RezonantVoid
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maybe increase the amout of hides she has so she feels less inclined to climb and tumble from the ceiling of the enclosure. maybe a water dish would benefit to catch her when she lands
The mesh top is a red flag. Best way to solve fall issue is by adding way more substrate.Thanks!!
I'm thinking how to fill that space but keeping them safe. The pulchra loves falling from the heighs...
With this crystal enclosures she only can climb the vertical glasses, so she can't stay hanging from the top like in the other enclosures.
Here trying to destroy the mesh: View attachment 288600
Touché hahahahahahamaybe increase the amout of hides she has so she feels less inclined to climb and tumble from the ceiling of the enclosure. maybe a water dish would benefit to catch her when she lands
I changed to this new all glass enclosure for that reason.The mesh top is a red flag. Best way to solve fall issue is by adding way more substrate.
Does your T NEED a dish- truthfully that depends on the type of owner you are to some extent, experience level, and your attention to detail. Honestly it sounds like you don't have the time, or keep animals based on your convenience level, and not what is best for them. Perhaps you should stop collecting Ts like Skittles.The whole point was after watching his video I felt better about taking mine out. An to be honest spraying the tanks down every couple days has been easier then digging up water dishes or having to clean out crap an bolus water just as often maybe if I only had a few but I have over 20 Ts and counting
Such as?There’s a lot of things that he does that I disagree with
It's easier to clean a water dish than to get a 5"+ tarantula carcass to flush down the toilet.
Well this is a 1st world problem of your own creation in the sense that you knew what you were getting into. SO, you didn't like it back them, then you were just crazy to keep getting more IMO. Zero understanding or sympathy here.They continually burried them and even these 5 were driving me insane after 3 weeks of the same daily routine.
Unnecessary...to who..YOU? Your thoughts on this aren't relevant. We are speaking about a living animal with certain behaviors. Clearly they are necessary behaviors, though no one actually knows why they do it in captivity.but constant, repetitive unnecessary routine
I neglected to mention that they were happily drinking from pools of water on their webbing. Also, i assumed that they were trying to remove the source of water in the dish so I did what I thought was their in interest as well. The absolute base question this thread is asking is are they necessary, which is no. Not necessary, but highly recommended by a large number of owners. If one personally feels that their T will not benefit from the addition of a dish which I felt mine clearly didn't, then they have every right to do so without backlash from the community telling them their T will dieWell this is a 1st world problem of your own creation in the sense that you knew what you were getting into. SO, you didn't like it back them, then you were just crazy to keep getting more IMO.
Unnecessary...to who..YOU? Your thoughts on this aren't relevant. We are speaking about a living animal with certain behaviors. Clearly they are necessary behaviors, though no one actually knows why they do it in captivity.
When you own pets, it's not about you, it's about them. Until one sees that, one is lost.
Then why are you asking about bowls of water, if they are drinking well?I neglected to mention that they were happily drinking from pools of water on their webbing.
No problem. But not gonna lie it's a mixture of laziness on my part and what I felt the T's wanted. I still wouldn't view myself as a bad keeper, they are all fed regularly and I use soaked spagnum moss as a new source of water which even my true spiders seem to be digging. My relating to another user was just saying I wouldn't call him a bad keeper just cause he doesn't like emptying 20 water dishes a day.Then why are you asking about bowls of water, if they are drinking well?
Also, pools of water are transient.
Now not all Ts will drink from bowls of water - or do so sporadically, so you have to wet the webbing. Avics do this often.
Eh, it's the way you put the question that some may take issue with..If you had asked if they need standing water due to some biological need-- that's a fair question.
However, you presented all the crap you hate dealing with as the reason you don't want to provide a bowl of water, and cited another T owner as a source of validation--- the info in your question makes you look lazy to be honest, or uncaring of your animals, or both.