Well guys the big day finally arrived!
Months and months of obsessive research and planning have finally paid off~ we got our first baby!
“She” (I am hopeful it is a she anyways) arrived this morning about 11 am in fantastic shape. @Tomh is an joy to work with! I can not say enough good things about our experience.
We drip acclimated for about 3 hours and made sure all the water matched temp and salinity. While the drip was going I kept peaking in on her. When I would look at her she would raise her eyes out of the water and when I would look away she would blow water at me! I think she is going to be an absolute ham!
When we added the bucket to the tank she came out fairly quickly! I was expecting her to be more timid but she came out of the bucket and held on with two arms while she tested the rocks out. Once she decided they were to her standard she released the bucket. Within 30 seconds she grabbed a hermit crab and presumably ate it and discarded the empty shell quickly after. A minuet or so later she pounced on a shrimp in the tank and ate that too! It all happened so quickly we all (my husband, my sister and I) just kinda stood there shell shocked! This was better than turning on National Geographic!
After she ate that shrimp she made her way around the tank scoping it out testing all the caves. She found another shrimp and killed it but then came up to the glass where I was sitting and spit it out at me and went the other direction Not quite sure what that was about but it was funny how she brought it half way across the tank to “give it back”
She did a cute little dance on the side of the wall going up and down when my cat jumped in my lap to see what was going on before retreating to a corner behind some rocks to take a little nap.
She came out an hour or so later and picked a den. She started moving sand around and once she got it how she wanted she curled up inside it and has been resting ever since.
Her breathing seems normal? Although I don’t have any previous experience to compare it to other than all the videos I have watched. It’s rhythmic and steady with no signs of tachycardia. Her color seems good and she has displayed multiple patterns and variations.
I’m holding my breath and praying hard she does well. I have put so much work and love into this and feel like a kid on Christmas morning!
I will post more pictures as I take them but here’s a few I got so far today
Months and months of obsessive research and planning have finally paid off~ we got our first baby!
“She” (I am hopeful it is a she anyways) arrived this morning about 11 am in fantastic shape. @Tomh is an joy to work with! I can not say enough good things about our experience.
We drip acclimated for about 3 hours and made sure all the water matched temp and salinity. While the drip was going I kept peaking in on her. When I would look at her she would raise her eyes out of the water and when I would look away she would blow water at me! I think she is going to be an absolute ham!
When we added the bucket to the tank she came out fairly quickly! I was expecting her to be more timid but she came out of the bucket and held on with two arms while she tested the rocks out. Once she decided they were to her standard she released the bucket. Within 30 seconds she grabbed a hermit crab and presumably ate it and discarded the empty shell quickly after. A minuet or so later she pounced on a shrimp in the tank and ate that too! It all happened so quickly we all (my husband, my sister and I) just kinda stood there shell shocked! This was better than turning on National Geographic!
After she ate that shrimp she made her way around the tank scoping it out testing all the caves. She found another shrimp and killed it but then came up to the glass where I was sitting and spit it out at me and went the other direction Not quite sure what that was about but it was funny how she brought it half way across the tank to “give it back”
She did a cute little dance on the side of the wall going up and down when my cat jumped in my lap to see what was going on before retreating to a corner behind some rocks to take a little nap.
She came out an hour or so later and picked a den. She started moving sand around and once she got it how she wanted she curled up inside it and has been resting ever since.
Her breathing seems normal? Although I don’t have any previous experience to compare it to other than all the videos I have watched. It’s rhythmic and steady with no signs of tachycardia. Her color seems good and she has displayed multiple patterns and variations.
I’m holding my breath and praying hard she does well. I have put so much work and love into this and feel like a kid on Christmas morning!
I will post more pictures as I take them but here’s a few I got so far today