gal tank with blankets and towels. I made sure their individual enclosures could not budge at all. I then placed the 10gal tank in the back seat with a towel under it and a thick towel behind it against the car seat to absorb as much vibration/shock as possible. I then managed to seat belt them in which assured that if I did have to apply brakes (which I did) they would not go flying out of the seat.
It was a bumpy eight hour trip from Houma to Monroe - all hotels were booked all the way up to Tennessee. The usual time to travel from Houma to Monroe is four to five hours. It took over eight hours this time thanks to bumper to bumper traffic (which meant going 15 miles in one hour) but fortunately, the evacuation was FAR better than it was during Katrina. We went to Monroe for Katrina and it took ten hours and it was like 3 to 4 hours of bumper to bumper traffic.
When we stopped for food/gas, I checked on the Ts and every thing seemed fine. I noticed that the little web hammock my Versi had set up had begun to collapse and she was pacing the container in a hissy fit. I had no choice but to continue on towards Monroe, but tried to be extra careful when it came to bumps.
We finally arrived in Monroe and I immediately took the 10gal tank out of the car and placed it in a nice secure place and removed the Ts and did the same with them. I made sure they were in a safe spot and then settled down to recover from the EXTREMELY busy day I had that day. I slept pretty hard but only got a few hours of sleep.
I woke up and checked on my Ts and every one seemed okay. The versicolor was still pissed off about her hammock and was just hanging on one of the fake leaves I have in her container - upset about the current state of the world. I provided fresh water to all Ts and went about watching the news reports leading up to the arrival of Hurricane Gustav.
The next day - while Gustav was making its arrival - I noticed that all of my Ts seemed pretty settled and the GBB and the Versi had begun to web a little bit. I went to the Petcoi in Monroe (hate that place) and bought some pin head crickets and a few bigger fellas for the Rosie. I fed the Rosie who is a hungry pig all of the time and she devoured her cricket within a few moments. I tried feeding the GBB and he pounced right on his live cricket - he had not eaten live crickets up to this point but I expected him to. He is EXTREMELY fast and I thought I had lost the cricket but then realized some how he already had it.
What I did not expect is for my Versi and my B. Vagan to pounce on live crickets...and both of them did! The B Vagan usually runs away from crickets, even ones smaller than him, but this time he did not hesitate. The Versi ignored it when I offered it to her with tweezers, so I tried a new approach. It is probably a little stressful for the T, but it worked. She was hanging out on the top right of her container, having webbed a little bit so she could relax, and so I removed the bottom of her container and sat it so she was horizontal, and not vertical. I did it so softly that she did not even move and I did it in a big open area so I could get to her if she came out the bottom.
I then sat the cricket at the entrance of her container and it walked right to her and she did not hesitate. This was the first time she had even showed interest in live crickets and I was very very happy to see her take it. So all 4 of my Ts, including my 3 slings, are now eating live crickets with out hesitation. I am thrilled!
The good news does not end there. All afternoon yesterday and this morning, the GBB and the Versi have been webbing like crazy inside of their containers. At first I thought the Versi was intent on making sure her hammock did not collapse again like it did during the trip, so I found it humorous and was glad to see her having a resilient spirit! She has never webbed so much and now the entire top of her container is covered in layer after layer of webbing and hammocks - all secured with thick strands to the ceiling and sides and leaves and so on... =P
It was only about 30 minutes ago that I think I realized the true reasoning behind this....She has started molting! She is upside down in her new nest and has not moved for the last 30 minutes or longer....I just discovered that she was molting. I put her in a dark place and am leaving her be. She is the only sling I have now that has not molted up to this point. I think the GBB and the B. Vagan should be molting again within the next two weeks or so...but I am very very happy to see my Versi is not only eating live crickets, but also is molting!
I only hope its a good molt and that every thing goes good from here on out.. She still has the trip back to Houma, but that will not be for a couple of days. We have been locked out of Houma by the Parish President and the Parish counsel until Friday. State Troopers are blocking all of the main roads and National Guard is being called in to secure the inside of Terrebonne Parish, which is where Houma is located. For those of you who do not know, a Parish is the same thing as a County, but in Louisiana, we call it a Parish.
Houma and the surrounding areas appear to have received the worst of the winds and there are very few roads that are able to be travelled right now - which is why they have us blocked out. Also all residents in Terrebonne parish are on a 24 hour curfew until Friday - meaning they can not leave their homes with out permission from authorities. If found out and about without permission, they will be escorted back to their homes immediately.
I have a friend who has confirmed the loss of his home, and we have also confirmed a great deal of tree damage and roof damage. No word yet on my own property nor my parents.
Anyways, sorry for the long post, but I had a lot to update on, and hope any one else who might be in the area that was hit by the Hurricane is alright and I hope your things are alright as well.
Now I just have to make the trip back safely with my Ts and also find my stuff is just as I left it for every thing to be alright on my end...
Thanks.
Tokendog
I decided to leave them in their enclosures and just secured them inside of a 10gal tank with blankets and towels. I made sure their individual enclosures could not budge at all. I then placed the 10gal tank in the back seat with a towel under it and a thick towel behind it against the car seat to absorb as much vibration/shock as possible. I then managed to seat belt them in which assured that if I did have to apply brakes (which I did) they would not go flying out of the seat.
It was a bumpy eight hour trip from Houma to Monroe - all hotels were booked all the way up to Tennessee. The usual time to travel from Houma to Monroe is four to five hours. It took over eight hours this time thanks to bumper to bumper traffic (which meant going 15 miles in one hour) but fortunately, the evacuation was FAR better than it was during Katrina. We went to Monroe for Katrina and it took ten hours and it was like 3 to 4 hours of bumper to bumper traffic.
When we stopped for food/gas, I checked on the Ts and every thing seemed fine. I noticed that the little web hammock my Versi had set up had begun to collapse and she was pacing the container in a hissy fit. I had no choice but to continue on towards Monroe, but tried to be extra careful when it came to bumps.
We finally arrived in Monroe and I immediately took the 10gal tank out of the car and placed it in a nice secure place and removed the Ts and did the same with them. I made sure they were in a safe spot and then settled down to recover from the EXTREMELY busy day I had that day. I slept pretty hard but only got a few hours of sleep.
I woke up and checked on my Ts and every one seemed okay. The versicolor was still pissed off about her hammock and was just hanging on one of the fake leaves I have in her container - upset about the current state of the world. I provided fresh water to all Ts and went about watching the news reports leading up to the arrival of Hurricane Gustav.
The next day - while Gustav was making its arrival - I noticed that all of my Ts seemed pretty settled and the GBB and the Versi had begun to web a little bit. I went to the Petcoi in Monroe (hate that place) and bought some pin head crickets and a few bigger fellas for the Rosie. I fed the Rosie who is a hungry pig all of the time and she devoured her cricket within a few moments. I tried feeding the GBB and he pounced right on his live cricket - he had not eaten live crickets up to this point but I expected him to. He is EXTREMELY fast and I thought I had lost the cricket but then realized some how he already had it.
What I did not expect is for my Versi and my B. Vagan to pounce on live crickets...and both of them did! The B Vagan usually runs away from crickets, even ones smaller than him, but this time he did not hesitate. The Versi ignored it when I offered it to her with tweezers, so I tried a new approach. It is probably a little stressful for the T, but it worked. She was hanging out on the top right of her container, having webbed a little bit so she could relax, and so I removed the bottom of her container and sat it so she was horizontal, and not vertical. I did it so softly that she did not even move and I did it in a big open area so I could get to her if she came out the bottom.
I then sat the cricket at the entrance of her container and it walked right to her and she did not hesitate. This was the first time she had even showed interest in live crickets and I was very very happy to see her take it. So all 4 of my Ts, including my 3 slings, are now eating live crickets with out hesitation. I am thrilled!
The good news does not end there. All afternoon yesterday and this morning, the GBB and the Versi have been webbing like crazy inside of their containers. At first I thought the Versi was intent on making sure her hammock did not collapse again like it did during the trip, so I found it humorous and was glad to see her having a resilient spirit! She has never webbed so much and now the entire top of her container is covered in layer after layer of webbing and hammocks - all secured with thick strands to the ceiling and sides and leaves and so on... =P
It was only about 30 minutes ago that I think I realized the true reasoning behind this....She has started molting! She is upside down in her new nest and has not moved for the last 30 minutes or longer....I just discovered that she was molting. I put her in a dark place and am leaving her be. She is the only sling I have now that has not molted up to this point. I think the GBB and the B. Vagan should be molting again within the next two weeks or so...but I am very very happy to see my Versi is not only eating live crickets, but also is molting!
I only hope its a good molt and that every thing goes good from here on out.. She still has the trip back to Houma, but that will not be for a couple of days. We have been locked out of Houma by the Parish President and the Parish counsel until Friday. State Troopers are blocking all of the main roads and National Guard is being called in to secure the inside of Terrebonne Parish, which is where Houma is located. For those of you who do not know, a Parish is the same thing as a County, but in Louisiana, we call it a Parish.
Houma and the surrounding areas appear to have received the worst of the winds and there are very few roads that are able to be travelled right now - which is why they have us blocked out. Also all residents in Terrebonne parish are on a 24 hour curfew until Friday - meaning they can not leave their homes with out permission from authorities. If found out and about without permission, they will be escorted back to their homes immediately.
I have a friend who has confirmed the loss of his home, and we have also confirmed a great deal of tree damage and roof damage. No word yet on my own property nor my parents.
Anyways, sorry for the long post, but I had a lot to update on, and hope any one else who might be in the area that was hit by the Hurricane is alright and I hope your things are alright as well.
Now I just have to make the trip back safely with my Ts and also find my stuff is just as I left it for every thing to be alright on my end...
Thanks.
Tokendog
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I'm so glad to read that you and your wife and the T's are all safe and sound. I figured you would not get back into Houma for days, when I saw exactly where the storm hit land. Without any power or A/C you're probably much better off where you are. I hope everything back in Houma is all right. Gustav was much kinder to Louisiana than Kat. Let's hope the other 3 storms lined up decide to go elsewhere. Congrats on the molts. I've had a couple of slings molt in their shipping containers without diffculty. Di
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Glad all is good! That pic of T on fence was kinda heartbreaking! lol.
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Glad to hear the good news. I hope it remains that way with you and your parents' homes.
This also proves that spiders can and will molt the day after and sometimes the day of their last feeding.
Keep us posted. Us Floridians (I'm a Hawaiian at heart still :}) didn't receive much of anything. Just some wind and rain. Although I can't speak for the panhandle. so if anyone from up there has anything to add, please do.
Again, please keep us posted.
--Joe
This also proves that spiders can and will molt the day after and sometimes the day of their last feeding.
Keep us posted. Us Floridians (I'm a Hawaiian at heart still :}) didn't receive much of anything. Just some wind and rain. Although I can't speak for the panhandle. so if anyone from up there has anything to add, please do.
Again, please keep us posted.
--Joe
Ok, new dilemma. I need to head home soon but we are still without power. It is estimated that it will take two to three weeks to restore power to Houma, which is where I live.
Its usually around 80 to 90 degrees plus humidity of about 80 percent most of the time. The question is this: If I go home and am with out power for the next week or two, will my Ts be ok?
I will bring bottled water, etc. and open wiIndows, but it will still be pretty hot and humid. I will also keep them out of direct sun light...
I am just ready for this hurricane crap to be over and to be on with my normal life.
Its usually around 80 to 90 degrees plus humidity of about 80 percent most of the time. The question is this: If I go home and am with out power for the next week or two, will my Ts be ok?
I will bring bottled water, etc. and open wiIndows, but it will still be pretty hot and humid. I will also keep them out of direct sun light...
I am just ready for this hurricane crap to be over and to be on with my normal life.
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yea
yea it they should be ok but that does seem hot. If I were you, just to be sure, I would buy a little battery operated fan and put in where the t's are. I would do it just to not take any risks + it will make your room cooler too. I can't sleep in a hot room.
yea it they should be ok but that does seem hot. If I were you, just to be sure, I would buy a little battery operated fan and put in where the t's are. I would do it just to not take any risks + it will make your room cooler too. I can't sleep in a hot room.
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I have been there with hurricane Andrew. I had to live in a tiny camper for 5 months with no A/C , mine did fine.
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Hanna is coming too, but it shouldn't be an issue for LA. However, Ike is following right behind Hanna and is projected to hit southern Florida and is a Cat 4 right now. So keep that in the back of your mind as well. Hopefully Ike will stay on the east coast but who knows...it's still pretty far out in the Atlantic.
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how many do you have
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Ike may prove to be nasty. I have to fly to Chicago on Monday and I'm due home on Thursday night. So my biggest questions are 1) depending on Ike, will I be able to fly back? 2) what will my wife and 13yr old do with 200-300 geckos and 50 or so T's?
Lots of planning this weekend.............
GK
Lots of planning this weekend.............
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As it moves closer we will be able to tell. If it is going to hit us, well gecko I would cancel to be with my family. Everybody get your tubs out for your "T"s or clear your closets out and stackem there.
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T's can go a while without feeding. Al they have to do is take a spray bottle and spray the tanks I suppose to save some trouble. If they like the t's then water them lol.. The geckos wont be too much of a hastle. Just make sure you over feed them before you leave and full their water up and you should be fine.
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I'd love to cancel, but my boss may be pissed. We'll just have to wait and see.
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So...Hurricake Ike:
http://www.baynews9.com/RightNow.html?HURRICANE1
Look where it's headed...straight for New Orleans! Go figure.
Lucara, if you actually evacuate, meet me somewhere and I'll hang on to them for you if you want. I have a block home.
Tokendog, please update us when you are able.
http://www.baynews9.com/RightNow.html?HURRICANE1
Look where it's headed...straight for New Orleans! Go figure.
Lucara, if you actually evacuate, meet me somewhere and I'll hang on to them for you if you want. I have a block home.
Tokendog, please update us when you are able.