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haha - had exactly the same problem with C fasciatum. Only mine was not of a passive type -tried to bite the hell out of my tweezers :D As for the OP - it's totaly normal. Most young slings will burrow once in a while. I would realy have to think hard to remember which of mine terrestrials...

hard to say realy. I've seen mine hiding for 1 week or 2 months depending on size, and how well fed they were. I think you can expect yours to come back within a week or two. btw - molt itself takes up to 1 day :) It's the process of preparing for it, and then recovering that takes up to 1...

I've never realy seen mites going totaly out of control in my T containers, so I would not throw these crickets away. If it was my risk - I would use these crickets as usualy, feeding, maybe, only the more arid-likeing Ts. If you want to play safe - rehouse them and see if the infestation...

as for mealworms - up till now I failed to breed those. I have a semi-colony of crickets, that doesn't reproduce fast enough, thus I'm still dependent on stores. I've seen mealworms that could be split into meals for 3, if not 4 slings. If the spiders is big enough to eat an entire mealworm (if...

I got most of my spiders as tiny sling (2nd, or 3rd instar), and never had trouble with them. All the extra care they need is to slice mealworms into smaller pieces before feeding them. Although getting just one is a mistake. Slings can be boring. I got myself 4 slings after just a week of...

I've watched the movie one more time and I noticed that you poked your T on its abdomen. Don't do that. It could hurt her.

is it well hydrated? Seems to be weakened somehow... That's just my guess. I've never seen sth. like that (it doesn't resemble the symptoms of diskinetic syndrome I've seen)

I also think it's a good idea. I stopped visiting this forum for about 3 months, because there were too many newbie questions to go thru. I've got nothing against being new to the hobby (in fact - I think, I'm below average when it comes to knowledge about spiders), none the less - You've got to...

thanks for the answer. Great enclosure, btw ;)

Sorry for the off topic, but I have exact the same specie, and wanted to make sure. Isn't it a bit to dry for a poec?

I remember seeing some exoterra water dishes made for reptiles. They are expansive comparing to clay pots, and such, but are suppose to look good (I didn't like them - I use caps from Adidas deodorants. They're black, and aren't that much visible)

thanks for all the replies, guys. I'm gonna send him a link to the topic. Now I'm considering getting one of these, too :D

Hi! My friend asked me for an advice, and unfortunately I cannot help him. Which of the two spiders mentioned in the topic would You get? Are they very much different in behavior, and appearance (from what I've seen - one is vibrant orange, the other yellow)? We'll be thankful for any...

I just wanted to second that the lettuce could be the cause. Pesticides won't go away that easily. I killed 10 crickets once giving them lettuce. It was washed in cold water, and then put underwater for about 30 minutes. Didn't help.

Some burrowers will suffer, if not allowed to burrow. Haplos are told to live shorter. H. gigas is supposed to die faster too. I'd put a B. stmithi there. They don't want to dig that much, so it shouldn't destroy the construction.

I love mine, too. Probably the nicest spider there is. Great break from the more challenging ones ;) And a lot more fun than Your standard B. smithi.

thanks a lot. Still - I remember a topic saying something about the temperature. I was hoping someone had it bookmarked, or something.

Thanks a lot. Unfortunately it's not the thing. I'm looking for a solution to parasitic nematodes. Although - this article might come handy in future ;) Thanks a lot. PS - it's not my spiders that are infected. There's some discussion going on on the polish forum, and I thought I could help...

Hi! I remember reading that someone had some therapy method for nematodes, and that it included manipulating the temperature so that the T will live, and the nematodes won't be able to reproduce. I'd really like to get some information about this, so if anybody has got something - please...

no such thing as a spider being to small to be defensive? You wanna bet on this? btw - the oxygen pocket looks pretty cool ;) We were concerned more about the coco fiber expending and trapping it. I think I should have mentioned that before. Didn't think the discussion would go into this...