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!
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