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Micki’s Montana Micropets

Hobbyist breeder of jumping spiders in the middle of nowhere Montana.
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01/05/2024

My super shy girl, Chloe 2, matured and she is adorable. She is the only holdback I kept from my very first ever spooder mom (and first ever spooder), Chloe.
I have no intention of ever pairing Chloe 2. She is just my sweet little pet.

01/03/2024

Out of the maybe 10 Nikites I raised from little ones, I think Sherbert might be my first female! Finally!! And she is so precious. 🧡
She has changed so much- I also added a collage of her at younger instars 😊.
My other 3 females (Yammy, Charlie 2 and Piggles) were obtained at adult or subadult stage, so this one is extra special to me 😁

01/01/2024

This is Tempest. Another subadult female mystaceus. She is WITHOUT A DOUBT going to be in my breeding program when she matures. Her pattern is over the top! 😍

12/30/2023

Squeegee is another Nikites who needed an updated photo shoot. He is one of my horde of males and he matured in the last few weeks. 🧡🖤

12/28/2023

One of Cream Puff’s females. She is so dark right now! I doubt she’ll stay that way, but I am excited to find out!

12/27/2023

This is one of Cream Puff’s male babies from her first sac. He has some of the coolest markings already. I am so excited to see how these little guys look with their next molt!

12/25/2023

Had to get some updated Butters pics before she hopefully retreats into an egg hammock and I don’t see her for a while!!

12/25/2023

🎄🎄I have some great Christmas news to share! 🎄🎄
These two Super Cuties successfully paired a few days ago. I eagerly await their babies as I have never raised otiosus before. (For those that know.. are their egg sacs as large and numerous as regals? I know they are VERY closely related.)

12/24/2023

Just adding some of Solar’s subadult pics to his album.

12/23/2023

Page is one of my super cute Arizonensis hold back females. She is from momma Phoenix. She looks a lot like her momma did when she was a subadult. Her momma turned bright yellow at maturity, so I’m hoping this girl will as well 🤞🏼
Either way- she will be a total stunner with an amazing b***y pattern and gorgeous lashes 😄

12/21/2023

UPDATE: Well, the post has only been up for 3 hours.. and It’s definitely been decided that, as soon as an appropriate male matures, she will get paired!! 😆😆 Seems like you all find her as pretty as I do, and no one’s deterred by her lack of “super bright Nikites orange”. Which is very exciting!

⭐️Hey!! I have a question for you all!

This is Charlie (actually Charlie #2).
She is a mature female Nikites (emerged from her mature molt recently- hence the tiny b***y), but she is from a region where the adults tend to be more red than bright orange and the females don’t have that same neon color that folks seem to fawn over.
She is incredibly sweet, and I think she is beautiful. I do have males from the same region that will mature soon that are unrelated to her.

***My question is:
Are you all interested in Nikites of this color?Should I pair her? If not, I am happy to keep this sweet girl as just my pet. I only want to pair her if I will be successful in finding homes for her future babies.
So, let me know what you think!!!! Your opinions matter a great deal to me 🥰🥰🥰

12/19/2023

This handsome boy!! 😮😮🔥
I’d love to introduce you all to Renfield. He matured last week, and will hopefully be pairing with Butters, my mature female Florida otiosus. 🤞🏼
He is such a fantastic, brave, and active young man. Butters is SURE to be swooned by him. 🧡🖤🧡

12/19/2023

Guess whose first clutch just hatched!!

12/18/2023

I realized I needed to add updated photos to some of my Nikites’ photo albums. They change SO much with each molt.
This is Sharpie. He must be heading for premolt because he was super mellow. He’ll change a TON with this next molt as well since it will be his mature molt.
His little “male pattern baldness” spot cracks me up.

12/17/2023

Oh my goodness. CUTE ALERT!! Frost and Bolt’s babies just started turning i5. 🥹🥹
It’s going to be so hard to part with these cuties!
Frost’s second clutch has hatched. She is being such a dedicated momma.

12/16/2023

Success!! Adumbratus pair #3.

12/15/2023

Meet Solar! He is my first baby from momma Freya to mature. I introduced him previously as Freya male #2. He had the cutest little white face with yellow fringe at subadult and He’s a gorgeous mature male. I’m pretty sure I’m going to try and pair him with Tempe when she matures. 😁

12/13/2023

Smoke is one of my Subadult mystaceus females. She is so gentle and calm. And that pattern 🥰

12/11/2023

Took some mature pics of Nyala. She’s working on getting good and chubby for her very near future pairing with Coati!

12/08/2023

Coati, another one of my mature male adumbratus. He will hopefully be pairing with nyala now that she is mature! Stay tuned for updates on their possible pairing!

12/05/2023

Taps matured very recently. And since I have a massive surplus of Nikites males, I am adopting him out to a new home. This guys goes to his forever home today!! Good luck in your travels, my sweet boy. 🧡🧡

12/05/2023

This pretty girl’s eyebrows give her a look of being perpetually concerned. 😆🤣
Her babies have reached i4! Her third sac just hatched and clutch #1 should be ready by spring! I am SO curious to see what her babies look like 🥰🥰
She will likely be my last regal momma as I transition my focus to other phidippus species. 💜🩷🩵

12/03/2023

⭐️⭐️Happy News #5⭐️⭐️
I think I am finally figuring out miss MiaBella’s babies! I am getting a much higher success rate and with any luck, I will have babies to offer in spring. 🤞🏼 She is gearing up for sac #3 right now!

12/02/2023

Folks… this is a big one!!!
⭐️⭐️ Happy news #5 ⭐️⭐️
Yammy laid her first clutch of eggs!! 😮🧡🔥
🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

12/02/2023

Gotta show off some more pics of Typhoon since he is a total FOX!
And I haven’t really photographed him since his mature molt.. I CANNOT get over how fuzzy these boys booties are!!! 😄🤣😄🩶🩶

12/01/2023

⭐️⭐️Happy news #4 (I think)⭐️⭐️
Frost and Typhoon paired this week. As least I think they did.. I believe he achieved his goal but less than a minute in, someone’s little foot slipped on the plexi and frost got spooked and bucked him and ran off.. so… Here’s to *maybe* having more Mystaceus babies!! lol..
I’ve introduced typhoon before, but surprisingly, I haven’t posted anything about Frost before today. I have had her since she was an i3! She’s a bit more on the shy side, but so charming.

11/30/2023

⭐️⭐️ Happy News #3⭐️⭐️
My temps will be more than adequate for safe shipping on Tuesday December 5th. AND I just did a big MorphMarket restock!
This will be my last shipping date until spring.
Message me!

11/30/2023

Piggles, one of my gravid Nikites females. This girl LOVES her flies.

11/29/2023

⭐️⭐️Happy news #2⭐️⭐️
Cleo laid her first clutch! I’m not counting my spiders before they hatch.. especially since I’ve never raised this species before. But it’s still exciting!
Bring on the tiny tiny Asotas babies!!

11/28/2023

I’m going to post a happy bit of news everyday for the next several days to offset the “Bummer Vibe” that the scammer brought to my page.

⭐️⭐️Happy news #1: ⭐️⭐️
My first clutch of Shadow and Bolt’s mystaceus babies just reached i4! They are hardy little things, and amazing eaters! I can’t wait to be able to offer these guys up for adoption in early spring. 🩶🩶

11/28/2023

In light of the recent scam. I’m closing the contest a few hours early and did my drawing today. Congratulations ***Ally Kathleen***! Even though you are probably too afraid to respond to my messages now! 😄😄

11/28/2023

Folks!!
Reguarding the contest! Do NOT click on any links from anyone claiming to be me! It is NOT me. I would NEVER have a form for you to fill out OR ask for your credit card info as I am paying for shipping. I do mention this in the contest post, but some people are being fooled because the link says it’s to verify your identity or something evil.
PLEASE protect yourself!!!!!! 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

11/28/2023

Is this girl for real? If only they kept their coloration. Those chels and that split b***y marking?? 😮😮
She is i6 or more, but kind of small for an i6 from Gabbie. What she lacks in size, she makes up for in uniqueness.

11/27/2023

My temps will be safe for shipping next week! I will be photographing and adding Regals to MorphMarket in a few days.
🔥🔥I will have a limited number of i6 “Mesa and Flare” Arizonensis babies available this week. I do not think I will be posting these to the website as there are so few. Just message me with your zip for shipping quotes and a temp check. They will be first come, first serve only. No holds. 🧡
Arizonensis are slightly smaller, so they are about the size as i5 regals. They are not all reliably eating mini mealworms yet. I will require the adopters to have fruit flies available, preferrably Hyde, until they can get the babies reliably eating other prey!!
Mesa is my most orange AZ momma, and Flare was a high yellow. It’s hard to say what color the babies will be at this age, but they are definitely showing more red than some of my other AZ babies. ***They are NOT sexable at this age.*** 😁

11/26/2023

Valentina, my yellow workmani, finally came off her recent clutch for some food and recreation.
I am finding the workmani babies to be a bit challenging to raise, but I think I am finally getting the hang of them 🤞🏼🤞🏼

11/24/2023

Hi!
I have had a lot of inquiries about my spooder availability. And I am SO grateful for all the interest in my babies!!
But to clear up any confusion, my babies are listed as “Not for sale” until I know for sure that my temps will be safe to ship on December 5th.
I am honoring the “no ship” order that is in place due to Thanksgiving and Black Friday. It’s all about the babies!! The forecast looks adequate right now, but you often cannot trust the extended forecasts.
I will add the available babies to Morph Market as soon as I know that is it safe! 🩵💜🩷
Thank you everyone, for you patience.🥰

11/24/2023

Butters matured and her colors are by far the most stunning of all my little Florida Oti’s. Look at the change this little one has made!

Her name used to be Ash, back when she was the size of a fruit fly. I thought she was a pure oti and was going to grow to be silver and black..

I was wrong about her future color, but I couldn’t be more happy about it! I have a Florida Oti male who will hopefully mature very soon as well 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

11/22/2023

*** double update: another scammer with the profile name “congratulation winner” replied to literally everyone that they won and they are asking for credit card info etc. for the love of all that is holy- please do not give them your credit card info. This will be the LAST giveaway I do because it is not worth the risk to you all.
*** UPDATE!! Someone has already tried to scam people saying they are winners etc.. make sure to look at the profile- check how many followers it has and if it has all my lovely spider posts attached to it before you click on ANY LINKS!! Also note that I will be messaging you directly and will NOT be announcing a winner until after the date mentioned below… why do some people have to ruin a good thing… 😭***

Contest Time Again!

I decided to a do another simple giveaway to celebrate the upcoming holiday (which is also my birthday)! And to say thank you for all your support and for the loving care you all give to your adopted spoody babies.

I am giving away an *undecorated* 4x4x7” enclosure made by Marshall Arachnids. They call this the Purplebox and it features a tightly sealed, but easily opened, magnetic sliding door, grommet style ventilation with very fine mesh, and allows for up to 1.7” of substrate.
These are my favorite enclosures for my larger jumper species. They can also be used for arboreal tarantula slings.

TO ENTER:
-be sure you are following my page. AND -comment on this post what food you are most looking forward to this holiday 😁😁😁

Contest starts today NOVEMBER 21st and ends Tuesday NOVEMBER 28th at 6pm MT.
Winner will be announced that Wednesday.
Winner will be chosen using a random name picker app. You must respond to my “winners message” within 24 hours.

The shipping will be paid for by me. Priority mail.
You must be a resident of the lower 48 states, and must be a follower of my page to win.

Safety warning: I will be the ONLY one contacting you about your win- if you get a message from any other account, or any account asking for payment information etc, it is NOT me. Also there will be NO link to click or online form to fill out, etc!!

Good luck!!!

11/20/2023

I think it’s pretty obvious that this subadult female, Tempe, is Helios’ sister. 😄 Her future mate just matured last week and is one of my most yellow Freya males. I cannot wait to attempt to pair those two in the coming months. What colors might I get?? 🎉🤗🎉

11/18/2023

My sweet momma, Phoenix, came out to stretch her legs for a bit between eggs sacs. She is missing a lot of her b***y hairs nowadays, but she is still an absolute stunner! Her first and most of her second clutch have already found new homes 💛🧡💛 She lays some of the strongest, healthiest babies. 😊

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Libby, MT
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Sherbert has changed so much. I have had her since she was a little yellow thing with an orange and black stripe. She is so pretty. And I am pretty sure I finally raised a female! Up until now, I have had to buy subadult or adult female Nikites for breeding, because all mine kept popping up male hahahah. I had more than 10.. from 4 different breeders.. and they seemed to ALL be male! 😳😆 #sherbertphidippusnikites #phidippusnikites

This gorgeous girl is WIRED! Poor thing. I think I need to let her out more…😳☺️😆🩷🩵💜 #tempestphidippusmystaceus #phidippusmystaceus

While I was getting this female out of the communal enclosure for a photo shoot, my buddy, Greg, came running out as well. He quickly settled himself on my finger and stayed there for a very long time while I did my other spider chores. 😄

Taps will be going to his new home this week where I am SURE he will entertain his new parents. 🤣🧡 #phidippusnikites #tapsphidippusnikites

I often get asked if the “popcorn backflip” is to be expected when first handling a spider. Haha Yup.. It sure can be. Our skin must be fairly alarming to some of them. I don’t know if it’s the texture, our smell, or even our heartbeat…but some spiders would give our skin a 0/10. 😆🤣Frost has always been a little on the highly reactive side! 😄As was evident in her very brief pairing with Typhoon. 🩶🤷🏻‍♀️ Ah well, she’s SO adorable anyways. #phidippusmystaceus #

This skinny little cutie is one of my freshly molted i4 mystaceus babies. 🥰 These babies are so curious that opening their enclosure to feed, water and clean always becomes a bit of a rodeo hehehe. #phidippusmystaceus

This stone cold cutie is one of Phoenix’s babies. They were adopted last week. These guys are so adorably brave. #phoenixphidippusarizonensis #phidippusarizonensis

Another GORGEOUS subadult male Arizonensis. This little ray of sunshine is Helios. #phidippusarizonensis #heliosphidippusarizonenesis

This pretty girl JUST emerged from a molt and I could not wait to show off her new colors. I struggle to get photos of her that are in focus because she is so active! 😆Persimmon has become one of my prettiest spiders. (She got two BIG juicy flies right after this!) #persimmonphidippusotiosus #phidippusotiosus

This beautiful girl is the very same Nikites that I paired last week. She is big, beautiful and tons of fun! #phidippusnikites #yammyphidippusnikites

Yammy and Bumblebee

I accidentally announced this pairing already when I posted my “Moms and pairs” photo album.. SO!! Here is the official announcement. We will hopefully have Nikites babies by spring. Although this species has fooled me before 😆..

Chloe 2 is one of my most shy spiders. I almost never see her out of her hammock and she is not interested in being held. She did give me just a little taste of affection, though!! Hehe #phidippusregiusapalachicola #phidippusregius

During a photo shoot with Mia the other day, a feeder fly I had accidentally let loose made the terrible mistake of landing on her flower!! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Gabbie, mommy to all my red phase regal babies, was taking some time away from her mommy duties. She is looking a little less vibrant these days. Her red seems to have faded to almost peach l, but she still have a ton of energy and life. Right after this, she went back to lay her seventh egg sac!! 🤦🏻‍♀️😆 TAKE A BREAK, GABBIE, PLEASE! #phidippusregius #gabbiephidippusregius

Echo, my overfed Nikites male, is on a diet for just a few more days, and he is SO mad that his neighbors get flies, and he doesn’t. He plans to find a way to steal theirs. Don’t worry, he’ll get some of his own very soon! 😆I apologize for the video quality, but cute stuff doesn’t always happen under studio lights. 🤣🤣#echophidippusnikites #phidippusnikites

Sweet MiaBella came out to say hi between sitting on egg sacs. She just came off of sac #2. 😁😁#phidippusworkmani #miabellaphidippusworkmani

Why are Arizonensis my favorite species? This irresistible little baby says it all. More AZ babies available on my MorphMarket page 💛 #phidippusarizonensis