hey

i just got my package from ken the bug guy today

and both my new slings are alive and well

i got a chaco golden knee and a giant white knee

both were sold as half inch but are smaller more like .25 inch but thats okay

i dont have a picture yet becuase i think they are too small for the camera right now but i will take one in a few months when they are a little bigger.

thanks for reading

[Travelinglady]

EEK! I am interested in seeing pictures, though!

sorry i cant get a picture right now

but i will when they get bigger

i tryed taking pics but it was hard to see the spider so i dont think its worth posting

ill post a pic in a few months

[Sabrina]

EEK! enjoy your pets

[Maven]

I love it! I want to see! Maybe you could draw us a pic, LOL! I wish you and them much health and happiness! I love spiders!

[Nelliecat]

Pics would be interesting when they're big enough - but no TOO big

[Pikku Myy]

How large will they get!!!!

thanks everyone

they both grow to about 8 inches but it will take a few years for that

which is bigger than my other tarantulas

in a few months they should be big enough for a picture

they are both doing great

yesterday they both ate one cricket each and i fed them again today

the chaco golden knee cuaght a cricket i watched the whole thing go down

but the giant white knee is in his hole but it will get the cricket when it comes out

[avlady]

Eeekkss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats!!!

[spondiferous]

Holy crap, eight inches?!?!?

[Maven]

Oh, did you have to mention the crickets???? I feel so sorry for them! I know it's what spiders eat, but I just feel awful that their last moments are in terror and agony!

sorry maven but im pretty sure its a quick death, they probaly get paralized and die pretty quick from the spiders venom

[Pikku Myy]

Don't they also get kind of fuzzy? BTW... did you name your babies

yeah the chaco golden knee i named "coco" and i didnt think of name for giant white knee yet

[Pikku Myy]

facinated.. since I could not have such a pet.... but we all love our little pals

[Maven]

If the giant white has knobby knees, maybe you could name it Knobby. Although I think a great name for a female spider is Esmerelda.

ill keep that name in mind for a future tarantula

but i changed the coco name to charlotte like charlottles web

and i names the other one bubbles

[Maven]

Great names! Although I've never thought of a spider called Bubbles! I like it!

[Pikku Myy]

OK... so how big are the babies this week???? and how long till they mature to aduthood???? just have to ask.... do you take them to a vet???? ROFL

they are the same size

no they don't go to vet

[Maven]

Shouldn't they have an entomologist ( And that, children, is our Big Word of the Day!) to examine them? I know an entomologist isn't a doctor, per se, but they're bug experts, and I don't think veterinarians are trained in insect and arachnid health. What do you do if a bug gets sick?

The spider in my room is still here. It's on the wall just under the ceiling right now. I think it needs to get out of my room if it's looking for food. I don't want the poor thing to starve, yet I don't want to want other bugs, spiders, etc., to suffer and die.

get a container to catch it

and let it go outside lol

[Silent Void]

They eat tarantulas in Cambodia. I'd breed them to fry them in a wok. Not good for much else.

No malice here. Just don't see the attraction.