Coyote Peterson approaches animals with fear and bravery. Steve Irwin approached animals with LOVE. That is a key difference. Steve was able to interact so intimately with animals because he understood them, not because he was brave enough to intentionally be injured by them.
There will never...
I think it’s not pointing its legs out because it doesn’t have the room to do that. I can see how that looks more like post molt, but that would also require the presence of a molt :troll:
The setup from the pet shop is only ideal for transport, and was probably its home at a much smaller size.
Best thing to do is wait it out. After the molt, give it some water and wait a few days. Then rehouse.
A tarantula is less likely to use a hide that’s too large, rather than too small. It’s tempting to imagine the animal having a nice roomy hide to stretch out in, maybe walk around, watch tv, etc. But tarantulas are the exact opposite of people. A large hide is not a secure hide. They like...
With a few more hides, that tank would be an ideal setup for a breeding colony of leopard geckos. Not for a T, though.
Down the size, up the clutter, lose the light, don’t mist, plenty of vents, etc....
If you don’t have the funds to make a new setup, do the sterilite tub idea. Sell that...
It’s just separated. Those things are made with two sides attached to a wedge-shaped spreader. Unfortunately, that spreader becomes a fulcrum for the lever action you create every time you squeeze the tongs. So after a while, if the adhesive is not strong enough, it gives out.
After you fix it...
I cook dinner each night, which almost always includes some sort of veggie. So all my trimmings go in the colony. That’s typically a good variety of broccoli stems, bok choy, carrot peels, various squashes, napa cabbage ends, etc. And when any oranges start drying out, they get those too.
Isn’t that interesting? How keeping a relatively harmless spider is weird, but walking around with a 100-pound carnivore on a leash is perfectly normal. Here’s the thing: I used to be afraid of dogs as a child. I was bitten in the rear at a very young age. So I understand fear. But I grew to...
Well, real phobias are a different story. Most of our society believes they are arachnophobic, when really they are mostly just creeped out by spiders. That creeped out feeling is often learned, and cultivated through myths and misunderstandings. I’m not one to tell folks what they should and...
If we are going to speak of this in happiness terms, I can assure you tarantulas are much happier without heat lamps. They do everything they can to avoid light. Because in nature, light exposes them to predation. With that said, live plants tend to do better with light, which is also a reason...
All the same mentality, I think. As long as it’s a conformingly uncreative, meme-worthy statement, it’s likely to spill from the mouth of anyone who collects “likes” from any social media source.
I once lost a young G. pulchripes male who wasn’t very small. He turned up in a pile of aquarium junk I had in a corner about a month later.
If you want a really hopeful story: I had an alligator lizard when I was a kid. She escaped once. After a few days of desperately searching, I accepted...
There can be lots of reasons. Sometimes, people just lose interest in certain hobbies after a while. And when they lose interest, it’s much better to find good homes for their animals before neglect sets in.
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