So I rescued this guy from work, after finding him upside down on the floor (as if fallen from our very high ceiling or from high up the wall). He’s got green translucent green mouth bits, a few light colored white stripes/spots on his abdomen and rump, and is about the size of a dime. I’m fairly certain he’s a Phidippus Audax but I could be wrong. After his fall he stayed low. He climbed the wall a bit, but not higher than my desktop and then spent the rest of the day on the floor level. I brought him home and made him a temporary home in a 27oz empty cashew container with holes poked all around the body of the container, cleaned with a mild plant-based soap and dried out with a paper towel at the bottom, and a piece of bark. He seemed to like the paper towel and hung out in a fold for a few days. I made sure to spritz some fine mists of water in there daily and I wasn’t sure his age or preference so I ordered some blue bottle flies and picked up some fruit flies at Petsmart while we wait. I have no idea if he’s eaten as I found out today that my air holes are just large enough for the fruit flies to escape (whoops). But this is the first weekend day I’ve been home and the most active I’ve seen him and I noticed something else. He has been trying to climb up the sides, but keeps sliding and falling down. He climbed up the bark once, but when he tried to transition to the plastic container side he once again fell. Is he older and losing his grip? Or am I doing something wrong?
his enclosure:
his enclosure:
