February 12, 2003
Grammostola rosea
Here's my Chilean Rose tarantula. Common and cheap, but not bad looking and easy to take care of. She was my first tarantula, I think I bought her about 7 years ago but it could be longer. She was already an adult when I bought her so she could be quite old. She won't eat pinkies but she'll eat crickets till her belly's huge. And then she'll stop eating, I think she fasted once for a couple years. Yes, she went for a couple years without any food, I guess if they have a full belly and water, they can last for a very long time between meals. Then she molted and now she's back to eating like a pig again.
Just to update this post, I said this spider was about 7 years old because I knew I had her for at least 7 years and I didn't want to make any unsubstantiated claims about her being older. Well, I was digging through some old videotapes the other day, and I came across some footage of her, timestamped 1990. So I've had her for around fourteen years, and since I bought her as an adult, I'm sure she's at least 15 years old. Cool, she looks good for a granny!
Posted by Fungii at February 12, 2003 07:55 PM |