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Thanks everyone! I think she is working on being gravid for the first time. She is about 8-9 months old and was showing orange and pinks until a few days ago. Now showing dark bands and this all over purple coloration. Getting a laying bin ready...

Had to share my girlie - Skittles. She is throwing some good purple today.

Skittles - female sambava x ambilobe. Spyder - ambilobe male

Thanks! I had no idea about the color. Here I was thinking I got swindled. Is it normal for there to be such a size difference? Will the others catch up or will some delay cocooning?

Let me clarify... I ordered them the end of October and it took two weeks for them to hatch so we are going on 4 weeks. It feels like it is taking forever. Here is a pic of the size differences. They are all from the same eggs. For some reason I also given "normal" eggs mixed in with these...

I don't have any trees so am using the chow. I too have read that if you start on chow or on leaves the worms will not switch. I am thinking of getting a tree this spring. The chow can be messy to clean up, thinking a leaf skeleton would be easier to clean than funky day old chow

Excited for you and jealous! I hatched 200 eggs almost two months ago. There are about 10 or so that have gotten huge and the others are not nearly as big. I hope I get some cocoon action soon.

I so want the Ralphie bunny suit! I think Spyder is warming up, but definitely does not like stripes.

Well that proves what I thought. I have been going thru stripe phase with my fashion choices and my newest boy has been acting grumpier than usual.

I always wonder what my chams think of my clothes. Since the communicate with color and pattern, do they get "put off" by my brightly striped shirt? I always wonder if they wonder what mood I am in. :)

Ok, so if you are on the east coast you have heard about the ice storm. I am right in the heaviest ice band and a power outage is most likely in my future. So I went out and bought a generator to keep my babies warm should it actually happen. If this happens or has happened what is/was your...

Cheese grater I am using...

I was cleaning out the worm bin and thought I would share my handful of worms... I use a spoon and put a chunk into my cheese grater and it is working ok.

I am using a pampered chef cheese grater the kind with the handle you rotate like at Olive Garden. I really hope they start to grow. I have a handful at the 3/4 inch mark but none have moved into 2nd instar status. Wanting about 10 to cocoon to make more eggs.

I don't have any pics on my phone of me holding my lovelies, but here is a pic of me. I used to have rescued snapping turtle that was freed, and a green iguana that was 5 ft long that free ranged in her own room. Sadly she died of old age. I currently have 2 panthers, a bearded dragon and a...