Well my two little ones molted this last week. Tazz was first, and didn't grow much. Then Razz molted just over the weekend, and boy did (he?) grow! He's almost double in size now. Personality-wise, they are so different! Tazz is a little more timid. I used a large cooking pot to rehouse them in because they are so small. Tazz tried to hide in the bottom of his old vial so I had to use some tweezers to coax him out, and rehousing was fairly simple.
Razz, on the other hand, lives up to his "orange ball of fury" name and then some. At first he tried to hide in the bottom of his vial, too, but once those tweezers intruded his space, he came flying out of that vial and started running laps around the pot. He then shot out of the pot and luckily (for me!) stopped on the side right above the pot handle. I used his new vial to try to get him inside, to no avail. Off like greased lightning he went again, and flew back into the pot where he then resumed his laps. Around and around and around he went, with me laughing in amusement the whole time, until finally I felt sorry for the poor brat and stuck the new vial in his path. Once his feet touched the dirt that's all she wrote and he settled right in. Whew!!!
Little bugger is super-quick!
I'm thinking (wholly guessing, of course) that Razz is a male, judging by his incredible growth rate. He makes Tazz look like a grammostola!
Neither molt was whole enough to sex, unfortunately. Tazz shredded his while Razz balled his up too much for me to untangle.
They're hopeless, I tell ya.
So I suppose my first OBT rehousing was a success!!!
Razz, on the other hand, lives up to his "orange ball of fury" name and then some. At first he tried to hide in the bottom of his vial, too, but once those tweezers intruded his space, he came flying out of that vial and started running laps around the pot. He then shot out of the pot and luckily (for me!) stopped on the side right above the pot handle. I used his new vial to try to get him inside, to no avail. Off like greased lightning he went again, and flew back into the pot where he then resumed his laps. Around and around and around he went, with me laughing in amusement the whole time, until finally I felt sorry for the poor brat and stuck the new vial in his path. Once his feet touched the dirt that's all she wrote and he settled right in. Whew!!!
Little bugger is super-quick!
I'm thinking (wholly guessing, of course) that Razz is a male, judging by his incredible growth rate. He makes Tazz look like a grammostola!
Neither molt was whole enough to sex, unfortunately. Tazz shredded his while Razz balled his up too much for me to untangle.
They're hopeless, I tell ya.
So I suppose my first OBT rehousing was a success!!!
