Author: Tung
•Friday, January 23, 2009

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•Tuesday, January 13, 2009

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Author: Tung
•Thursday, January 01, 2009

My Indian Ornamental Tarantula (Poecilotheria regalis) enjoying her meal. Contain some close up and nightvision shots.

Author: Tung
•Sunday, December 21, 2008
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!"
  • [the roach poops in its pants again]
Author: Tung
•Thursday, December 18, 2008

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•Friday, December 05, 2008

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•Monday, December 01, 2008
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.