Katy's pics!

[Miss Bianca]

Yes it isssssss Very nicely detailed

and hey... it's your thread ...

 

[equuskat]

Feeding pics

Reptile show today...got fresh crickets. Everyone's happy.

Got this big female Avicularia sp. "Peru Purple" today. She's awesome.

E. campestratus eating - she actually moves fast for crickets...not for anything else.

G. pulchripes (formerly aureostriata, I guess)

B. smithi

P. platyomma

N. coloratovillosus

G. rosea MM, 1.5yrs mature, still eating like a champ.

MM C. fasciatum

Fed the C. hentzis too late. Whoops.

Juvenile male B. klaasi

B. boehmei molted last week

3 of the parahybanas...

A. brockelhursti

 

[equuskat]

Me getting cuddly with some mean Ts at the show.

First, the purple Avicularia MM who came out in a threat posture, but calmed down and wandered around on me.

Next, I pinned and verified the sex of two big adult female P. antinous. I pretty much knew they were both girls because they were so big and stocky with such a nice legspan (8"?)...but I checked anyway because it was impressive.

Finally, my grand finale. I pinned and sexed a 6" or so L. violaceopes...yep, a Singapore Blue. She was an unhappy thing: fanged the floor. Could hear scraping. heh. It was a cool experience. I don't know if anyone really expected me to try it, much less be successful. Pics soon. Evidently Joe didn't get one of the Singapore Blue. :|

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Cool peru purp. How big is she?

I don't even know what to say about the l. violaceopes. All I can say is that you wont ever find me pinch grabbing any of my arboreals. Were you scared? I would have been pooping my pants.

 

[equuskat]

Nah, wasn't scared. I'm a pro.

 

[equuskat]

Cool peru purp. How big is she?

I don't even know what to say about the l. violaceopes. All I can say is that you wont ever find me pinch grabbing any of my arboreals. Were you scared? I would have been pooping my pants.

lol I'm sorry, I didn't answer your question. She's probably got a 5" legspan. She molted today. Cool.

 

[Miss Bianca]

These are awesomeeeeeee!!! Very cool thnx for sharing these....

and whoa!- what exactly happened with the Hentzi!!!?

My fave are the awesome purple Avic and MM shots.. and that Boehmei is beautiful!

and cool shot of you looking like ya toked! LOL

 

[equuskat]

and cool shot of you looking like ya toked! LOL

hahaha Joe took that picture and said the exact same thing...


The hentzi got a spinnerette stuck on her hide and I lifted the hide to free her and somehow it made her rupture. It was a very small hole - it took her about 10 days to die. She didn't go into a death curl; she just slowed down and eventually stopped moving and went limp.

 

[Miss Bianca]

OH wow....... sorry to hear that... a slow death, that's always bad...
I meant the C. Hentzi scorps though... you know.. the whoops...

The hentzi got a spinnerette stuck on her hide and I lifted the hide to free her and somehow it made her rupture. It was a very small hole - it took her about 10 days to die. She didn't go into a death curl; she just slowed down and eventually stopped moving and went limp.

 

[equuskat]

Oh, THAT...well, they sometimes cannibalize, and I hadn't fed for a few days. So, oops!

 

[fartkowski]

Very nice Katy
Looks like you had a good time at the show

 

[equuskat]

More artwork

 

[Miss Bianca]

OMG that's beautiful-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l !!!!!
Bless your talent hun! This is really a beautiful piece of art!

 

[equuskat]

OMG that's beautiful-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l !!!!!
Bless your talent hun! This is really a beautiful piece of art!

hehe thanks so much.

 

[JC50]

OMG that's beautiful-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l !!!!!
Bless your talent hun! This is really a beautiful piece of art!

I agree.Katy you really do have some artistic skills and that drawing is very impressive.

 

[equuskat]

Added some more "fuzz" and detail.

 

[gecko_keeper/KBfauna]

Very nice!! And, why aren't you doing this for a living again??

 

[equuskat]

Very nice!! And, why aren't you doing this for a living again??

Because I am not amazing enough to be a professional artist. I'm never satisfied. It'd be hard for me to produce enough art to turn a profit. I like to do the occasional commissioned piece, though.

Working on your tattoo, sir, slowly but surely!

 

[equuskat]

G. portentosa nymphs

A. hentzi male, just molted

P. cambridgei clutching her eggsac.

Lookie who molted (I forgot to rotate the pic and I don't care...)

A. brockelhursti mm...cutest mature male I think I've ever seen.

A. geniculata

My P. cancerides...a sub adult female and a penultimate (maybe?) male
female:

male:

Pamphobeteus sp. "Platyomma"

smiley!

 

[Miss Bianca]

how cute is that last pic?!
look at that expression in those eyes, LOL