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Celeste

This is so exciting!!! Here are the little darlings:

I don't know how many there are yet, as a lot of them are still inside the sac. But they weren't there late last night, so they just emerged last night sometime.

-- Celeste

AGTrauger · Joined: 09 Nov 2007 Posts: 280 Location: Long Beach

Aww how cute Smile

Congrats on being a new T mommy :-)

Celeste · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:14 am Post subject:

I pulled the sac and opened it up in a new enclosure:

AAAAAAHHH!!! I can't stand it, they're so *CUTE*!!!!!

-- C

balam · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:34 am Post subject:

YAY!!!!!!!!!!

Wow Celeste congratulations!

I gotta tell you they most definitely are something else.

How long do you think until their next molt?

Look at them they really are gorgeous!

Congrats again!
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WBurke17 · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:21 am Post subject:

Wow thats alot of babies....WOOOOHOOOO just in time for X-Mas...

Dear Santa,
Please put a dozen P.regalis' in my stocking, Pretty please and I'll promise to play nice for the rest of the year Rolling Eyes

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balam · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:23 am Post subject:

Yeah Warren, I most definitely agree with you; my stocking is never full either!

On the other hand i never turned down a piece of coal (it's going to be cold winter Sad

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Jules · Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 718 Location: Orange County

Super Duper Major Congrats!!! That is so awesome Celeste!!!

I'm not home so I can't see the pics as well on my tiny BB screen. I can't wait to view them on the big screen! It looks like there is A LOT! What instar are those little buggers? I'm guessing they would be 2nd. I don't have much experience with pokie babies.

Tell your girl - job well done!
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ftorres · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:35 am Post subject:

Hello Celeste,
Congratulations!!!!!

Now lets get the P metallicas next.

francisco
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elportoed · Joined: 05 Dec 2007 Posts: 206 Location: Southbay

Celeste,

Looks like the eggsac is infested with some kind of little bugs. You need to get rid of them soon. Laughing

This is so cool, congrats! First pokie slings produced locally in a long time, or is this the first?

noexcuse4you · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject:

CONGRATULATION!!! Just in time for Christmas too!
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ogershok · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 835 Location: Oceanside, CA

Way to go Celeste!
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Celeste · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject:

Thanks, everyone!

I have no idea if anyone else has produced any locally or not -- I seriously doubt this is the first, since I got so much knowledgeable information from Francisco and Andrew. So "muchas gracias" to both of them for all their help!!! I couldn't have done it without all their expert advice on everything from introducing the male and female to caring for the slings.

And I don't know how long it is until their next molt. I think they are 2nd instar(?) -- there is a small pile of molted exoskeletons inside the egg sac. Next molt is when they become furry and start looking more like real Pokies, so I can hardly wait!!! :-D

Here are more pix:
Most of the babies have left the sac and are clustered in a pile on the adjacent cork bark:

Here is a closeup of the "swarm":

Here is a closeup of the empty sac showing all the exuvia left inside:

There is no sign of unhatched eggs -- Mom did a good job!

It's interesting to note that they are staying on or near the sac and/or the bit of mom's webbing I put on the cork bark.

(I still have no idea how many there are!)

jason longboard · Joined: 09 Dec 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Bako CA

this dude rakie tried to get me to join here a while back and I tried but something didnt work,so after seeing your pics I tried again and succeeded just so I could tell you how awesome those pics are and I am full of envy.

Celeste · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Jason! And welcome to the nuthouse! ;->
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Herpetologyfrk · Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 479 Location: Riverside ca

Very cool! Cool

Jules · Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 718 Location: Orange County

Hey Celeste,

I finally got a chance to check out your new babies on a bigger screen. They are so darn cute and there are so darn many of them! Holy Cow!

Are you just going to leave them all together and separate them as you sell them? I do not envy you having to chase around that many pokies at 3rd instar! Shocked

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Celeste · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:47 am Post subject:

Yes, I have to keep them communally -- I just do NOT have the time to feed a couple of hundred babies in individual deli cups! (Fortunately, from what I've read, you *can* keep these communally, especially young ones all from the same egg sac). As of this morning, they are still all snuggled together in a big heap on the log. Mom was out and about last night, which was a great relief to see, as I do not think she has eaten (or drunk water, even) in a couple of months...

I'm expecting a shipment of 1/4" crickets tomorrow, and will toss a few in and see what happens...! :-)
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Jules · Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 718 Location: Orange County

Oh trust me, I completely understand the time involved in feeding! I eventually separated my avic babies into 4 groups in big deli's. I picked out some for myself and housed them in individual vials. I just put them into separate vials as I sold them. I have had very little loss and it is much, much easier.
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lizmotobike · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject:

congrats! how many cigars does this entitle you to, to go with your scotch? i need to take notes!
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DeniseCasey · Joined: 08 Sep 2008 Posts: 607

Look at those beautiful baby butts!

Congrats Celeste! What a great christmas present!

Celeste · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:45 am Post subject:

They have started molting again! I can see several in there that now look like little miniature regalises (maybe 10% of them so far), but I can't get a good photo. They have webbed between the cork bark and the substrate, and appear to have constructed a big subterranean den, so I can't pull the cork bark out to get a good photo. And I don't want to risk harming any that may be in the process of molting by moving anything right now. (Believe me -- I'll have those cute little babies out and get some better pictures as soon as I can!)

So under the steamy conditions of my reptile room (~85 F and ~75% humidity) they took just two weeks to start molting again after emerging from the sac on 12/9.
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James_lewis1987 · Joined: 15 Dec 2008 Posts: 37

That...is...awesome!!!
I wish i could do something like that...but i don't think i would have the knowledge...or the balls!
Much respect!
Wish i was closer so i could purchase one off you!
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Celeste · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject:

They're almost all molted now (I would guess ~80%, at least of the ones I can see):

Aren't they *adorable*?!!!

Sorry for the large image size, but I wanted you to be able to really *see* them -- it's hard to get a good picture through the plastic and webbing.

-- Celeste

balam · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject:

Wow, they are freaking awesome!
Te more I look at them the more drawn I am...
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Celeste · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:23 am Post subject:

Hey, folks -- several people have expressed an interest in some babies (and I sure as heck do not plan to keep all of them!) I was thinking maybe we could have some kind of scabies dinner get-together around the time of the Pomona Reptile Show, the first weekend in January (see: http://www.reptilesupershow.com/ ) How about we plan something that Saturday evening, and I bring babies for sale? There was some discussion of a dinner get-together here: http://scabies.myfreeforum.org/ftopic2266-25.php

I'm not sure how much to ask for them, but am thinking maybe $7 each or 3 for $20? Does that sound reasonable? (If that's too much, let me know).

-- Celeste

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