Abby's various babies

[Abby]

Here are some of my babies:

The first one, therefore my princess:
Grammostola rosea "Shelob"

For Halloween, an amateur photoshop atempt

Brachypelma boehmei "Gossamer" after the hairy monster in Bugs Bunny





Brachypelma smithi "Sam" eating a mealworm:

Grammostola pulchra "Shaft"

Nhandu chromatus "Vik"

My orangey awesomeness Pterinochilus murinus "OBT Kenobi"

My GBB Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens Kal-El"
As a baby

and now, not a great picture but I don't want to open the lid and destroy the web

Another Nhandu chromatus "Kostya"
He's currently burrowed awaiting molt

I have two Ceratogyrus darlingis, I love them.
My friend Kamikaze gave me some tips and they are doing really well
This is Shaka Zulu

Shaka again eating a pinhead.

My other darlingi is more shy, I mostly only see his fuzzy butt

My blue fang Ephebopus cyanognathus "Elphaba"

Last but not least
Brachypelma vagans "Willy"

He just molted yesterday so I am leaving him alone before I take new pictures

 

[xhexdx]

Cute pics. Good collection you've got started.

OBT Kenobi is an awesome name, btw.

--Joe

 

[Mattyb]

Very nice collection. Love the G.pulchra

 

[Teal]

Awesome collection! They have some great names

(Mind sharing the tips for the C. darlingi? I just got one recently, and while I am used to this type.. wouldn't mind knowing what others know!)

 

[Kamikaze]

Fantastic T's! wow you have a lot!
Your C. darlingi's are awesome! (I'm sure they have insatiable appetites as well)
I think my G. pulchra is the same size as yours.
OBT Kenobi is awesome! I agree with Joe, it is a cool name!
Before you know it, you'll be breeding them soon. Good luck!

 

[Abby]

Hi Jairi,

I know you have a darlingi, that's what motivated me to drive to Paul's to pick one up, and ended up with two
The picture you posted of Mani was too darn cute for me to resist

I just keep mine with plenty of moist substrate and they have already dug some cool interconnecting tunnels.
They also have some plastic leaves which they have webbed over. Overall, they seem happy since they have their tunnels

I also give them half mealworms, or pinheads which they eat with a lot of gusto

I keep all of my babies in a micro-climate box which I totally copied from Paul Becker.
It's just a 5 gallon tank with a heat pad in the back on the inside of the tank, and lined with foam board to retain warmth.
The lid is also foam board and the I made the windows with discarded pieces of plexiglass.
The temps stay at about 82 degrees, and they seem happy and active. That's a digital thermometer I have in the box.
I have three and I rotate them to make sure they are accurate.
Even without the thermometer I know the temperature is okay when I open the lid and I sense a nice, comfy temperature inside.

That's all

I can't wait until they get bigger and start showing their horn

 

[Abby]

New Ts

Some new babies I picked up this weekend from Paul Becker

Acanthoscurria geniculata (Helga)

Phormictopus cancerides (Prince)

Cyclosternum fasciatum (Fergie)

Avicularia huriana (DeeDee)

And a freshly molted Xenesthis immanis (Mafalda)

 

[ZergFront]

Congrats on the blue fang. I just got one Thursday. GBB web like crazy!

 

[Terry D]

Nice pics.

Abby, Willy...Good name! The little genic is cool, too. X immanis is on my want list. You've got some nice spiders, healthy too . Terry