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A small, light box with a tape on it saying "fragile" was delivered to me yesterday morning. I signed the order but I didn't tell the postman what was in the box. I opened the box that was securely sealed, and inside it was cushioned with all these newspaper pages. Deep within this dark descent full of newspaper was a small plastic container full of air holes. Upon opening the plastic container I removed the kitchen towel, placed it inside the terrarium and began to unwrap it. After unfolding fold after fold after fold, eight black and orange legs popped out, and a sub-adult Mexican Red Knee Tarantula emerged, over three inches long. She was a female and was a little skittish at first. She scuttled across the terrarium moss and sand substrate and gave my mother a little fright. She brushed her abdomen once with her back leg, and I was like "Oh no! She's throwing urticating hairs at us!" She climbed up the rock like wall in the terrarium and sat there for hours. At night she had a little walk about, and went to toilet against the side of the glass walls. She liked climbing high and didn't want to come down onto the substrate at first, but now she's settled in there. It was cooler this morning so I left the heat mat on, and now she' huddled against it. I haven't had much luck feeding her though yet.
Imagine that as a birthday present. Cora is home.
Imagine that as a birthday present. Cora is home.
Ah well. It looks like she decaputated its head, too. It was good.
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