Syd (Spider Cinnamon Het. Albino) Progression Thread

I’ve now had Syd for a month and she’s doing great. I took her outside for some sun today and got some better pics of her, so I figured it was a good time to start an official progression thread for her where I can update as she grows.

Background on Syd:
Produced by Matthew Fank
Hatched: 22 February 2018 (89 grams)
Pairing was Cinnamon x Albino Spider

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Wow she is absolutely stunning!! :O Congrats!!

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Wow she is absolutely stunning!! :O Congrats!!

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Thanks. She has some very interesting coloration. It’s hard to capture in photos but you can see it somewhat. Her color shifts from being a very lovely golden on the side to nearly a pale grey toward the center... it almost has an blue/green tint in TJ dorsal scales right along her spine. And she’s got some beautiful head blushing as well as lovely pinkish tints on her side that blend where the white comes up.

But I really love her personality the most. I’m not sure if it’s a spider thing or what... but she’s a lot less timid than most BPs I’ve encountered. If you lay on the bed with her she crawls right over to you, she lets you touch her anywhere without a flinch. When she’s in her hide if her head is within view of the opening, I’ll go down and look in and she will extend her head out totally straight and come almost all the way up to the glass to check me out. She’s very inquisitive and not shy at all. She also has some “quirks” (very slight wobble, slightly disoriented on what side is up and down, but nothing major) if she gets super excited or stimulated and I personally find it really endearing. She’s a goober.


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She is a absolutely astonishing :gj: great pictures of a great new addition congratulations super jelly over here:D

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She is a absolutely astonishing :gj: great pictures of a great new addition congratulations super jelly over here:D

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Thanks so much! I’m really enjoying her :)


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Syd’s going into her first shed with me. She’s been on aspen bedding, but the humidity was hovering around 50%. I was having trouble getting it higher, so I picked up some Reptile Prime. I got Repti-Chip as well and intended to mix the two, but didn’t have a tub big enough to let the repti-chip expand in at the moment so for now I just put down the Reptile Prime on its own.

I figured after the swap she would go back in her enclosure and retreat to one of her hides like normal.... to my surprise she spent 2+ hours roaming, burrowing, making tunnels, and pushing stuff around. I had no idea the change would spark such a reaction - she NEVER tried to burrow with the aspen, so I’m a little shocked lol.

I went back in to check on her and I can’t even find her haha but I know the cage is escape proof so I’m not worried. I think she’s just still, so I can’t see the motion of her digging around like I could before....I guess she found a comfy place buried under the substrate.


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Nothing to be worried about, though, I hope?


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She's so cute!!! And has the same name as me! :D

Syd had her first shed with me last night. Absolutely perfect and all in one piece (it was rolled up; the couple of tears present in the picture are from me trying to unroll it to be straight lol). She even did me the courtesy of waiting until after she shed to poop later in the night, so I get to hold onto her first shed as a keepsake! She’s up to 342 grams empty.

The beginning of blue:
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Off with the old:
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Debuting her fresh new look:
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All of the pics of her post-shed were taken outside in natural sunlight, no flash, no editing. Her coloring is just getting better and better. Can’t wait to see how she continues to grow and change.


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Here’s a little pic dump of what Syd is looking like now after a fresh shed. She will be a year old on February 22. She’s around 430 grams empty, so she hasn’t been growing as fast as I initially expected; however, she did have a two month period where she was off-feed. She is back on now and has maintained a good body constitution throughout so I’ll just let her do her thing.

About a month ago she got an upgrade to a 4x2 PVC cage from Dragon Cages. It will be her forever home and she has plenty of room to grow (now cluttered with multiple hides, foliage, and branches). Best decision I ever made, as now I no longer stress about keeping her temps and humidity up like I did in her old tank.


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Syd has been putting on some size recently. Still not as much growth as I would have expected for a female ball, but considering she spent 4 months off feed this year.... I feel like she’s not doing too shabby.


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So, outside is apparently not Syd’s thing.

It was in the mid 80s and completely overcast, so I figured I would take her out for some fresh air and to get some updates pics.

I got her out and I let her slither off my hand and into the yard, expecting her to roam around a bit. But she just sat there. Dead still. Like this.

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After a solid 3 minutes of that, I thought, obviously she’s not in an exploratory mood... so I’ll take her back in.

Picked her up and bam.

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Into a ball she went.

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My cal king and Bredl’s are super curious and engaged when I take them out, so I’ll probably just spare Syd the trauma from now on.


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Celebrated Syd’s 1st anniversary with us last month! Here she is after her most recent shed.

In slightly more entertaining news.... she decided to cosplay as a GTP last night. I went to feed her and found she was climbing around on her brqnch. Her usual feeding routine involves her being in her hide with her head poking out, so I wasn’t too optimistic that she would take the rat.

However...

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