Bold jumping spider, geriatric care advice?

[lysistokill]

I caught a bold jumping spider 11 days ago. Initially thought to be a juvenile male, but she has since fattened up. I think she was just really skinny and is actually a mature female. She alternates between being totally fine with me moving around a lot and being close, and sometimes she gets really skittish and runs to hide if I even walk by.

Initially, I thought she might just be really dumb, but I'm beginning to think that she might be approaching the end of her life. She is clumsy (falls and safety silk doesn't always catch her) and her grip on glass/acrylic isn't great. She walks the top perimeter of the enclosure over and over laying silk, and it seems too intentional to be just safety silk? She still catches prey, but she's not very fast. I put her in a new enclosure 4 days ago and she's spending a lot of time in a bedroom I made for her. She hasn't built a full silk bed in the new enclosure, even though she did in the old enclosure, and I don't know if she intends to; that could be an environmental thing though. The previous bed was in a folded leaf, and there aren't folded up leaves in the new enclosure (suggestions for things that won't wilt?) I'm bummed that she might be towards the end of her life; because I was really excited to take on this unexpected opportunity (see attached enclosure lol.)

If this is true, how can I make her life most comfortable? Her bedroom is near the top of the enclosure (which is large, admittedly), so I'm considering lowering to avoid falling. However, she insists on climbing to the top of the enclosure anyway, and she might not like the bedroom if it's lower. Preserved leaves on the side of the enclosure give a better grip, so I could add more of those, and I've also considered adding stairs for easier bedroom access.

I appreciate any and all recommendations. I am just hoping to give her the best experience, end of life or not. Thanks!

Pictures:
#1 The day we caught her
#2-#7 Pictures for potential sex/age identification
#8 Old vs new enclosure

 

[regalpaws]

I caught a bold jumping spider 11 days ago. Initially thought to be a juvenile male, but she has since fattened up. I think she was just really skinny and is actually a mature female. She alternates between being totally fine with me moving around a lot and being close, and sometimes she gets really skittish and runs to hide if I even walk by.

Initially, I thought she might just be really dumb, but I'm beginning to think that she might be approaching the end of her life. She is clumsy (falls and safety silk doesn't always catch her) and her grip on glass/acrylic isn't great. She walks the top perimeter of the enclosure over and over laying silk, and it seems too intentional to be just safety silk? She still catches prey, but she's not very fast. I put her in a new enclosure 4 days ago and she's spending a lot of time in a bedroom I made for her. She hasn't built a full silk bed in the new enclosure, even though she did in the old enclosure, and I don't know if she intends to; that could be an environmental thing though. The previous bed was in a folded leaf, and there aren't folded up leaves in the new enclosure (suggestions for things that won't wilt?) I'm bummed that she might be towards the end of her life; because I was really excited to take on this unexpected opportunity (see attached enclosure lol.)

If this is true, how can I make her life most comfortable? Her bedroom is near the top of the enclosure (which is large, admittedly), so I'm considering lowering to avoid falling. However, she insists on climbing to the top of the enclosure anyway, and she might not like the bedroom if it's lower. Preserved leaves on the side of the enclosure give a better grip, so I could add more of those, and I've also considered adding stairs for easier bedroom access.

I appreciate any and all recommendations. I am just hoping to give her the best experience, end of life or not. Thanks!

Pictures:
#1 The day we caught her
#2-#7 Pictures for potential sex/age identification
#8 Old vs new enclosure
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What you can do is if she is having a hard time catch her prey, you can pre-kill them and offer them that way. Also make sure you spray the sides of the enclosure every few days for water, the substrate for humidity. You can offer water from a q-tip or a dropper and see if she'll take it. If not, you can leave the drop for her and she'll find it on her own since she's shy.
Usually jumpers start having a harder time climbing on the glass when they get older. She'll probably start making a new hammock when she finds the little bedroom you've made her.
She's beautiful btw Hope this helps

 

[lysistokill]

Update: She built two beds in the enclosure and sleeps in them. She still has a weird habit of basically constantly pacing around the top of the cage laying a lot of silk, so I'm not sure what that's about. I bought some things to put in there to give her more places to hang out, so we'll see if that helps.

 

[LadyShia77]

Update: She built two beds in the enclosure and sleeps in them. She still has a weird habit of basically constantly pacing around the top of the cage laying a lot of silk, so I'm not sure what that's about. I bought some things to put in there to give her more places to hang out, so we'll see if that helps.

My male audax does this. He has so much webbing around the top of his enclosure it's not even funny lol. I call it him making his rounds. My younger female audax does it too, but not as much as my male. I have heard that some jumping spiders have a particular route they take each day.

 

[Nicole C G]

Update: She built two beds in the enclosure and sleeps in them. She still has a weird habit of basically constantly pacing around the top of the cage laying a lot of silk, so I'm not sure what that's about. I bought some things to put in there to give her more places to hang out, so we'll see if that helps.

Normal behavior. Every jumper I’ve had does this.