I just realized the 2 most beautiful of my T's - the GBB and the P. regalis are soooo posh! This is not another - my T is not eating food story! ^_^
GBB: I tried feeding her with nymph/MM/MF dubia and she said no no no to all 3! This was her reaction:
Drop the roach
"Food!" Baam! [try to bite]
"Yak! What is this crappy tasting food! You terrible owner!"
Do a 180 and walk away slowly, leaving the roach pooping its pants.
And she is not fat at all - rather very thin. Today, I threw in a freshly molted male dubia. This was her reactions:
Drop the roach
"Food!" Baam! [try to bite]
"Uhm! Tastes good! You are still a terrible owner!"
Do a 180 and dance with the roach
[after about 10 minutes] "Uhm! This thing dirties my toes!" Lick her toes like she is grooming.
Resume eating
P. regalis: There was a dubia that was in her enclosure since yesterday night. So I prod it out in a last-ditch effort to see if she was interested. This was her reactions:
[the roach runs near]
"Uhm! What is this?" [touch the roach]
[the roach poops in its pants]
"Eww! Leftover! Nah nah nah! You are a terrible owner!"
Something is wrong with pokies today! I found poop in the my P. regalis water bowl. [Hate it when they do that] So I use the feeding tongs to grab some pieces of toilet paper to clean the water bowl - the usual method. I don't know why she teleported onto my hand. She literally was hanging on the hand with her front 4 legs and the back 4 wriggling to grip on to something. I was so scared but was calm enough to put her back down and she teleported into the back of the tank. So I finished up the routine and closed the tank. A few minutes later, I felt itchy on the side of my palm. Found 2 red dots and the area is a bit swollen. I think she "kissed" me while hanging and trying to hold on to something. Don't think it's a bite. Pokie bites are supposed to be very bad and this one doesn't even hurt, just itchy. And if it were a real bite, the 2 holes would be wider and deeper. This is a 6" pokie we are talking about. So I'm convinced my pokie loves me so much, she gave me a kiss! ^_^
Notice the left hole is deeper than the right hole? I think it suits the way the T was hanging on to my hand.
Update: a day later, the left hole showed more damage but no pain.