The Lava Life -- a G. pulchra diary

[ladyratri]

Wait, radar assist? Is THAT how she finds the big crickets? Hey, Irma! Like this? Am I doing it right??

 

[TLSizzle]

I wish I could see my pulchra. It's been burrowed since the 9th .

Lava's sassitude will have to hold me over.

 

[ladyratri]

It's been burrowed

Top reason I'm not in a big rush to move her to the bigger bin with more substrate. I rehoused my versi into its "forever home" a little early, and promptly didn't see it for over 200 days . The good news is, once it molted in May, it has been out and visible again... It just needed to grow up a little more, and take 6 months to settle in hah. I am optimistic that your pulchra will emerge in due time.

Lava's sassitude will have to hold me over.

She certainly has plenty to go around........

 

[ladyratri]

Checking up on the neighbors, as usual.

"Hey Blue, you catch that cricket yet?"


At 199 days since her last molt, the floof is starting to get a little ragged here and there, but she's still got her butt heart!

 

[Marten]

Wonderful thread I have 6 pulchra slings and they are just as sassy, though your Lava is much more photogenic My biggest, Massey-Fergusson, spends most of her time plastered to the front of her enclosure but I can never get such good pics as you have here.

 

[ladyratri]

It was watering day yesterday. Lava was indignant as usual.


You know that whole thing about how you only see 10% of the iceberg, because the rest of it is underwater? Well.........

...Lava does.

 

[TLSizzle]

That last pic has her looking like cardi b

 

[ladyratri]

Yesterday was cricket day in the spider room.

This evening, milady chose to eloquently communicate her feelings to me regarding the fact that Irma got a SECOND cricket, and she didn't even get a first one.




Lava honey. You're pretty much making my point for me here...

 

[DustyD]

You go girl, both of you. Keep it coming.

 

[CyndiSigyn]

Incurable derp:
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Mooning me I guess?

Omg how cute! I remember when my g pulchra was this itty bitty

 

[ladyratri]

Speed and inevitability of a glacier.....217 days since her last molt.

If I squint just right I can convince myself that after this uncharacteristically hot week, her abdomen is starting to darken up a little.

 

[Mustafa67]

Checking up on the neighbors, as usual.

"Hey Blue, you catch that cricket yet?"
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At 199 days since her last molt, the floof is starting to get a little ragged here and there, but she's still got her butt heart!
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I love this thread! Especially this post and these pictures. It’s so cute

 

[ladyratri]

Lava, honey...

Sweetie.

You are SUCH a derp.


233 days since last molt.

 

[ladyratri]

The face you make when you just straight up don't fit in your own shell anymore:


That molt is getting close... Any month now, I swear.

 

[0viWan]

@ladyratri How big is she at the moment? My little Pulchras are still on their 6-week molt cycle. Largest one is like 2'' DLS.

 

[ladyratri]

@ladyratri How big is she at the moment? My little Pulchras are still on their 6-week molt cycle. Largest one is like 2'' DLS.

She's about 2", but I don't keep the room particularly warm...

 

[0viWan]

Interesting. Temperatures have been dropping around here so over the last 2 weeks or so it has been like 68° (20°C) in the spider room. "Big" Pulchra is in heavy premolt so I fully expect a molt any day now. Wondering how this is going to play out in the future.

As weird as it sounds but in my mind my G. Pulchras could actually slow down a little bit in terms of growth rate...as long as it's not at Aphonopelma levels

 

[ladyratri]

Interesting. Temperatures have been dropping around here so over the last 2 weeks or so it has been like 68° (20°C) in the spider room. "Big" Pulchra is in heavy premolt so I fully expect a molt any day now. Wondering how this is going to play out in the future.

As weird as it sounds but in my mind my G. Pulchras could actually slow down a little bit in terms of growth rate...as long as it's not at Aphonopelma levels

She has molted with me twice so far, growing just about half an inch with each, on December 14 and March 3.

Apparently then she decided she's not a baby anymore and is gonna take her time with this one. Given the size of that booty, I'm hoping she'll at least have another good size gain when she does finally molt.

 

[ladyratri]

P.S. for those who follow the "Who molted today?" thread... Here's a bonus photo of Lava's opinion of her freshly-fuzzed, newly-embiggened neighbor:

 

[ladyratri]

Today was fresh, clean new water dish day. Lava just half-heartedly hid for the duration of the swap.



245 days and counting.