New chondro... 2007 female Aru, named Gem!

[redshepherd]

Has she still been doing the frozen zombie thing or was that just the one time?
She's so pretty!

It was just that one time! Literally no clue why it happened and nobody has been able to explain it lol. I and another person guessed it's like a fear/safety reaction, maybe being caught by a predator and holding on as tightly as possible to the tree...? No idea LOL. So I haven't really handled her ever since, I'd only take her out with her perch while she's sleeping to take some pics.

lol why are your iphone pix better than my iphone pix?

she's beautiful. i dunno why but she looks like a lil green alien to me. also is that a drop of blood? lol did she drop her food?

Aerries - is that u or your hubby in your avatar? he's handsome!

Haha she is like a green alien! I call her a robot. Yes, this was actually after she already ate. I moved, and she looked up again like WHERE IS MORE FOOD, so I took that pic haha

I think the biggest issue with keeping Gtp's is that most people want to save money so they buy an import over a captive bred specemins and they get neonate instead of adults because they believe it will be easier to "tame" them. In reality a dehydrated neonate gtp is going to have a high failure rate even with the most experienced keepers.
I applaud you Redshepherd for doing it the responsible way and cutting your teeth on a captive bred healthy adult. She is beautiful and I enjoy your posts of her.

Yeah, it is more difficult to start with a neonate. I realized most "average pet owners" who have an imported/farm bred animal just didn't learn about the differences between CB and WC. Or I'll bet everyone will want to go with CB.
Thanks! I also mainly had really wanted a CB with a lot of white and blue, which is sort of a crapshoot starting with a neonate.