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JFletch
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Post subject: 2011 Raffle Aphonopelma  Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 10:59 pm |
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Anette
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Post subject: Re: 2011 Raffle Aphonopelma Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 10:01 pm |
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... I'll beat anyone who says that this is just a big brown hairy spider. She is GORGEOUS!
Thanks for sharing, Joyce!
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Post subject: Re: 2011 Raffle Aphonopelma Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 4:58 pm |
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Don't you just want to pet her? Talk about soft and fuzzy looking.
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JFletch
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Post subject: Re: 2011 Raffle Aphonopelma Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:33 am |
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Thanks, Annette. I think Rosemary named her appropriately. :-)
She's definitely soft and fuzzy looking, Patrick. I try to refrain from petting her though.... LOL
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JFletch
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Post subject: Re: 2011 Raffle Aphonopelma Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:50 am |
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I came home from work this evening to find 'Belinda' deceased. :-( She was in one of her favorite 'basking' spots looking just a little too relaxed. No death curl just limp and dead. Not sure if it was pre- or post-rigor limpness. She was in front of her hide this morning and looked fine. No obvious cause of death. RIP Belinda.
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tigerwalker
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Post subject: Re: 2011 Raffle Aphonopelma Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:22 am |
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Sorry for your loss Joyce!!
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Anette
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Post subject: Re: 2011 Raffle Aphonopelma Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:08 pm |
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Oh Joyce, the bad news just keep coming, huh?
I am so sorry to read about your loss. This has happened to me twice throughout my tarantula keeping "career".
I think this might happen to older individuals that just simply get exhausted after a molt and can't go any further.
At least she has a great life to look back at from the eternal tarantula roaming grounds: saved from the bulldozers in CA, home with two amazing T keeper ladies (Rosemary and you)....
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Post subject: Re: 2011 Raffle Aphonopelma Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:17 pm |
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What a bummer Joyce. Sorry to hear this. Hang in there.
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Post subject: Re: 2011 Raffle Aphonopelma Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:51 pm |
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Sorry for your loss--she was a pretty girl. : (
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JFletch
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Post subject: Re: 2011 Raffle Aphonopelma Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:31 am |
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Thanks, everyone. I felt very privileged to have her stay with me the past 11 months. According to the tag she came with, Rosemary pulled her May 7, 1996, so she had been in captivity for 16 years. Who knows how old she was when she was caught. She came with the name Belinda, and it was very appropriate. She will be missed.
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Christian Elowsky
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Post subject: Re: 2011 Raffle Aphonopelma Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:54 am |
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More than likely she was a subadult or adult, so a run of 20-30 years I would guess. It is sad you only saw the last one. Hopefully your experience and posts will focus people on protecting and keeping our awesome natives. I am sorry for your loss, but thank you for sharing the images.
Christian
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