Yeah, I used to have Gaboons and Rhinos and being well camouflaged ambush predators they would stay still for days on end. Let a rat hit the floor though and they moved so fast they made a pokie look slow.
I once had to throw pebbles at a rhinoceros in South Africa because it was next to our Land Cruiser. It took a while, but it finally moved off into the bush.
For the past two days she has emerged from her cork bark hide to hang on the side of her enclosure where she usually hung out. I am still crippling her prey but I'm going to try her out on undamaged crickets next feeding. It will be interesting to see if she will be able to catch them.
Update - she is doing well. Still eating and drinking. She loks really odd when she moves due to the loss of all legs on one side, but she can catch a disabled (still moving) cricket.
And I don't think we will know for sure until someone does some experimentation with T's or postmortems of failed molt specimens from similar conditions.
rob0t, I have to agree and disagree. I agree that if you keep them at that temp all the time it would not be a factor, but, if they are normally kept at 80, and the night they start to molt the temp goes down to 60, their activity, because they are poikilothermic, would decrease and possibly...
It was pretty humid. I keep them sprayed and the spagnum moist. There is also a water dish that always has water. It did get cold unexpectedly that night. Down to almost 60. I would bet more on the temp than the humidity.
Last week my 2" P. metallica webbed and began molt. She got all 4 legs and her pedipalp on her left side stuck less than halfway off. I increased the humidity in her enclosure and upped the temperature to 88 - 90. I sprayed her every day, basically keeping the humidity close to 100%. After 5...
I am a pest professional and own my own nuisance wildlife and pest control company. DO NOT try to solve this on your own. If the space is not treated correctly the problem will never go away. A heat treatment is effective if done properly (again, use a pro) and will leave no residual pesticide...
Personally I feel that it is no one's business what type of spider I like or want or why I like or want it. I also feel that anyone who bases what they like or want on someone else's opinions is doing themelve's a disservice. Get what you like or want and keep your comments and thoughts...
Do you have a tube or anything inside? My A. div sling stayed at the top of its container for a few weeks even though I have coco fiber substrate and a small cork tube. Eventually it webbed the tube and sits at the top of it every night waiting for food to pass by.
Hi ccmghee, not disagreeing that its too small. That's why I put up the pic and asked. I should have been clearer about the molt. I couldn't visualize because it was twisted and tore when I tried to untwist it.
I have two P. met slings 2" and 1.75" and both have small cork tubes for hides. They are out almost all the time and rarely go into the tubes even when I am pulling a molt or replenishing water. Light doesn't bother them. I have two L. violas and they almost never leave their tubes and have dug...
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