Dirt in Webbing...

[Lumina]

I was changing one of my sling's water dish yesterday and I made a total mess. I got substrate all over his web >_< ... Do you think I should clean it, or just leave it be? I feel so bad.

 

[sdsnybny]

Nope, normally it's them making a messy web. It will fix it if bothered

 

[TownesVanZandt]

I was changing one of my sling's water dish yesterday and I made a total mess. I got substrate all over his web >_< ... Do you think I should clean it, or just leave it be? I feel so bad.

That´s entirely up to you. Tarantulas don´t seem to care much about aesthetics

 

[spookyvibes]

Just leave it. Arboreals will sometimes incorporate dirt in their webbing anyways, it’s definitely not an issue at all... What species of tarantula is that anyways?

 

[Lumina]

Just leave it. Arboreals will sometimes incorporate dirt in their webbing anyways, it’s definitely not an issue at all... What species of tarantula is that anyways?

Okay cool. He's an Avicularia Purpurea

 

[Lumina]

Nope, normally it's them making a messy web. It will fix it if bothered

Okay haha. Good web is usually clean though so I felt bad about it :x

 

[Lumina]

That´s entirely up to you. Tarantulas don´t seem to care much about aesthetics

Figured as much. Just wanted to be sure. ...I thought it might stress him out

 

[viper69]

Do you think I should clean it, or just leave it be?

If you can figure out how to remove dirt from a web w/out destroying it, you will be famous both on the forum, and in scientific circles.

 

[FrDoc]

I was changing one of my sling's water dish yesterday and I made a total mess. I got substrate all over his web >_< ... Do you think I should clean it, or just leave it be? I feel so bad.

Ha! A keeper made her T a dirt curtain. Always gotta be one step ahead of your spiders.

 

[SonsofArachne]

My female A. Purpurea has dirt all over different parts of her web - even 3/4 of the way to the top of her enclosure. She literally must have carried it up there for some reason.

 

[Lumina]

If you can figure out how to remove dirt from a web w/out destroying it, you will be famous both on the forum, and in scientific circles.

I'll get on that asap.

 

[Lumina]

Ha! A keeper made her T a dirt curtain. Always gotta be one step ahead of your spiders.

Dirt curtain haha I like that.

 

[FrDoc]

Dirt curtain haha I like that.

Sorry I can’t take credit for it, as it is common parlance, especially among keepers of species that make dirt curtains regularly.