dRrosenber
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Hello All!
I think I have a odd b. smithi.
I am relatively new to tarantulas (about 1 year experience).
About a year ago I got a few tarantulas, one of which being a b. smithi, now it is a L4 (3 molts), and it acts COMPLETELY different than the other b. smithies that I have seen on youtube, take this clip for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBYZFeg4zw
It says L5, but there is no way that that is an L5, most likely L4.
In any case. My tarantula is super-docile. It doesn't move around much at all, likes to crawl on the side of it's enclosure and stay there for extended periods of time, likes to crawl in the corner and put half it's body up on the glass, and the other half on the substrate. When I feed it it is never aggressive, I give it flies, crickets, and wax worms, it never fights it's prey, and prefers dead prey over live (or near dead). When I do feed (first introduce the prey) the prey gets near the smithi, the smithi runs (usually up the wall)...
Is this normal?
Also, here are my questions, any answers are greatly appreciated =) Thanks!
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1) Should I give a water dish into the enclosure?
2) How long can the b. smithi survive without food for, how do I know when It is desperate?
3) I just remembered, Every time the t molted, he never spun a web to lay on, is this normal?
I will attach a picture tomorrow (as it is a little dark to take pics now
Thanks!
I think I have a odd b. smithi.
I am relatively new to tarantulas (about 1 year experience).
About a year ago I got a few tarantulas, one of which being a b. smithi, now it is a L4 (3 molts), and it acts COMPLETELY different than the other b. smithies that I have seen on youtube, take this clip for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBYZFeg4zw
It says L5, but there is no way that that is an L5, most likely L4.
In any case. My tarantula is super-docile. It doesn't move around much at all, likes to crawl on the side of it's enclosure and stay there for extended periods of time, likes to crawl in the corner and put half it's body up on the glass, and the other half on the substrate. When I feed it it is never aggressive, I give it flies, crickets, and wax worms, it never fights it's prey, and prefers dead prey over live (or near dead). When I do feed (first introduce the prey) the prey gets near the smithi, the smithi runs (usually up the wall)...
Is this normal?
Also, here are my questions, any answers are greatly appreciated =) Thanks!
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1) Should I give a water dish into the enclosure?
2) How long can the b. smithi survive without food for, how do I know when It is desperate?
3) I just remembered, Every time the t molted, he never spun a web to lay on, is this normal?
I will attach a picture tomorrow (as it is a little dark to take pics now
Thanks!
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