false dmitri
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2007
- Messages
- 4
I've been lurking for a while. I'e always wanted to keep a black widow as a "pet" ever since I was a kid (don't really care which species).
I've now found that a lot of you do keep widows. I'm not going to rush out and buy a specimen or anything, bu i just want to ask some basic ?s.
How do you go about safely feeding her? I know she is not the monster she's made out to be. I know she'll usually just hide in her web, and if you create a place for her make her hide, she won't come rushing out of the open lid.
How do you go about cleaning the debris from the bottom of the cage? (I assume she usually cuts dead prey out of her web) The same goes for her molts and her male suitors. Not that I would try to mate or breed widows, but how do you go about removing her eggsac?
I'm sure you could slow down her activity by putting her in the frige for a few minutes, but that seems really cruel and unhealthy for her.
I live in central Illinois and we are supposed to have some native widow species in this state, but I've never seen one despite my years of trying to find one.
Any answers would be apprecaited! And no, I'm not going to run and get a widow just yet.
I've now found that a lot of you do keep widows. I'm not going to rush out and buy a specimen or anything, bu i just want to ask some basic ?s.
How do you go about safely feeding her? I know she is not the monster she's made out to be. I know she'll usually just hide in her web, and if you create a place for her make her hide, she won't come rushing out of the open lid.
How do you go about cleaning the debris from the bottom of the cage? (I assume she usually cuts dead prey out of her web) The same goes for her molts and her male suitors. Not that I would try to mate or breed widows, but how do you go about removing her eggsac?
I'm sure you could slow down her activity by putting her in the frige for a few minutes, but that seems really cruel and unhealthy for her.
I live in central Illinois and we are supposed to have some native widow species in this state, but I've never seen one despite my years of trying to find one.
Any answers would be apprecaited! And no, I'm not going to run and get a widow just yet.