Talk about story book endings!!!!! My Collest Hatchling and Story to Date.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Here is the Craigslist RESCUE the day I got her. She had several layers of old skin, bugs, and hadn't eaten in a while. She was litterally blind from her eye caps.



Here is the RESCUE after lots of food and lots of shedding and lots of TLC.



Here is her MAN



Put the two together, and you get this.



The results? 6 eggs. 4 spiders, 2 normals. One of the spiders is totally different then the rest though... he is a slightly lighter color and has a totally different pattern. 3 of them pretty much look exactly like dad, but the other looks like this:







Notice the lighter color and the back stripe!!!! Sure its not the first spider like this but what a happy ending for the RESCUE mom! Obviously her genetics had something to do with the way this little guy looks!

[rabernet]

Boy you butchered those eggs, didn't you? LOL Does that single one out of the egg still have its yolk attached?

Is the light one the single one out of the egg? Do you have pictures of them all out of the egg?

[Oroborous]

Congrats on the healthy clutch, mom is looking great! Nice story.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Yeah, I butchered the eggs... its ok though... they have already been self slit for 2 days now.

I removed the one from its egg because I thought it was dead. He actually cut his slit in the bottom of the egg... and he felt very hard in the egg... thought he was dead. (he is fine tho) He is now crawling around and has already detached his little yolk sack.

The "special" light one with the stripe is the one on the bottom left corner.

They are still working their ways out of the egg... will post updated pictures later today or tommorow when they are out.

[ballpythonluvr]

Congrats on a very healthy clutch! Good job rescuing Mom!

[2kdime]

I enjoy reading success stories like this.

You did a hell of a job with that one Mike....

Now let's see that little guy OUT of the egg!!

[Jyson]

Congrats on the clutch! And you did an amazing job with Vivian, she (and her babies, and her babies' daddy) look stunning!

[DC Reptiles]

thats sweet I hope my resuce females turns out just as good as yours. I'm fighting to get some stuck shed off her head, thats the only part left and shes not to happy about me trying to get it off. Any suggestions?

[Boanerges]

Vivian looks absolutely amazing now!!! You did a good job saving her!!! Congrats on the clutch

[wolfy-hound]

Great job, congrats on a healthy rescue, a great clutch of eggs, and a bunch of awesome hatchlings!