I seen my girl had changed her colours yesterday. She was towards the front and she was a dark green, like an olive green. Up until yesterday I hadn't seen them any colour but shades of brown. She got excited when she seen food and went to move and nearly fell. She grabbed a leaf on her way down, and then came back up and I think she was trying to get over her near fall. Must have scared her. They are so delicate, those little legs are so small.
I fed them the small crickets last night. Those little buggers are hard to deal with, they pop around. When I shook some out of the container, a couple of millipede looking insects came tumbling out with them. I went ahead and dusted them with the vitamin powder and put them in the terrarium, but I hope they aren't something that will hurt my pygmies. I thought I read they will eat most insects, but with them being so small I tend to worry about insects biting them. I don't think I will add them in again if there happens to be more in the container.
Only 2 vendors had pygmies and the one guys didnt look very healthy and could tell me nothing about them. So I went with the seemingly knowledgable guy who had about a dozen of them and agreed to a good price if I purchased a male and female. Heres my problem...I think he gave me two males. I picked them out and showed him the ones I wanted and I dont know for sure that he got the right ones. It was so crowded and you were near constantly getting jostled around when he handed me the containers I only thought of getting them to safety and bolted toward the exit. I will have to keep a close eye regardless for a while.
