Off with his head--graphic pics

Daryl got eaten tonight! Its fine though, he mated with all 3 females, it was time for him to go. I also released Beth because I found a really gravid female outside who looks like she will lay any day. I will hopefully get some day time pictures of her tomorrow while she is still fat so you can see. The new female's name is Lori (after Lori Grimes on The Walking Dead not after me!) Found a full grown male today as well and took him in his name is Hershel. So here are the status of all the ones we have now. Michonne-- mated with Daryl, waiting for her to get fat. Carol, mated with Daryl. Waiting for her to get fat. Lori--super fat and ready to lay any day. Rick--still needs to molt into a full adult. Hershel- new full grown male just hanging out, he's super fast and loves to fly. I'll mate the females all again soon for "good measure" with the boys we have now. With any luck we will get lots of ooths this year.

Daryl's fate...

Carol and Daryl mated for 5 hours last night and Daryl went back to his own enclosure head intact. Now ootheca watch time! Hopefully in the next week we will have our first. Going to give Daryl a few days and see if we he wants to mate with one of the other ladies. Rick still hasn't had his final molt but it looks like he is ready for it before long, his color is getting lighter.

First Mating

Carol and Daryl are currently mating! 10 mins in to it, it could take hours so I am keeping a close eye on them. She ate a huge meal right before, and I plan on putting some small flies in during mating in just a bit. Hoping to avoid Daryl getting eaten so I can mate him with another female. He is the only adult male I have at the moment, Rick our other boy has a molt to go before he is ready but I am on the constantly look out for more outside. Will update on Daryl's condition after the mate, keep your fingers crossed he doesn't get his head chomped!