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Arachnosquire
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- Jul 12, 2013
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Hey all!
So it's been 10 days now since her molt and she is still hanging around in the sealed burrow. Lately she's taken to adopting some new stances and I was wondering if they meant anything. Here you can see she's put her legs against the opening, it kind of reminds me of a hermit crab retracted into its shell. Is she expecting a meal to drop by or just hanging out? And a new one today her opisthosoma is against the ceiling of her burrow and she looks like a cat arching its back and hissing. Her IV legs are fully extended and almost look like stilts! She's facing the exuvium in this position but I can't see if she's doing anything with it she's been like that for about an hour now. Maybe just stretching?
I don't know if she's ready to eat and I have not tried feeding her yet. Should I wait until she unbarricades herself?
This Friday I'm going home for a month and she's going to have to come with me. In the event she hasn't come out yet I'm going to have to lift up her rock and pack her for the car ride. Should I be worried about doing this or would it be safe at what will be the 2 week mark post molt?
I was thinking when she's fully grown she'd eventually be housed in a 10 or 15 gallon terrarium. Can I move her into one at her current size or will it be too much space? ~3.5"
Finally, and this might be fatuous, but I'm vaguely worried that she's going to try to use that opening as an entrance to her burrow. In which case she'd almost certainly get stuck between the rock and the enclosure wall on the way out. The opposite end of the burrow (leading to the waterbowl and open area) is barricaded with substrate. Will she dig herself out?
So it's been 10 days now since her molt and she is still hanging around in the sealed burrow. Lately she's taken to adopting some new stances and I was wondering if they meant anything. Here you can see she's put her legs against the opening, it kind of reminds me of a hermit crab retracted into its shell. Is she expecting a meal to drop by or just hanging out? And a new one today her opisthosoma is against the ceiling of her burrow and she looks like a cat arching its back and hissing. Her IV legs are fully extended and almost look like stilts! She's facing the exuvium in this position but I can't see if she's doing anything with it she's been like that for about an hour now. Maybe just stretching?
I don't know if she's ready to eat and I have not tried feeding her yet. Should I wait until she unbarricades herself?
This Friday I'm going home for a month and she's going to have to come with me. In the event she hasn't come out yet I'm going to have to lift up her rock and pack her for the car ride. Should I be worried about doing this or would it be safe at what will be the 2 week mark post molt?
I was thinking when she's fully grown she'd eventually be housed in a 10 or 15 gallon terrarium. Can I move her into one at her current size or will it be too much space? ~3.5"
Finally, and this might be fatuous, but I'm vaguely worried that she's going to try to use that opening as an entrance to her burrow. In which case she'd almost certainly get stuck between the rock and the enclosure wall on the way out. The opposite end of the burrow (leading to the waterbowl and open area) is barricaded with substrate. Will she dig herself out?