I was a little concerned that it might not make it to me alive, but IT DID!
The little guy (or girl) is only about 1 1/4 inch long from leg to leg, but is quite alive and pretty fast moving too. I bought this coconut husk stuff that is used as a substrate for his new home, which is a ziploc plastic container with holes poked in it. It seems lame, but, evidently, while they are this small, they can find their way out of large enclosures, or make themselves hidden. So until he/she gets bigger, that will be it’s home.
Here’s the picture! It’s very docile and I had no problem getting it on my hand and seems comfortable there. I just have to be careful because if it fell off my hand a few feet, it would probably die. So in the background you can see my hideous sheets on my bed. I was only about 6 inches away from the matress.
Spider in Hand
October 21st, 2008 at 6:41 pm
How is your spider thingy? Is it still small? is it still ugly? What do you feed it and how often?
October 21st, 2008 at 6:51 pm
It’s good. It has not … molted? shed it’s skin? yet. Not sure the correct terminology, but eventually it will make a new exoskeleton and leave the old one. That’s how it gets bigger. With that said, it looks really plump right now. I’ve fed it inch long worms (about 5 of them) and it’s abdomen is huge. So it will probably shed soon.
December 6th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
It’s been a while since I’ve heard about that HORRIBLE creature. How is it? How big is it now?
December 6th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
It’s only molted once. I forgot to feed it today… so I will Sunday night. I haven’t handled it in a while, so it’s always scared if I try to. Need to dedicate some real time to that.