the two sisters molt

[Mrs Linda Street]

Just thought I would put up a couple of pics, of two of my Blondi babies, they had their 8th moult yesterday. Since their 3rd instar moult they have both moulted on the same day, and yesterday they were within 2 hours of each other. So in a few days they'll be ready to go into their new tanks.

[Craig Moore]

Excellent - looking at those pics just made me realise how tiny my spiders are in comparison, that's a big Blondi!

[Mrs Linda Street]

Hi Craig, thanks. These two are only juveniles, they're just over 1 year old, so they've got lots of growing to do.

[Jennifer Todd]

They look stunning Linda

[Daniel Richardson]

Looking very nice!!

[Craig Mackay]

Looking good Linda. It's been great watching this pair grow!

[wayne balcombe]

hi linda, 2 very good looking T. Blondi's u have there. ive always had a weak spot for the darker colour variants. how big are they now? 8th molt from 3rd instar must be about 5-6 inches??

i had my first when i lived in germany, she died due to a parasite, i bought her as captive bread but i can only assume with the type of parasite larvea that chewed its way out she could only have been wild caught. she was freshly molted when i got her and only about 8" legspan.

i do love theraphosa blondi but am finding it very dificult to find healthy captive bred specemines. all i see is wild caught and i dont agree with buying them except to give them as close to there natural habitat as possible.

do you breed your blondi's?

wayne.

[Mrs Linda Street]

Hi Wayne, wild caught Blondi can be a problem, all of our Theraphosa's are captive bred, apart from one Burgundy, that was wild caught from the US, not too easy to get hold over here, although this one is nice and healthy and put plenty of weight on since we've had her.

The two slings were from Germany, one's a little bigger than the other, about 7", and they are the nice dark colourform, in fact, Thereaphosa's now make up the larger part of our collection, we love them.

[wayne balcombe]

i love them too and have been trying to get hold of some for a while though not easy to come by.

you'll have to let me know if u start breeding them. i would be very interested in s.lings or juveis.

[Mrs Linda Street]

Okay then Wayne, we'll keep you in mind.

[vincent winyard]

very impresive linda i must say. never seen one of these in real life though. prehaps if i could see one i might be tempted.

[Mrs Linda Street]

Hi Vincent, I'm sure you would be, especially a freshly moulted adult female, they are stunning.