Babies!

[DeathRowDisco]

Well, I got the G. rosea s'lings!
First off, I ahve to say, they're SO cute! I can *not* stop "awww"ing at them.
One is about 3.4" and the other is about 1". The bigger one molted during shipping, and the molt seems to have gone just fine and all. They seem totally healthy and content. I named them already, the smaller one is Pippin, and the bigger one is Merry (for any other LOTR fans out there, I chose the names because they work for unisex names, and the bigger one is Merry because, well, Pippin *is* kind of.. slower. haha.).
Right now, their 'tanks' are 128ML. glass jars, with about 1.5 or 2" of soil, and small water dishes (I used bottle caps, dug into the soil) with fish tank pebbles in them so they don't drown (and different colours so I can tell who is who, lol).
They're the cutest little things, I swear. Hopefully, I'll have pictures within the next couple of days. When I was getting them out to put them in their first real homes, they were both totally calm. Pippin crawled up and sat right on the tip of my index finger, and actually fit there just fine- soo tiny.
I saved Merry's first moult. I'm gonna save the first few (probably 6 or so) 'baby' molts, and put them in glass frames (I have one of Iba's old moults, pressed into a normal picture frame, but these little ones are too small, I'm worried they'll just completely crumble).
EDIT: I added pictures. The first one (a bit smaller, and lighter) is Pippin. the other (a bit bigger, and darker... obviously, haha) is Merry.

[arbs&giants]

i love the new babys DRD
congrats m8 :)

[FishTool69]

Very cool looking little babies, have fun with them. I'm glad you finally got yourself some tarantulas again. There's probably no reason to tell you to keep us posted on their progress is there? haha... seriously though please do.

[JESSICA GORGES]

YEH !!!!!!! How cute,,,,, I'm glad you got them. My 2 baby's are that size. I think their are cute like that. I can only image how big they get :p
Jess

[Amelia]

Aww they are so cute when they are that small, It is really cool watching different animals grow up no matter what they are though.

[DeathRowDisco]

Well, just for comparison, here's a picture of Gracie, an adult female G. rosea that I used to have... she's quite a bit bigger than this, now, too... and they say G. rosea only get to 4.5-5.5"... I say that's a bunch of crap.

[darkpbstar]

I'm sry but I could never hold a spider, I just hate them, no offense, they just freak me out, they are creepy. Now snakes are fine, but spiders arent' for me, and the little ones, I'd be too afraid of loosing them, so tiny, dont they cruize away?

[DeathRowDisco]

Luckily, with this species, even as s'lings, they move fairly slow unless they have reason to take off. I've noticed, when I have them on my hands and stuff, they're just like the adults, they're calm, move slow, etc. They seem a bit more nervous (they're always on the move, haha), but I'm just as nervous when I'm holding them, haha, I've noticed with the babies, when I hold them, my hands get a bit shaky, 'cause I'm SO scared I'm gonna hurt them... but after spending more time holding Merry, I'm getting more used to it, and they aren't really that incredibly fragile.
I know what you mean about not being able to hold spiders, though. I've never been really into snakes, but they don't bother me either, I won't hesitate to hold them and such... but with some things like mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, etc... I don't mind them, but I'd really just rather *not* handle them or anything, it feels weird to me, working with spiders comes totally natural to me, but not things like rodents and tiny mammals, haha, never know what they're gonna do.

[JESSICA GORGES]

DRD, Hey isn't it time for new picture's ?? ;)
Jess

[DeathRowDisco]

Not yet, haha, nothing exciting has happened yet! No moults or anything, so far.

[DeathRowDisco]

Thought maybe I should update this, haha... they've both eaten for the first time, finally! They started eating a few weeks ago... seems like a while, considering how big they were when I got them, and that I got them in December. Merry turned out to be my little cricket-slayer, he's got some super-spider-ninja moves, I've NEVER seen a tarantula attack a cricket quite like he does. The second he realizes it's there, he attacks. I've thrown crickets the same size as him into his tank, and he takes 'em down with no trouble at all.

Pippin, on the other hand, is my little pansy. I'll throw the tiniest little pinhead crickets in his tank, and he runs from them... into his little hide, up the sides of his tank, whatever... it takes him quite a while, before he'll finally attack them. I had to take him out one night, put him in a bowl with a lid, until I could get the cricket out, and put Pippin back in his tank, because he seemed SO upset by it being in there... poor little guy. But, he still eats them, after a while.

Merry's getting awfully pudgy [ROFLMAO] she/he's turned out to be quite the character... throw a cricket in there, and he seems like a little monster... stick your hand in there, and he's friendly as can be.

[JESSICA GORGES]

Hey DRD,,
I have some picture I took of mine shedding,,, I'll down size them and show you,,,
I happy to hear your guy's are eating,I think that is cool,,
Jess

[Lynn]

Sweet...for a spider LOL LOL.. Great pics congrats