Various Photos

[becca81]

I'm crossing my fingers that my A. avicularia, who hasn't been doing well since I received her in February, is finally feeling a little better. She's been huddled up on the screen, floor, or corkbark ever since I received her. For the past couple of days, however, she is actually spreading her legs out and looking a little more like normal.

I've been noticing that the abdomen is pretty small, but it doesn't look too bad in these pics.

Here's one of my baby A. avicularia, received at the same time as the female pictured above. I'm hoping for a molt soon.

Here's my 1" L. parahybana, Einstein. I'm really hoping for a female.

Here's my ~4" B. smithi, Fibonacci. It's been quite the hair-kicker since I got it a few weeks ago. It's just now starting to show some hair loss on the abdomen, so I'm assuming that it hasn't been too long since it last molted.

Here's my ~2" P. murinus, Copernicus. This one was hidden away for about a month before opening up its burrow, throwing its old skin out, and beginning to eat again. I went to check on it one day and as soon as I put my hand on the enclosure it began running around the (circular) enclosure 2 or 3 times at the speed of light before darting back in the burrow. I still can't get over how fast these guys are!

 

[bonesmama]

NICE T's, Becca! Best of luck with the avic--I've got one that's stressing me out, too- every time I'm sure she's a goner, she surprises me, She molted @ 3 weeks ago, just hasn't been right since- sitting all curled up, very lethargic, hasn't eaten. The molt seemed to be extremely brittle to me- have you ever noticed that with any of yours? I'm wondering if she was dehydrated, I haven't had her for long, but she was a good eater for awhile. She was a "Pity purchase" from a local petshop.
I've also got a little "mystery T" which I think is a L. parahybana- time will tell! Got more pics?