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I registered here an absolute age ago, don't post here often, so I thought it was about time I started 
I've plastered this on a few other forums, so why not here 
Sorry about the poor quality of some of the pictures. I was using the camera on my Nokia n95. And for the record, no. The first image is not photoshopped in any way
This is my small adult female P. Metallica, Carwash:
And this is her former boyfriend, Azure, who belongs to Layla and Craig McInnes:
She molted out on 7th September. At that point she was kept at room temperature, and I started to soak her up.
On the 7th October, I started to bump the heat up, and continue to keep her quite soaked.
On the 24th of October, she was paired with Layla and Craig's male. He was in there with her until the 10th of November. Between the time of pairing and removing the male, Carwash started to get a big appetite. Taking down 4/5 hoppers and bunch of crickets.
After the male was removed, I soaked her one last time, and added another heat source to her tank to bump the heat further. I've been drying her out ever since. I used a PC case fan attatched to a 9volt adaptor to help finish off drying the tank out.
I used coconut fiber chips as a substrate, as I find it reatains moisture well, and will also dry out quickly when required. It's now very dry in her tank, but she has a large, open water dish should she need a drink. Temperature wise, the room she's in at the moment averages around 27/28c during the day. I also have her on a small heat pad bumping her daytime temp up to over 30c. Night temps average around 25/26c.
She's eating quite alot at the moment. A few days ago taking 3 good sized hoppers, which is alot for her considering she's only around the 5 inch mark.
As of the 22nd of November, she started to web up her hide quite substantially:
On the 24th of November, she started to re-inforce her hide a bit:
On the 28th of November, she started to start seriously webbing up
I noticed her out an about on the 5th of December, and she has gained alot of weight:
The last time she molted, she sealed herself away like this:
But on Monday the 8th of December, she sealed herself away completely. Sorry about the messy walls, but obviously I dont want to be doing any maintenance right now:
She's been hainging around the top entrance to her hide quite since, facing towards the bottom of her tank. She last ate Thursday 4th of December. A large hopper. I attempted to feed her again on the 5th, but she refused.
Fingers crossed she does the job
I've plastered this on a few other forums, so why not here Sorry about the poor quality of some of the pictures. I was using the camera on my Nokia n95. And for the record, no. The first image is not photoshopped in any way This is my small adult female P. Metallica, Carwash:
And this is her former boyfriend, Azure, who belongs to Layla and Craig McInnes:
She molted out on 7th September. At that point she was kept at room temperature, and I started to soak her up.
On the 7th October, I started to bump the heat up, and continue to keep her quite soaked.
On the 24th of October, she was paired with Layla and Craig's male. He was in there with her until the 10th of November. Between the time of pairing and removing the male, Carwash started to get a big appetite. Taking down 4/5 hoppers and bunch of crickets.
After the male was removed, I soaked her one last time, and added another heat source to her tank to bump the heat further. I've been drying her out ever since. I used a PC case fan attatched to a 9volt adaptor to help finish off drying the tank out.
I used coconut fiber chips as a substrate, as I find it reatains moisture well, and will also dry out quickly when required. It's now very dry in her tank, but she has a large, open water dish should she need a drink. Temperature wise, the room she's in at the moment averages around 27/28c during the day. I also have her on a small heat pad bumping her daytime temp up to over 30c. Night temps average around 25/26c.
She's eating quite alot at the moment. A few days ago taking 3 good sized hoppers, which is alot for her considering she's only around the 5 inch mark.
As of the 22nd of November, she started to web up her hide quite substantially:
On the 24th of November, she started to re-inforce her hide a bit:
On the 28th of November, she started to start seriously webbing up
I noticed her out an about on the 5th of December, and she has gained alot of weight:
The last time she molted, she sealed herself away like this:
But on Monday the 8th of December, she sealed herself away completely. Sorry about the messy walls, but obviously I dont want to be doing any maintenance right now:
She's been hainging around the top entrance to her hide quite since, facing towards the bottom of her tank. She last ate Thursday 4th of December. A large hopper. I attempted to feed her again on the 5th, but she refused.
Fingers crossed she does the job
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