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I reckon so too, they get an A for creativity I guess.

I think this comes under the description of ridiculous. A message I received on Instagram today... serious or not, THIS is ridiculous.

If this forum was just 100% full of experts wouldn't it render one purpose of this forum redundant? As well as in depth discussions, asking questions is one of the functions of an online forum. Don't get me wrong there have been some silly questions and trolls but you will get that on any online...

It's unfortunate that this happened but don't make yourself sick with guilt. Take this experience as a lesson learnt so that you can prevent this from happening in future. I'm sorry for your loss nonetheless.

Groan!! :P

Ahhh but cannon fodder with a living legacy! 206 living legacies in fact!

That's great! Sorry to hear/see your male didn't make it but at least you got a very successful batch of little ones out of it!

Also it has only been two days as you say. These guys take some time to recover from the ordeal. As above have stated, leave her be, keep the water dish topped up and be patient.

Agreed with Chris, my B. albopilosum moulted in to a mature male on Christmas day and ever since then he has been back and forth to the water bowl. I don't plan to feed him yet, as his fangs are still soft, I'll be interested to see how mine feeds from now on, he's never been a particularly good...

Yeah I use a mix of coco fibre and peat soil, my B. albo has made some wonderful burrows with it.

I had a similar problem with my B. albopilosum. Once you have got it a better enclosure, because as pointed out, there's way too much vertical space with the one you have, you want to give it quite a bit of substrate. I believe these guys like to burrow and it reduces the risk of falling should...

I have an incredibly melodramatic B. albopilosum, who has reacted to his latest moult (and becoming mature) like the true diva he is. He goes from incredibly tolerant of everything, to wanting to kill everything to everything being sound reason to get in to the stress pose. There is no grey area...

As true as that is, I think considering most available literature will tell you that G. rosea are notorious fasters, it's almost an expected behaviour for some keepers, especially first time ones and I guess I would be a bit puzzled too if I had one and this infamous behaviour wasn't yet present.

Agreed, I was only just able to conclude definitely that one of mine hasn't got one on its most recent molt. He's four inches and I'm guessing at least three years old.

Fascinating! Unless avics seem to have an innate knowledge about skin care, could it be a camouflage attempt? Seeing as they climb trees and whatnot. I know next to nothing about avics apart from the bits of info I've read on here so I apologise if that's a silly question.

Yeah, don't take the typical temperament of this species as law, both of mine are "supposed" to be docile but that doesn't mean they can't get moody. Additionally both of mine went through a phase where flicking or threat posing were their first reaction to anything. It really does depend on the...

This. I skimmed this ever so slightly in my response but having been lynched for having voiced this opinion in the past I wussed out a bit. Too many people mistake strong emotions for mental health and attempt to categorise or label it. We are capable of feeling anxious, low and frightened but...

The cause of a phobia is another component of the nature/nurture debate. It could be learnt or it could be a residual innate phenomenon from when we were primitive. Both are plausible, social learning theory as children we watch and absorb what our parents (or another involved model) do and if...

Nimhe was used for a (humane) fear study at my university. When the study came to an end, no one wanted him. I volunteered.

I feel I need to apologise to my T's for not taking their emotions in to account, I had no idea they were able to feel "angusty"... In all seriousness, I would find it very hard not to rise to comments like this. It's this level of ignorance and self-righteousness that gets me mad when you know...