DawgPoundSound
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2010
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- 5
Ok. First off I'd like to know from someone experienced, if you saw a 4"inch Salmon Pink and a 4"inch Chilean Rose how would you know the difference between the two? WITHOUT reading a tag?
So here's what happened last night around 3 am. I told you guys about the picky eater, the 4"inch Rose Hair I bought 3 weeks ago. And that we were basically assuming a female until further notice. Well, yesterday, I saw a bulky (sold as) Chilean Rose and she was much fuzzier than mine at home, so I went ahead and got her for $17. My goodness she just looked so much bigger than my Rose, and I immediately started to wonder if I had a male at home, because their stomach area underneath looked a bit different. Hers was wider than mine.
Well I got her home, and decided to divide a 10 gallon tank for them both to share it. I fixed it up, and placed them on opposite sides. Tank looked really nice too. Well my Rose started patrolling and climbing which was out of the norm for it. It then makes it's way to the top of the divider, and squeezes through a 1/2 inch opening... I WAS LIKE WHAT IN THE WORLD?
So he's now on her side of the tank, but he's stationed on the divider, and he starts tapping the glass. She doesn't budge a muscle. I'm now seeing firsthand just how much bigger she is than my Rose, and I'm getting up to get a ruler to end this mess before it gets started. As I'm getting up, she starts moving her Chelicera as if warning my Rose not to come any further. He gets the point, and walks back over the divider to his side of the enclosure.
HOWEVER!! He doesn't go to the bedding. He just sits on the divider at the top. Ok I'm like this isn't gonna work. So after about 3 minutes pondering and watching, I make a move to go get my ruler. I come back only to not see him at all. My wife was nearby and I said, "Where is he??" She jumps up and no sooner than I walk to the enclosure I see him nearing her, (he's just under her on the bedding) and she's at the top of the enclosure still. What happened next was so fast it almost startled me.
She LEAPS from the top of the enclosure, pinpoint accuracy and nails him, WHAM!! They do a slight tumble, and she's easily on top and it's over. The sheer size of her, over my 4.5"inch Chilean Rose was rather impressive to see. The fear struck me. What if this is actually a Salmon Pink Bird Eater? I've seen so many videos of them, and she has the resemblance, but she also appears as an over-sized Chilean Rose too.
I don't know. I'm so sad about him. As I type she just finished him off, he's about a 1/2 inch mass of nothing, and she placed him at the back of the burrow I made for her. My goodness she's a beast. And she means business.
But she gave me absolutely ZERO issue when getting her out of the pet store container, and into her new home at our house. But the ferocity which she pounced on him was crazy. Just wanted to share this with you guys. I'm still mad at her for eating my 1st T". Mating was not my intention. I was just making a beautiful Townhouse for my T's. (I thought)
So here's what happened last night around 3 am. I told you guys about the picky eater, the 4"inch Rose Hair I bought 3 weeks ago. And that we were basically assuming a female until further notice. Well, yesterday, I saw a bulky (sold as) Chilean Rose and she was much fuzzier than mine at home, so I went ahead and got her for $17. My goodness she just looked so much bigger than my Rose, and I immediately started to wonder if I had a male at home, because their stomach area underneath looked a bit different. Hers was wider than mine.
Well I got her home, and decided to divide a 10 gallon tank for them both to share it. I fixed it up, and placed them on opposite sides. Tank looked really nice too. Well my Rose started patrolling and climbing which was out of the norm for it. It then makes it's way to the top of the divider, and squeezes through a 1/2 inch opening... I WAS LIKE WHAT IN THE WORLD?
So he's now on her side of the tank, but he's stationed on the divider, and he starts tapping the glass. She doesn't budge a muscle. I'm now seeing firsthand just how much bigger she is than my Rose, and I'm getting up to get a ruler to end this mess before it gets started. As I'm getting up, she starts moving her Chelicera as if warning my Rose not to come any further. He gets the point, and walks back over the divider to his side of the enclosure.
HOWEVER!! He doesn't go to the bedding. He just sits on the divider at the top. Ok I'm like this isn't gonna work. So after about 3 minutes pondering and watching, I make a move to go get my ruler. I come back only to not see him at all. My wife was nearby and I said, "Where is he??" She jumps up and no sooner than I walk to the enclosure I see him nearing her, (he's just under her on the bedding) and she's at the top of the enclosure still. What happened next was so fast it almost startled me.
She LEAPS from the top of the enclosure, pinpoint accuracy and nails him, WHAM!! They do a slight tumble, and she's easily on top and it's over. The sheer size of her, over my 4.5"inch Chilean Rose was rather impressive to see. The fear struck me. What if this is actually a Salmon Pink Bird Eater? I've seen so many videos of them, and she has the resemblance, but she also appears as an over-sized Chilean Rose too.
I don't know. I'm so sad about him. As I type she just finished him off, he's about a 1/2 inch mass of nothing, and she placed him at the back of the burrow I made for her. My goodness she's a beast. And she means business.
But she gave me absolutely ZERO issue when getting her out of the pet store container, and into her new home at our house. But the ferocity which she pounced on him was crazy. Just wanted to share this with you guys. I'm still mad at her for eating my 1st T". Mating was not my intention. I was just making a beautiful Townhouse for my T's. (I thought)