My pet Jumper

Jody Melanson

I call her Jumpy. I was talking to my wife on the phone 3 weeks ago and was looking out the back sliding glass doors. I saw this big Jumper going by and told my wife, "Hang on, there's a huge Jumper out back". She understood completely and I captured her and put her into a small aquarium I have.



Isn't she beautiful?

I photographed her and caught some bugs for her. She ravenously ate them. I bought her some crickets to keep up with her demand.





Here she is cleaning herself after some brunch.



All of these images were shot through the glass.



Here is her glamour shot.



I noticed she had quite a bit of junk in the trunk and was thinking of getting her a little treadmill. LOL



I had her for about 5 days when one morning I came downstairs and checked/watered on her and noticed she had made a nest and laid eggs! YAY! Baby Jumpers coming up!



She is very protective of the eggs. I saw her outside of the nest reinforcing it and she saw me coming and ran back inside to protect her offspring.

Here she is peeking out.



So I Googled the gestation period for Jumpers and it seems it could be a few weeks or a month. So far it has been 11 days. I'm so excited to see the little Jumpers once they hatch. Apparently they will stay in the nest for a few days eating their eggs and cannibalizing the ones that didn't hatch, then they will emerge from the nest. I will hopefully get some shots of the young'uns and then will release them outside.

If anyone has links or info about any of this, please do share.

GOLDENORFE

superb series Jody

phil

dlplumer

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BeardedChick

Pure genius and/or insanity!!!! clapclap

Lord Vetinari

Wonderful series - look forward to the baby shots !
Brian v.