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Celeste · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:59 am Post subject:

Sorry, Eric -- I forgot to answer your question: I only have the one female, by herself (officially, she is my son's, but you know who takes care of her...). But now that I know they can be housed communally, I will definitely house any babies we keep communally.

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crash714 · Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 312

Celeste · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject:

Well, the mom hasn't come out of her hidey-cave since the day after the babies were born (16 days ago). But looking in through the little window of the cave, it *looks* like the babies may have molted: they look more like little miniature Emperor Scorpions now than just little maggots. (The big pile on the mom's back looks more "fluffy" -- more little legs and claws and tails sticking out in all directions. The pile was more "flat" while all the babies still looked like maggots). The one baby I got a clear view of had faint brown bands across its back, too.

Here is the best photo I could get of them:

You can see that their tails appear to have more segments now, so they must have molted or something. But I don't see any molted exuvia in there. Maybe mom ate the exuvia? I'll keep a watch and let you know if/when I see the babies out and about.

BTW: I should note, the mom was REALLY THIRSTY after the babies were born, and drank a LOT that first night.

Yeah... comparing this picture to the earlier ones, you can see their claws are bigger and better defined, too. They have definitely molted...
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ftorres · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:22 pm Post subject:

Celeste · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:40 am Post subject:

I don't know -- I Just thought I should note it in case anyone else has a female that gives birth.
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Celeste · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:40 pm Post subject:

The babies are off mom's back (except for one straggler). There are 26 of them altogether -- all healthy and spunky and full of attitude (and cute as can be!) :-)

We're not in any hurry to get rid of them, but I guess they can go to new homes now if anyone is interested (I know rosenkrieger and Herpetologyfrk both expressed interest). We're asking $5 each for them, and we will probably only sell 20 and keep 6.
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balam · Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:33 pm Post subject:

You can put me down for three Celeste Wink

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rosenkrieger · Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 356 Location: Bakersfield, CA

I'll take 3 as well. Were you gonna ship them, or bring them to the next BBQ?
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Celeste · Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:37 am Post subject:

Balam -- 3
Rosenkrieger -- 3
(and I'll set one aside for herpetologyfrk until I hear from him)
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leaves 13 still available.

It's too hot and too expensive to ship them, and I'm not planning to drive all the way out to the next BBQ, but I'll ask someone else who *is* going to take them for you.

Balam: you're close enough I can meet you somewhere to hand them over -- probably next weekend.

Here are the little piglets stuffing their faces:

(I pre-killed the crickets before dropping them in there, but the baby Emperors were all out and prowling around last night with their little stingers way up in the air. Like I said -- lots of attitude!) :-)

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"Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)