Shipping with a roach

[ledzeppelin]

Hello gang, I've been gone for a few months due to constant things I have to deal in life atm.

So the situation is: I am shipping MM P. regalis and it has to be today. I've fed it yesterday so I could ship it without any problems (i've never sent a T in my life so I have a bit of panic in me) I've noticed that the spider hasn't eaten it's meal yesterday and started today -_- So the deal is - I have about an hour to drop the package and my regalis refuses to drop the roach.. Will there be any harm if the T is shipped with a roach in it's fangs? The shipment will arrive tomorrow afternoon or friday morning CET.

Good to be back! Hello to everyone!

LZ

 

[miss moxie]

It is most likely that when you go to put him in a catch cup to ship, he'll drop the roach because he's startled and his survival instincts will kick in. I.E. escape > food.

But either way, I personally wouldn't send a T with a dead feeder. Just seems like a bad idea to me, but I don't ship Ts. Received over 40 in the mail however and never saw one with a feeder included.

 

[ledzeppelin]

Yeah I tried it and it wouldn't drop

 

[GreyPsyche]

If it wont let go then just let it eat it while he's being shipped. Lol.

 

[Anoplogaster]

I actually don't see the harm in it. If he refuses to drop it, just ship him with it. Maybe he'll finish it up during shipment, and the receiver will see a bolus when he/she opens it up. Ts have even been known to molt during shipment. If they can pull that off, I'm sure a food item won't do any harm.

 

[miss moxie]

I actually don't see the harm in it. If he refuses to drop it, just ship him with it. Maybe he'll finish it up during shipment, and the receiver will see a bolus when he/she opens it up. Ts have even been known to molt during shipment. If they can pull that off, I'm sure a food item won't do any harm.

That's true, I didn't think about that. I had a .5" spiderling molt in transit and I was so distraught I thought it had popped from heat or something-- no, the spiderling was just down a little further, behind the exuvium.

 

[ledzeppelin]

I sent the "little" bugger anyway. Ill update when I recieve news from the recipient This is a massive male with a legspan just short of 19cm I need his offsprings in my life

 

[ledzeppelin]

@miss moxie I see you're kind of back on AB as well ive never seen you active in the last few years!

 

[miss moxie]

@miss moxie I see you're kind of back on AB as well ive never seen you active in the last few years!

I came here specifically to raise heck and chew bubblegum-- and I'm all out of bubblegum...

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Ts have even been known to molt during shipment.

That's true, I didn't think about that. I had a .5" spiderling molt in transit and I was so distraught I thought it had popped from heat or something-- no, the spiderling was just down a little further, behind the exuvium.

My GBB moulted in the post and was fine, I did get a bit of a shock when I saw the exuvia first and thought I'd been sent a dead sling, she was hiding a little further back.

 

[user 666]

I sent the "little" bugger anyway. Ill update when I recieve news from the recipient This is a massive male with a legspan just short of 19cm I need his offsprings in my life

Where does the 7" T eat dinner?

Wherever the hell it wants.

 

[miss moxie]

My GBB moulted in the post and was fine, I did get a bit of a shock when I saw the exuvia first and thought I'd been sent a dead sling, she was hiding a little further back.

Mm, yup. I pulled the little wet paper towel plug and there was a leg stuck to it. Cue stomach dropping.