Since I really love OBT, and have read about keeping them communal I decided I HAD to have a communal of my own. I happened to notice a for sale ad from my buddy Franklin, and he had three slings listed, I asked if they were sac mates, which they were and I told him I'd take them(along with a 5" cobalt blue female lol).
Once I got the slings, I put them into the communal enclosure, that I already added roach nymphs to, I didn't ask, but I'm sure they weren't kept communal prior to this, and they are about 1".
The following morning, I noticed that one sling had decided to make a burrow already, and one decided to make one later that day, all food items were missing. The following day the third sling finally decided to make a burrow. Two of them are close together, and both are seen at the entrances at the same time, the other sling is on the other side of the cube, and I haven't see it out yet.
6/28 All three slings are still alive, and I fed them, all burrows were open, so I just dropped the roach near the entrances, and then I saw some orange flashes and the roaches were gone.
7/4 two of the slings have closed off their burrow entrances, the third has webbed a large entrance, and put some substrate in it for decoration.
7/7 Both slings are still locked up, and the one is still seen at the entrance of it's burrow. I think they are getting ready to molt, My larger OBT's that I got from Franklin also close off the burrows when they are getting ready to molt. So hopefully they will come out soon and I can find out what's been going on.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
H. villosella Communal Notes
Well I've come to realize, I've never made a post about my H. villosella communal project. I started this project on 5/20/09 and started with 4 slings. Here are the notes I've taken so far...
5/20 received the 4 H. villosella slings and they are MICRO. They are maybe 1/4". All slings are from the same sac, I put them into their vial, and added in some prekilled cricket for them to feed on.
5/21 All 4 slings made the first night, it doesn't appear that they have eaten anything.
5/23 Today I found two slings in a tube web together. The other sling has made it's own tube web on the other side of the vial. Fourth sling roaming around. One of the slings looks darker today then the other two, maybe it's getting ready to molt?
5/24 Tried feeding mealworms instead of crickets, but no one is eating.
5/25 Spotted three slings today, two of them together, and one on it's own.
5/28 Today I realized that one of the slings had molted. It grew a tiny amount, but is still very tiny and hard to see them with all their webbing. I'll try feeding them again in a couple days.
5/29 Decided to go ahead and feed, in case someone got hungry and they don't munch any freshly molted, or the freshly molted don't eat those in premolt. The sling which molted fed.
5/29(evening) Found another sling had molted, and saw all 4 slings alive!!!. Added in a prekilled cricket, and one of the other slings looks ready to molt any time now.
5/31 All slings have molted, one yesterday, and one very early this morning. One of the slings is bigger then the others, All slings are more active now and I see them daily out of the tube webs.
6/1 Noticed that one sling is missing legs I and II on it's right side. Must have had problems molting. Should come back next molt with no problems.
6/10 All four slings still alive, one appears to be molting.
6/11 found the sling that appeared to be molting, suck in the molt and dead. Now down to three slings.
6/22 two of the three remaining slings have molted two more times, starting to see adult colors.
6/30 All three slings alive, two have molted today and are now .5" One more to go and should be in a couple days. Two seem to always molt at the same time, and the other a few days later, always under a week.
7/7 haven't seen all three slings in a few days now. Always just two of them hanging out. I think the third one may have died in the molt. I can't see very well due to all the webbing, but I think I see it in the webbing and dirt, not sure though, hopefully it's locked up getting ready to molt. I'll investigate with tweezers in a couple days.
So far everything seems to be going well, other then the one, maybe two slings who have died in the molt, other two seem to be doing really well and feed well also.
5/20 received the 4 H. villosella slings and they are MICRO. They are maybe 1/4". All slings are from the same sac, I put them into their vial, and added in some prekilled cricket for them to feed on.
5/21 All 4 slings made the first night, it doesn't appear that they have eaten anything.
5/23 Today I found two slings in a tube web together. The other sling has made it's own tube web on the other side of the vial. Fourth sling roaming around. One of the slings looks darker today then the other two, maybe it's getting ready to molt?
5/24 Tried feeding mealworms instead of crickets, but no one is eating.
5/25 Spotted three slings today, two of them together, and one on it's own.
5/28 Today I realized that one of the slings had molted. It grew a tiny amount, but is still very tiny and hard to see them with all their webbing. I'll try feeding them again in a couple days.
5/29 Decided to go ahead and feed, in case someone got hungry and they don't munch any freshly molted, or the freshly molted don't eat those in premolt. The sling which molted fed.
5/29(evening) Found another sling had molted, and saw all 4 slings alive!!!. Added in a prekilled cricket, and one of the other slings looks ready to molt any time now.
5/31 All slings have molted, one yesterday, and one very early this morning. One of the slings is bigger then the others, All slings are more active now and I see them daily out of the tube webs.
6/1 Noticed that one sling is missing legs I and II on it's right side. Must have had problems molting. Should come back next molt with no problems.
6/10 All four slings still alive, one appears to be molting.
6/11 found the sling that appeared to be molting, suck in the molt and dead. Now down to three slings.
6/22 two of the three remaining slings have molted two more times, starting to see adult colors.
6/30 All three slings alive, two have molted today and are now .5" One more to go and should be in a couple days. Two seem to always molt at the same time, and the other a few days later, always under a week.
7/7 haven't seen all three slings in a few days now. Always just two of them hanging out. I think the third one may have died in the molt. I can't see very well due to all the webbing, but I think I see it in the webbing and dirt, not sure though, hopefully it's locked up getting ready to molt. I'll investigate with tweezers in a couple days.
So far everything seems to be going well, other then the one, maybe two slings who have died in the molt, other two seem to be doing really well and feed well also.
More Molts
These guys are molting faster then I don't know what, Here's the list:
6/3 B. vagans #22
6/5 B. vagans # I4
6/6 B. vagans # 2, 4, 6, 15, 18, 20, 1, 13, 21, 23, 7, 5, 19, 24, 14, 17, 11, 12, 16, 2a, and blue fang # 1
All them molts in one day and I didn't even get to watch a single one.
6/7 B. vagans # I2, 5, I5, I3, 8, 9
6/9 B. vagans # I6, 26
6/10 B. vagans 10, Blue Fang #2, Euro blue fang # 1, Obt # 1
6/11 Euro blue fang #2
6/13 Indian Violet, Euro blue fang #3
1/16 P. irminia
6/18 L.P
6/20 Euro blue fang #1, B. vagans 1
6/22 OBT #2
6/27 B. vagans # 3, 22
6/30 Male G. rosea(he didn't mature this molt like I thought he was going to, looks like he'll need another one) German Blue fang #3, H. villosella, H. villosella #2, German Blue fang #1
7/1 German blue fang #2, Haplopelma sp. ("Vietnam")/ Haplopelma vonwirthi
* NOTE: "vietnam" may have molted before this date, it was locked away in it's burrow for a very long time, this was the day I saw it out, and knew it molted.
7/2 OBT "Kitten" On or before this date, noticed her on this date, was leaving her be since she was suspected to be gravid, she molted 3 months!!! ago!.
7/5 B. vagans #20
7/6 B. vagans # 23, 17, 6, 13, I4, 2a, Phormictopus sp. purple, A. versicolor
7/7 B. vagans #16
6/3 B. vagans #22
6/5 B. vagans # I4
6/6 B. vagans # 2, 4, 6, 15, 18, 20, 1, 13, 21, 23, 7, 5, 19, 24, 14, 17, 11, 12, 16, 2a, and blue fang # 1
All them molts in one day and I didn't even get to watch a single one.
6/7 B. vagans # I2, 5, I5, I3, 8, 9
6/9 B. vagans # I6, 26
6/10 B. vagans 10, Blue Fang #2, Euro blue fang # 1, Obt # 1
6/11 Euro blue fang #2
6/13 Indian Violet, Euro blue fang #3
1/16 P. irminia
6/18 L.P
6/20 Euro blue fang #1, B. vagans 1
6/22 OBT #2
6/27 B. vagans # 3, 22
6/30 Male G. rosea(he didn't mature this molt like I thought he was going to, looks like he'll need another one) German Blue fang #3, H. villosella, H. villosella #2, German Blue fang #1
7/1 German blue fang #2, Haplopelma sp. ("Vietnam")/ Haplopelma vonwirthi
* NOTE: "vietnam" may have molted before this date, it was locked away in it's burrow for a very long time, this was the day I saw it out, and knew it molted.
7/2 OBT "Kitten" On or before this date, noticed her on this date, was leaving her be since she was suspected to be gravid, she molted 3 months!!! ago!.
7/5 B. vagans #20
7/6 B. vagans # 23, 17, 6, 13, I4, 2a, Phormictopus sp. purple, A. versicolor
7/7 B. vagans #16
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Time for an update
Seems to me like it's getting harder and harder for me to get updates up and with a lot going on too, wish I had more time so I could include more here. I've also been shortening down what I've been writing into little bullet points. So I guess for now, for some kind of update I'll just post some of the bullet points.
Isopod Study Update
. 6/10/09 I've decided to scrap the isopod study till the slings get bigger and can have larger homes. All the slings molted, and none of them seem to be found in the enclosures. I think shortly after molting, the T's ate them.
H. Villosella Communal Update
. 6/11/09 One of the slings tried to molt today, but some how it was stuck in the molt and wasn't able to get out. It was already dead when I found it, but had I found it alive, I don't think there is anything I could have even attempted to do, given their VERY small size at the moment.
.6 /22/09 The remaining 3 slings molted earlier in the month, shortly after the other one died, They appear to be almost .5"
. 6/30/09 All three slings are still alive and well. Two of them molted today and are finally .5". One more has yet to molt, Seems two of them molt only days appart, or in this last case only hours. The other one usually molts within a week of the other two, Maybe this means I have two males and one female, I sure hope it's the other way around though. Sure would be nice.
NEW COMMUNAL PROJECT
I've decided to start another communal project. This time I've gone with OBT's. A few people have communal set ups with them, as long as they are sac mates, same as the H. villosella. I got a shipment in from my buddy Franklin, and I got a 5" cobalt blue female. As well as the three OBT sling sac mates he had left, that I was going to use for the communal. I got the slings, and already had their home set up, I've named it The Orange Cube, since OBT's are orange, and it's one of them plastic cubes from the craft store. Before adding the slings, which are about .75" I added in 5 day old roach nymphs with their heads squished.
By the next morning, one of the slings had made a burrow in the substrate, and the other two were still crawling around and I saw them hanging out together, and touching each other, they didn't seem to mind each other, unless one went bolting for some reason and ran into the other, then the one who was bumped ran in another direction, no aggression at all. Also all the roach nymphs were gone, so they had a good feed. By that night a second sling decided to make a burrow as well, and by the third day all three slings had made burrows, Two of which have their openings facing each other, and they are often seen sitting at the top of the burrow next to each other, the other one made a burrow on the other side of the cube, but I think it's tunnel connects to one of the other slings. Decided to give them each another roach and they were very happily taken very quickly.
Well that's a pretty good update for now. I'll get my molt6 book and update on everyone who has molted, also will have to get a list of what species and how many I have up as well.
Isopod Study Update
. 6/10/09 I've decided to scrap the isopod study till the slings get bigger and can have larger homes. All the slings molted, and none of them seem to be found in the enclosures. I think shortly after molting, the T's ate them.
H. Villosella Communal Update
. 6/11/09 One of the slings tried to molt today, but some how it was stuck in the molt and wasn't able to get out. It was already dead when I found it, but had I found it alive, I don't think there is anything I could have even attempted to do, given their VERY small size at the moment.
.6 /22/09 The remaining 3 slings molted earlier in the month, shortly after the other one died, They appear to be almost .5"
. 6/30/09 All three slings are still alive and well. Two of them molted today and are finally .5". One more has yet to molt, Seems two of them molt only days appart, or in this last case only hours. The other one usually molts within a week of the other two, Maybe this means I have two males and one female, I sure hope it's the other way around though. Sure would be nice.
NEW COMMUNAL PROJECT
I've decided to start another communal project. This time I've gone with OBT's. A few people have communal set ups with them, as long as they are sac mates, same as the H. villosella. I got a shipment in from my buddy Franklin, and I got a 5" cobalt blue female. As well as the three OBT sling sac mates he had left, that I was going to use for the communal. I got the slings, and already had their home set up, I've named it The Orange Cube, since OBT's are orange, and it's one of them plastic cubes from the craft store. Before adding the slings, which are about .75" I added in 5 day old roach nymphs with their heads squished.
By the next morning, one of the slings had made a burrow in the substrate, and the other two were still crawling around and I saw them hanging out together, and touching each other, they didn't seem to mind each other, unless one went bolting for some reason and ran into the other, then the one who was bumped ran in another direction, no aggression at all. Also all the roach nymphs were gone, so they had a good feed. By that night a second sling decided to make a burrow as well, and by the third day all three slings had made burrows, Two of which have their openings facing each other, and they are often seen sitting at the top of the burrow next to each other, the other one made a burrow on the other side of the cube, but I think it's tunnel connects to one of the other slings. Decided to give them each another roach and they were very happily taken very quickly.
Well that's a pretty good update for now. I'll get my molt6 book and update on everyone who has molted, also will have to get a list of what species and how many I have up as well.
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