New T's!

[Coleslaw007]

I've wanted a B. smithi (Mexican redknee) and B. beohmei (Mexican fireleg) for a while but unfortunately didn't really think of it until after our last reptile show and our next isn't until November. Finding them locally was proving difficult or overpriced so Mike41793 was kind enough to pick some up for me at the reptile show over there last weekend and ship them to me. He grabbed a Nhandu chromatus (Brazilian red and white) as well, another species I've been wanting.

Mike did an AWESOME job packing them, unfortunately I didn't get many pics of their packing, as I was more concerned with checking that they were were healthy and alive.

Soooo.... T's!!!

The B. smithi and Nhandu chromatus are TINY, this is the first time I've actually needed to feed fruit flies.
They were packed inside straws to keep them safe. The straws were inside vials and surrounded by paper towel. Very safe for the tiny critters.

I shooed'd the little Nhandu chromatus out with a piece of floss and he ran onto the outside of the straw:

He looks huge in this pic, but when he was inside the straw, regular bendy straw sized straw, it was cavernous to his size.

Shooed out the B. Smithi the same way:

He also looks huge, he's the same size as the other sling, think like 1/4 the size around of a pencil eraser, really freaking tiny. He took a fruit fly for me later the night they arrived, he's a little trooper!

The B. boehmei was a spaz but luckily I got him to spaz straight into his new lil home:



He's muuuuch bigger than the other two. He was inside a paper towel "burrow" inside a vial with a paper towel cap on the ends.

Here's the lil jars I used:


Only herpers


So, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MIKE!!!!!! and THANK YOU, 3skulls for your shipping advice!!!! You guys are awesome!

[Capray]

Whoah, awesome! They are ridiculosly tiny lol
Congrats!


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[Mike41793]

I'm so glad they arrived safely! I was worried that those stupidly high AZ temps would cook em lol.

EDIT: your finger nails look nice btw

[satomi325]

Neat pick up!
It's crazy how tiny that wee little thing is. I would be afraid to lose it. lol.

[MisterKyte]

Neat pick up!
It's crazy how tiny that wee little thing is. I would be afraid to lose it. lol.

Same! I get really apprehensive when it comes to any animal I wouldn't be able to immediately see were it to get loose.


Interesting critters though, I bet it's fun to watch them grow up.

[carlson]

Nice pick ups! I seen he had grabbed those for you. Those are tiny too good luck with them be sure to take many pics as they grow its the rules

[Coleslaw007]

Yea, they're itty bitty. I did everything inside a 15qt tub so if they happened to run away or something they couldn't dip off and get lost. Long as they're in their little jars with tiny air holes they won't get lost lol.

Lol thanks, Mike. It's kinda cool having nails for once. I was a bit... apprehensive about shipping too, but they seem fine. Great job, dude!

And yep, I love watching them grow up. I told Mike I like em tiny, he took me VERY literal lol.

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[3skulls]

I love getting them when they are tiny too

Congrats on the new pickups.

Fruit flies are a pain in the bum.
I use a straw to suck up 2-3 at a time. Keeps them from jumping around everywhere.


If you don't want to do the fruit flies. They will take dead pinheads with no problem.

Congrats again!

[4theSNAKElady]

Nice pickups slaw! So tiny and cute. And sucking up fruit flies through a straw? Better you guys than me.

[Coleslaw007]

Yea, it was horrible, I barely opened the jar and they came like pouring out. I was told you can put them in the fridge for a couple minutes and they'll slow way down while they're cold?

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