Just now received my C.Crawshayi!!

SNAFU · Dec 19, 2007

Just signed for & brought the box in the house for my 6" female King Baboon, I have'nt even opened it yet! Talk about your early Christmas!!

I am still in the process of drying out the eco earth to fill her terrarium-yikes!
I wasn't expecting delivery for a couple of hours yet so the USPS really came through for once. She came from Dean @ NWInverts, (Thanks)so thats pretty good time from Oregon to Tx in 2 days.
I'll post pics as soon as I get her unboxed if she'll behave. This will be my first agrressive T so hopefully I can get her housed & settled in with all my parts intact!

julesaussies · Dec 19, 2007

Major congrats!!

i have a small juvie that i am wanting to sex but her molts always dry up in her burrow and get trashed when i try to pull them out without damaging her burrow. They take forever to grow. If this one doesn't turn out to be a female i may do what you did and just buy a big girl.

They are awesome T's! Looking forward to your pics!

seanbond · Dec 19, 2007

beasts of AFRICA!

this is a MEGA sized sp!! i just got my first one aswell 2 weeks ago.....its now just a long tunnel with plants at the top!! mine is 7-7.5 inches huge!!have fun with her!!

sb

SNAFU · Dec 19, 2007

Here's a few semi-fuzzy pics in her shipping container.

I about to transfer her to the terrarium in a minute~

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SNAFU · Dec 19, 2007

How's this for irony! Here's an ad that was on the packing paper in the box with her!

jen650s · Dec 19, 2007

Well, by all means give them a call. It sure sounds like you've got a spider problem

. Congrats on your new T she's certainly a looker!

scolex · Dec 19, 2007

Congrats on your new pick up!!! I don't blame you for just buying an adult. My sling is almost the same size as last year LOL unlike my other T's!

SNAFU · Dec 20, 2007

I'm not much on waiting so I just had to get a big girl and I got a GREAT deal @ NWInverts. I can't wait to see how much larger she'll get.
Here are a few pics just after I placed her in the encloser right before she crept down into her lair I formed for her.

Now waiting to get the tape measure next to her-from the OUTSIDE of the glass of course!

julesaussies · Dec 20, 2007

WOW! She is beautiful. i can't wait for mine to grow to that size but i think i will be waiting for a long, long time!

P.S. Nice set up too! It won't be long before she moves underground!

Sr. Chencho · Dec 20, 2007

Nice Female King;

SNAFU,
She is awesome, and her hind legs look majestic. Nice enclosure looks very nice too. I too, can't wait for my 2" sling to grow to that size. Maybe I should look for a female myself.
Great find and purchase. Enjoy!!

Fredster
Not as lean or mean,
Still U.S. Marine!!

smof · Dec 20, 2007

What's with her fat back legs? Do all of this species have them? Looks like she's wearing parachute pants

Congratulations, she's a sweet spid

Truff135 · Dec 20, 2007

WOW, gorgeous girl you've got there. Those legs are just to die for. Thick beauty, you lucky dog!!!

:clap:

Nich · Dec 20, 2007

Just keep the temps up and feed feed feed....PFing with good house keeping (no leftovers/decaying matter) can bring them to a reasonable growth rate. She will dig clear to the bottom af almost any enclosure, take pics while you can....

SNAFU · Dec 21, 2007

Nich-won't have any problem with her eating thats for sure! She was in her little den (under the grapevine in the pics above) with a thin layer of web across the front & I tossed in two large crickets. One of them got into the web & she charged & grabbed both of them! It was awesome!!

My kids can't get over how big she is & she's just 6". When they bring their friends over to see her maybe I should charge admission-lol

Just now received my C.Crawshayi!!

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