Some random shots of my babies!

[Austin S.]

Here in the M smithi molting

BUTTTT he is not mature yet!!! :wall: Sure is gorgeous though

 

[Austin S.]

Here is his gal

Eating a yummy hopper!:}

Closer view

 

[Austin S.]

VERY INTERESTING right here!

I had a stop watch at hand for this:

 

[Austin S.]

VERY INTERESTING right here!

To the "grabbing" of the hopper, up till it was dead, took all but exactly 11 seconds!!!

Look at them fangs!

 

[Austin S.]

My F G. aureostriata got a hopper also, to fill her up before her man arrives!

 

[Scolopendra55]

Excelent pics!! I love the pokie shots!!

 

[† [sandi] †]

i like that you had taken pictures of how spiders catch mouse...
nice... poecilotheria pictures are really good...
:clap: :clap:

 

[Gigas]

Wow That *B* smithi is a messy moulter.... What is the Pokie species in the last post? and a word of advice, many people on the board disagree strongly with the feeding of live vertebrates to Anything

 

[Austin S.]

My other baby, Lilly

And Mac

 

[Austin S.]

Close-up of F aureostriata with her meal

 

[Austin S.]

Freshly molted Curly

Now at 3"!

 

[Austin S.]

It is a 6.5" F Poec. formosa

And yes, I already knew that people on here strongly disagree with this kind of feeding, and for those people I'm really sorry, it has been known that it can be pretty healthy for the spider though, and it can make a pretty good shot also, I dont want to start some kind of debate thread here or anything! Again very sorry!

 

[Austin S.]

F Aph. hentzi haven a snack

 

[Austin S.]

M Avic. avic haven a cricket

Sorry, couldnt get better shots!

 

[Austin S.]

Juv. uns. G. aureostriata about to pounce!

And its the end for the cricket!

 

[PoPpiLLs]

Nice pics I cant wait until my P. regalis gets as big as your P. formosa

 

[Gigas]

Healthy to occasionally feed vetebrates, don't have to be alive. Sorry moving along, I cant wait for my formosa's to get to that size, did you raise her from sling? if so how long did it take. also i like your Hentzi a spider i find most people over look, yours is gorgeous. braver man than I feeding so manyhoppers at once, i wouldnt like to see the mess after all of them

 

[Austin S.]

Funny story!

I work full time for a lawn service up here in Oklahoma. Yesterday I was mowing someones lawn and something just happend to walk RIGHT INFRONT of my mower, good thing I was looking down!!!!
5" F Aph. hentzi, she lost one of her legs, have no idea how!

 

[Austin S.]

Hahaha, oh you'd love the mess afterwards! AND the smell! :} Not really, it is disgusting! The good thing is, is that with the few T's I feed hoppers to, they all slurp up every bit and when they are through, make a little ball out of the left overs, and drop it off in the corner of their tank! Makes it very easy to pick up! No searching for that awful thing! When I first got her, she was around 3", now shes 6.5"! I've had her for 3 and a half years.

 

[Austin S.]

And the lovely couple!

He has been in her enclosure for about a week, still alive! And her abdomens looking quit larger also

I'm praying every night she lays something!