The Critter Happenings

The tarantulas, mammals, and reptiles (and anything else)

Saturday, June 24, 2006

A few more pictures

I had actually forgotten I had taken these pictures! Bad T mommy I am. They were taken several months ago, some as far back as October 2005!!!!


This is Kracky, a Ceratogyrus marshalli. She is a beauty! We don't see much of her anymore since she made her home here. She has burrows and webs. The last time I saw her she was displaying and hissing because Jason put a roach in there. She had never done that before in all the time we had her. I was yelling at Jason to get the roach out because he was upsetting my baby!!!

This is PMS. Acanthoscurria geniculata or Giant White Knee. Sadly we don't have her anymore. This was Jason's baby and he sold her. I miss her alot, she was fun. This is one of my favorite pictures.


This is one of the baby A. geniculatas that we had. We have two left, Billy and Horntick. I will have to get some updated pictures of them. Horntick who is female is huge now. Billy is a boy and is about 1/2 her size. I can't believe they were that tiny when they came home.



This is Putch. Avicularia metallica or Whitetoe. I can't believe how tiny she was!!! I have to get some updated pictures and put them side by side.


I guess I have to post to the rest later, it won't let me do it now for some reason.

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Meet Ms. Cardinal

I was feeding today and thought I would post pics of this little gal. She is really coloring up nicely and I think she is just a beauty. She is a Avicularia bicegoi.

She has a nice red butt and cute pink toes. LOL



I think it's time to give her bigger crickets...she does have one in her fangs under there somewhere.

New Additions

We have ventured into the world of Chameleons! They are very neat little lizards. The female settled right in but it took the male a few days to color up. He is finally starting to show some pretty colors.


This is the little female. She is normally more pink but the camera and the flash freaked her out a little which is why she has the dark stripes.



Another picture of the female. She will eat off the tweezers and hopefully soon out of my hands, but I don't know about holding crickets in my hands, eww.

I wish the picture was totally in focus because I love the way her eyes are pointing, it's like she is pondering something!




This is the little male. He isn't quite grown up yet and will get more color as he grows older. He is also alot more timid than the female, but from what I'm told it's because he's younger.



Another picture of the little male. He was nervous too! He has started to get some blue colors in him when he's not mad...LOL.


The kids love these guys. They are very neat to watch and take care of. The way they eat and move is very cool.

Thursday, June 15, 2006

New species of Avic Yeah!

Not long ago, at the Hamburg show, I bought the cutest little new Avicularia species. They call it Avic "Amazonica". Pretty cool. Mr. Botar said that they don't know what they are going to look like yet. They look alot like a A. purpurea sling. This little gal eats like a champ! Pretty cool. This little gal, who's name is "Woohoo" (I was in a strange mood....LOL) traveled from Hamburg,PA to Camp Point, IL in my purse. She went in every eating place, gas station, hotel, you name it....LOL.




Bob and Perchy's egg sacs didn't hatch. Perchy's was infertile and Bob got hungry. How much does that suck??? Ding Dang it.