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[RiPz]

RiPz' Picture Thread

Hey all.. first post here so hi!

I currently have 5 T's, of varying age..

Shelob
Mature (4")
Male
Grammostola Rosea (Chilean Rose)

Fro
Juvenile (2")
Male
Brachypelma Albopilosum (Curly Hair)

Zico
Juvenile (1.5")
Unknown Sex
Brachypelma Vagans (Mexican Redrump)

Mex
Spiderling (1/4")
Unknown Sex
Brachypelma Smithi (Mexican Red Knee)

Pye
Spiderling (1/4")
Unknown Sex
Grammostola Rosea (Chilean Rose)

Pictures to follow... bear with me i've got quite a few of each - will do one post per T :>

 

[RiPz]

Shelob

Shelob - Grammostola Rosea (Chilean Rose)

Only one photo of him but here it is...

 

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Fro

Fro - Brachypelma Albopilosum (Curly Hair)

 

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Zico

Zico - Brachypelma Vagans (Mexican Redrump)

 

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Mex

Mex - Brachypelma Smithi (Mexican Red Knee)

 

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Pye

Pye - Grammostola Rosea (Chilean Rose)

 

[RiPz]

Credit for the photography of the ones with the red felt background goes to my friend Tom Platt (of twilight-photography.co.uk), rest are my own shots..

Zico has just moulted (20/12/2007) but the shed skin is still a bit too small to sex properly... think all three of the others (Fro, Mex and Pye) are going for a new year moult - all have dark patches on their abdomens and are all refusing food. we'll see.. i think Fro's moult might be sexable this time as he/she is quite a large juvenile now

Comments!

 

[pearson340]

love your T's i like you vagans and its good to see another BRIT to join us lol nice 5p see guys i told you my red rump looks like his. lol ;P

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh256/pearson34_2007/DSC00028.jpg

 

[pearson340]

how big is your red rump then

 

[RiPz]

body length of the red rump is now approx 3cm... though it's still got to fill out the abdomen with some eating again yet.. i'll leave it a few days then start feeding again, see how she/he fills out and get some photos with a 5p or something to show size

i took some photos of the moult with my crappy point and shoot camera but they arent really clear or close enough to sex... will wait for the next moult and get my friend to take shots with his macro lenses, same for the curly hair too.. hopefully will know what sex both are in a few months time

 

[RiPz]

New Addition! - girlfriend got me an early christmas present!...

Tigs
Juvenule (2")
Unknown Sex
Psalmopoeus irminia (Venezuelan Suntiger)

 

[pearson340]

is that an ornamental im no good with T only got my first two at the moment

 

[RiPz]

no it's not an ornamental.. it's a "suntiger".. both are arboreals (so shape to them)

i've been told by one of my friends that i "must" get a pokie though.. so i guess i'm gonna have to get a P. regalis (indian ornamental) soon...

 

[pearson340]

i was just saying the way its on the glass looks like a pokie and what part of the uk are you from

 

[RiPz]

I live about 10 miles north east of manchester.

 

[wayne the pain]

Nice collection, love the P irminia

 

[pearson340]

ohh right my aunty lives like 15mins away from Manchester

 

[RiPz]

Hi Guys.. yet Another spider...!

not sure on how healthy he/she is as the previous owner didnt really know *anything* about T's - he was a snake & reptile keeper...

he/she's a 5" B. vagans in premolt.. i've rehoused her and left her to settle in for a few days... he/she was eating (there were quite a few quite fresh looking half eaten crickets in the bottom of his/her terrarium when i picked her up) but i havent tried feeding myself. i'll give it a couple of deys then offer a crick or two and see if they're taken.

i think he/she is a female but i'm not going to handle her until she's settled in..

 

[RiPz]

More to the collection have been added.

2. cobalts: long and kumo

and a chili rose- roo.

The A. Avic died of dessication. bit upsetting but life goes on i guess.
will get some more pictures soon.

www.binary-pulse.co.uk/Pets.

take a look at the collection now

 

[seanbond]

kewl collect!