Introvert Inverts - and verts

19/01/2025

We've put up a couple more cat wall shelves. Calcifer, Hawking and Agaricus (not pictured) have already explored a bit. There is way more to the plan but this is where we got to after hours of building and gluing.

17/01/2025

Yay winter in Colorado!

15/01/2025

Currently in the 40s, but the temp is supposed to plunge this weekend.
Today I got a couple bales of straw for the chickens and rabbits, to winterize a tad. It acts as insulation and wind break. And gives them something to do, pecking and scratching thru it. I don't even open up the bales. I let them do it all.

Since it's relatively nice I let them all out. The rabbits love it.

Crowley busted out of the house despite my warnings. He didn't last long in the snow before he begged to come back in.

The cats don't like knowing the rabbits are tougher

14/01/2025

I HAVE SNEGGS!

Snail eggs! I hear they hatch at about 2 weeks.

I hear they are a delicacy to some. I'm not going to try, but I bet the chickens would eat them.

14/01/2025

Rabbit is still doing ok so I put her back in her tank with the hole taped shut

11/01/2025

So my curly hair, Rabbit went on walkabout an undisclosed amount of time ago. At the very least 2 weeks. Her new tank had a hole in it I did not properly close up and I didn't even register it until I realized I was feeding the dirt. Then I was very sick (norovirus) and so anothet week went by before I had the strength to check on my bugs. I dug completely thru the dirt, no spider. This was yesterday.
So last night I told my roommates (husband and daughter) and reassured them it's not a dangerous spider, only partially grown, probably the cats would eat her, etc.

This morning I'm still in bed, the kid comes out of her room and chats a bit, then goes to the bathroom. Said casually "found your tarantula"
There's Rabbit on the rug looking 100% stepped on.
I gently scooped her and she is alive, but with an absolutely bare butt, this poor thing navigated the unknown with 1 dog, 8 cats and 3 sets of big human feets.

She's currently in a little ICU enclosure and I've already refilled her water once. A few hours later she looks better, despite the bald b***y (some tarantulas have really itchy hairs on their abdomens that they kick off as a defense, if they do it alot they will be bald like this. She'll get more the next time she molts)

I'm still worried about her. Who knows what happened to her and she could still die. But for now she's safe and warm again

06/01/2025

I've posted 8 available widow ladies on MorphMarket, ready to find new forever webs.

But not until the giant p***s storm is done.

https://www.morphmarket.com/stores/introvert_inverts/

04/01/2025

Today had not one, but two ghost assassins molt into adults!

03/01/2025

This is my free range baby orb weaver that catches fruit flies and fungus gnats in my bug room. My husband found her dangling from the ceiling above the stove and I put her on my pond plants that are overwintering in there. This is the 4th one I've put there and so far this one is staying.
Every morning I go in and see where she is because she does move around at night, but do far staying over the pond plants is most popular. She's even molted once so far.

I love her but we don't know what to name her!

01/01/2025

31/12/2024

Back in October I lost my heart rabbit.

There had been no indication that something was wrong. He was getting pain meds for arthritis daily and eating normally.

It was a complete and utter shock and I'm still not ok. It's been very hard to talk about it, I'm tearing up just writing this. I haven't even taken his body to get cremated yet, it still hurts too much.

He was the nicest and coolest rabbit I'd ever had, or probably will have.

I was getting ready to move him inside, he was going to retire to house bunny due to his bad knees.

Of course I still take care of the other buns and chickens. But going out there without bunny kisses and nudges is a new heartbreak every morning, I'm still not used to him being gone. I look for him every day, but my hearts not in it anymore. At least not now. I'm sure things will get better, spring will probably, hopefully bring a renewed sense of belonging amongst the fluffle. (And winter tends to bond rabbits better than I can so maybe Billy will stop peeing on everyone)

It was hard losing Allie, but magnitudes harder losing Moony. And makes me hyper aware that Iris has a terrible heart condition, Freya is 13 and Reboot is 18.

RIP Moony

25/12/2024

You ever been bit by a snail?

22/12/2024

The always adorable Muffin, my tailess whip scorpion molted and it's just perfect.
I still don't know how to s*x these things tho.

17/12/2024

I upgraded my stripe knee (Aphonopelma seemanni), Grulla to a bigger tank and this is the first time I've attempted to hold her, she was super chill. I realized she has a little mohawk between her eyes!