Ok so 2 days ago I got myself a p.metallica.
The shop it came from had it in a jar, soakimg wet substrate, mould from an un eaten worm, and loads of condensation on the inside.
I've moved it into it's enclosure (a bit big, but it'll grow into it) and after spending a day walki g up and down the cork bark, it's now sat in the bottom corner and doesn't want to move.
It was very reluctant to move when I rehoused it, I was expecting it to be fast and skittish, but it really didn't want to move at all.
I'm hoping it's in premolt, but being my 1st OW I know they don't get the bald patch, and sometimes it can be hard to tell. I haven't tried to feed it yet.
I'll put a couple pictures of the spider, and the enclosure up.
The shop it came from had it in a jar, soakimg wet substrate, mould from an un eaten worm, and loads of condensation on the inside.
I've moved it into it's enclosure (a bit big, but it'll grow into it) and after spending a day walki g up and down the cork bark, it's now sat in the bottom corner and doesn't want to move.
It was very reluctant to move when I rehoused it, I was expecting it to be fast and skittish, but it really didn't want to move at all.
I'm hoping it's in premolt, but being my 1st OW I know they don't get the bald patch, and sometimes it can be hard to tell. I haven't tried to feed it yet.
I'll put a couple pictures of the spider, and the enclosure up.