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Sure, just make sure you freeze him before you ship him to me.
Advice on draining Zilla's cyst/growth needed!
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Hahahhahahh thats funny.
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LOL @ Joe & Robc, I kinda like that idea though ;D
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lolol!!! {d{d
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Rob, what are you going to do with her body?
Do you plan on preserving her?
Do you plan on preserving her?
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that sucks
Im sorry to hear this rob.. I must say that zilla was a great animal, and that many people from all over the world feel like they knew her personally through your youtube channel.. Your videos were one of the first videos about tarantulas that me and my girlfriend watched when I decided to get into Ts. From feeding videos, pokie bites, tutorials to Zilla.. And I thank you for sharing them.
My sincere condolences to you and your family.
My sincere condolences to you and your family.
My sincerest condolences to you and yours Rob. It is truely the passing of an Icon in the tarantula world. My fiancee and I are extremely sad to see Zilla pass on. We both want to thank you and your family for all the vids that help people to understand and gain interest in tarantulas. Without them, my fiancee would still scream and run away.. Zilla vids played a MAJOR role in calming her. She'll always be in our memories..
PS: I hope you have saved some slings of her's to carry on her legacy?
PS: I hope you have saved some slings of her's to carry on her legacy?
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At Repticon about a month and a half ago the wife and I saw 4 WC T. blondi on one table and 1 on another table. All 5 of them had cysts. The strange part was they all had them on the right side of the abdomen. Is it me or is it more common with blondi? Do most appear on the right side?
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That is a very intresting observation. I wonder how common this is with wild caught Blondi's?? Sidenote: Sorry Rob about Zilla.
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Oh no!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so sorry, Rob and Dani, because any loss is a tough one, but I think that its wholly obvious to myself and anyone else who has ever watched your video how much you both truly loved Zilla.
I'm actually crying right now because as I think someone else said, that blondi had become an icon.
I hope you can find some way to preserve her, she was absolutely beautiful.
I just lost a T myself, (though I had her nowhere as long as you had Zilla) and this is still devastating to me so I can imagine your heartbreak.
Zilla has been so intrumental in educating people about T's. Her videos will be watched for many years to follow and in that way she will live on.
Hang in there, you guys!
I'm so sorry, Rob and Dani, because any loss is a tough one, but I think that its wholly obvious to myself and anyone else who has ever watched your video how much you both truly loved Zilla.
I'm actually crying right now because as I think someone else said, that blondi had become an icon.
I hope you can find some way to preserve her, she was absolutely beautiful.
I just lost a T myself, (though I had her nowhere as long as you had Zilla) and this is still devastating to me so I can imagine your heartbreak.
Zilla has been so intrumental in educating people about T's. Her videos will be watched for many years to follow and in that way she will live on.
Hang in there, you guys!
My most sincere condolences to your loss, Rob. That outright sucks. Zilla was known throughout the entire community, that's horrible that she has passed. I highly doubt this was caused by you, as you handle all of your tarantulas in a very delicate manner. Even if she underwent a fall a couple molts ago, I highly doubt that was the cause of the cyst forming. The exoskeleton would have most likely repaired from any damage, at it would be probable that if that was indeed the cause, you would have seen symptoms of swelling from internal damage quite a bit sooner. (As in, the same molt cycle that it occurred.) Just my thoughts, as the entire exoskeleton/'body' that underwent the fall shock is long gone and disposed of from the tarantula. You shouldn't be regretting not draining the cyst, you did the best you possibly could. I know you have already taken X-Rays, but you really should consider a dissection, just to see if it was indeed a breakage between the old/newly forming exoskeleton, or some form internal fault. It will show quite a bit more than the X-Rays.