Vicky's Vivariums & Spoiled Spoods

12/10/2025

Cuteness level 9000 omg 🥹
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens sling.

12/10/2025

I love pickup day!! Time to rehouse lots of new babies 💕 Shoutout to Marshall Arachnids and Steven Schmidt!!

12/10/2025

I think I'm destined to not receive crickets. My first order from Dubia.com FedEx delivered to my neighbors and left sitting outside in the cold. So of course, they all passed. Then Dubia offers to replace the order, and their system crashes. Which caused my replacement order to get delayed and then FedEx had delays and it ran into the weekend. So my crickets sat over the weekend, and because of weather and incorrect fedex scans i didnt get them until today..all passed again. I give up.

12/10/2025

That's amazing. Nature is amazing. Miss you Gramma 💕

Honoring one of Earth’s oldest living creatures 🐢✨

Gramma the tortoise lived an extraordinary life, stretching from 1884 to 2025… a quiet witness to three different centuries. Her long journey reminds us of nature’s gentle resilience and the deep wisdom carried by animals who move through the world with patience and grace. Few creatures live long enough to see history shift the way she did, yet she carried every year with calm strength.

For many who cared for her, Gramma became more than a tortoise… she was a symbol of endurance, peaceful aging and the beauty of a life lived slowly and intentionally. Her presence offered comfort, her steady nature brought calm and her decades on this earth felt like a living bridge between past and present. Losing her means saying goodbye to a rare soul whose timeline stretched far beyond ours.

May Gramma rest in peace after a remarkable life that touched hearts and reminded us of the quiet power found in the natural world. Her story remains a tribute to longevity, love and the lasting impact of creatures who move gently through our lives.



References
National Geographic: Longevity in giant tortoises.
Smithsonian Magazine: Historical records of long lived tortoises.
BBC Earth: Life cycles and aging in reptiles.
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance: Care and study of elderly tortoises.

12/09/2025

Another confirmed female!! Avicularia purpurea. 💕

12/09/2025

Caption this 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'll start

"I said leave it at the door!"

12/08/2025

Is your baby on the naughty list? Lol

🎄🕷️ Santa’s Jumping Spider List — Naughty or Nice?

Santa’s elves were busy this year… and they found jumping spiders on the list! Which list did your fearless jumper make this year? Not see your jumper on the list? Drop it down below and we will double check the list. You know Santa has to check it twice. 😏

12/08/2025

New species added!

12/08/2025

I love when my plants flower that rarely flower.

12/07/2025

One of my crestie boys from Marshall Arachnids. Looking gorgeous 💕 I love his grey toes 🥹

12/07/2025