vicareux
A. geniculata worship cult member
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2020
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I have received 5 of these slings as a gift from a friend. I didn't start the diary at the time since i felt a bit overwhelmed with the number of slings i had at the time, but now that the dust has settled, i decided its a nice checkpoint to start keeping a diary on these fellas. I have decided to give away 2 of them at some point, so i will keep track of only 3 of them.
Characters in this diary:
PS1, nickname "Starfish" - this fella actually molted 3 days ago, and sits at a comfortable 1 inch.
PS2, nickname "Baby blue" - I have no idea when this fella molted last. Sits at a slightly higer than 2cm mark, which is something less than an inch
PS3,Nicknamed "Pilot" - I also have no idea when this one molted last, but sits at a 1 inch mark.
( If you're wondering why "Pilot" - this fella jumps out of its burrow when i drop food, that at one point i saw it airborne for a fraction of a second )
Temperament: As slings, they are very skittish, and will run or hide deep in their burrows on a slight disturbance. Though they have very good appetites and reject food only in premolt. ( PS3 is wild when it comes to feeding as mentioned above )
Housing: I've noticed one thing that are somewhat inconvenient when it comes to their burrows. They push the substrate from the middle of the enclosure and stick them to the walls, making a "bowl" shape out of their substrate. Then at some point, they choose a corner and dig a vertical burrow, and when they hit the bottom, they bulldoze a perimeter around on the bottom. Every one of the 5 slings did this. So here's the problem: when i drip the water down into the substrate, it will slide right into their burrow and flood the whole perimeter. At one point i had a sling completely submerged because of this, and i had to take water out (It's PS1, in it's old deli-cup enclosure).
So, i took a small acrylic container, filled around a half of the container with substrate, so they will make the entire container their burrow when they push the substrate out to the edges from the middle, which will eliminate the submerging problem.
Growth rate: It's decent, they grow somewhat quick but nowhere near as fast as A.geniculatas, but faster than T.albopilosus, but we will see this in detail in the future.
I am feeding them with small B.lateralis roaches so far, but i will write a more specific info on feeding on each update like i do in my A. geniculata diary .
I will also update on the temperatures at every update.
And since i don't know specific instars, they will have a different sheet format compared to A.geniculatas.
I have fun keeping diaries, and hopefully somebody will have fun reading these in the future!
Characters in this diary:
PS1, nickname "Starfish" - this fella actually molted 3 days ago, and sits at a comfortable 1 inch.
PS2, nickname "Baby blue" - I have no idea when this fella molted last. Sits at a slightly higer than 2cm mark, which is something less than an inch
PS3,Nicknamed "Pilot" - I also have no idea when this one molted last, but sits at a 1 inch mark.
( If you're wondering why "Pilot" - this fella jumps out of its burrow when i drop food, that at one point i saw it airborne for a fraction of a second )
Temperament: As slings, they are very skittish, and will run or hide deep in their burrows on a slight disturbance. Though they have very good appetites and reject food only in premolt. ( PS3 is wild when it comes to feeding as mentioned above )
Housing: I've noticed one thing that are somewhat inconvenient when it comes to their burrows. They push the substrate from the middle of the enclosure and stick them to the walls, making a "bowl" shape out of their substrate. Then at some point, they choose a corner and dig a vertical burrow, and when they hit the bottom, they bulldoze a perimeter around on the bottom. Every one of the 5 slings did this. So here's the problem: when i drip the water down into the substrate, it will slide right into their burrow and flood the whole perimeter. At one point i had a sling completely submerged because of this, and i had to take water out (It's PS1, in it's old deli-cup enclosure).
So, i took a small acrylic container, filled around a half of the container with substrate, so they will make the entire container their burrow when they push the substrate out to the edges from the middle, which will eliminate the submerging problem.
Growth rate: It's decent, they grow somewhat quick but nowhere near as fast as A.geniculatas, but faster than T.albopilosus, but we will see this in detail in the future.
I am feeding them with small B.lateralis roaches so far, but i will write a more specific info on feeding on each update like i do in my A. geniculata diary .
I will also update on the temperatures at every update.
And since i don't know specific instars, they will have a different sheet format compared to A.geniculatas.
I have fun keeping diaries, and hopefully somebody will have fun reading these in the future!