rodillablanco
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- May 26, 2005
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- 29
I recently acquired a Red Knee ( Brachypelma smithi) from an LPS. It was mislabeled as a Red Leg ( Fireleg? B. bohemi?) as was small and dull in color. I got it for a great price, so I brought it home and fattened it up. I have had this spider for about 4 months now. It has shed twice in that time, most recently about 2 weeks ago.
Here it is with the luxurious toilet paper tube it has always called "home" here:
After the last moult I noticed that the toilet paper tube was standing upright. I thought that the critter keeper must have shifted, or maybe I bumped it when putting it back inside the "incubator" tank I use to house small spiders and crickets. So I put it back down.
Two days later, when I was feeding, the tube was upright again. I put it down and made a note to really be more careful.
The third time it happened, I knew something was up. Now, I can be as spacey as the next guy, but this was a pattern. It was suggested that maybe there's a poltergiest. I don't believe so, there's been no knocking in the walls, and the bottle of cricket water has never been flung at me mysteriously. I think the spider is actually picking it up and standing it on end.
So the fourth time (documented here) I took a picture when feeding on May 30, 2014. I put the tube in the place it used to like it so well. Next day, it was still there. But this morning, June 1, 2014, well... here's the picture:
The spider is definitely standing the tube up and putting it in the corner. Is it: 1) moving it to hunt?, 2) Getting it out of the way like an old toy it no longer wants, or 3) engaging in a little re-decoration? What do you think?
Here it is with the luxurious toilet paper tube it has always called "home" here:
After the last moult I noticed that the toilet paper tube was standing upright. I thought that the critter keeper must have shifted, or maybe I bumped it when putting it back inside the "incubator" tank I use to house small spiders and crickets. So I put it back down.
Two days later, when I was feeding, the tube was upright again. I put it down and made a note to really be more careful.
The third time it happened, I knew something was up. Now, I can be as spacey as the next guy, but this was a pattern. It was suggested that maybe there's a poltergiest. I don't believe so, there's been no knocking in the walls, and the bottle of cricket water has never been flung at me mysteriously. I think the spider is actually picking it up and standing it on end.
So the fourth time (documented here) I took a picture when feeding on May 30, 2014. I put the tube in the place it used to like it so well. Next day, it was still there. But this morning, June 1, 2014, well... here's the picture:
The spider is definitely standing the tube up and putting it in the corner. Is it: 1) moving it to hunt?, 2) Getting it out of the way like an old toy it no longer wants, or 3) engaging in a little re-decoration? What do you think?