Aphrodite is the first tarantula spiderling I got from my wish list. I have had her for about a month, and she is a rather tiny 1/4″. Since I got her, she has refused all food, but I thought I would give it another go this evening. I figured that I would try a near dying cricket, as opposed to the freshly killed ones I usually give my spiderlings. I found, however, that this particular cricket was not as near dead as I had hoped, and that it was a little bit bigger than I had anticipated.
So, I opened the deli cup once more, and when the cricket finally jumped out, Aphrodite went missing! I panicked A LOT on the inside, but remained physically calm, eyeballing the container in which all small deli cups sit when being opened for feeding ( a practice I use for cases like this…)
I slowly turned my hand over, and there was my precious Boehmei, sitting right in my palm! I stared at her for a few minutes, and gently coerced her back into her deli cup with the butt end of a pair of tweezers. She is absolutely beautiful, and safe with a very dead cricket.
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Well, I actually DON’T handle them all the time. Especially the spiderlings. How sad that the critters we have keep us separated. All in the name of science I guess…. My critters, however, have never seen an officers badge… 😛
I love you, Mom,
~Tia Marie
and honey this is why i dont visit you. I do not want to have a spider crawling on me. I know you handle them all the time, but i cant getover the fact that i usually spray them with raid. sorry honey, are you sure these spider are safe to handle. love and miss you , mom