Quote Originally Posted by bshmerlie View Post
Martin, I love your little updates. I feel your excitement when I read you posts. Big Mama (my Xanthic female) use to sit in the bowl waiting for the crickets to come. After a few times of dropping them on her head she now sits on the rim to wait for them.

I set up a tripod with a night vision movie camera to catch my little dude shaking his butt. I don't think anybody has filmed this in captivity before so Im really hoping he does this for me. Im going to scream like a little girl if I can get some good video. He seems to do it the couple of hours before dawn. I trimmed back my monstrous jungle so I can get a clear view.
Thank you for the kind words Cheri, I really enjoy giving updates so I'm glad someone enjoys reading them
I can't wait to see the video, get it uploaded ASAP! By the way, do all of you crazy americans have a nightvision camera with tripod just laying around..? I don't even know where to start looking for one.

I sadly don't have a picture tonight. I want to give them a brake, since I took a few pictures both yesterday and the day before that. They did brake my heart a little bit though... They did not get any food today, and yet they both sat on the rim of the bowl, waiting for the food... They sat there for at least two hours. So we're probably rearranging the feeding schedule so that they get fewer dubias every day. It's the same to them, it' just easier on me, hehe.
The covered side is being removed, a little bit every second night. So in a week or so the "settling in phase" is officially over. Although they settled in great after a few days, but better to be safe than sorrow.
Oh, one final thing. They male seem to poop directly on the base of one of the plants. Organic fertilizer, aw yeah!