TheCryptKeeper
Arachnopeon
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- Sep 24, 2022
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hey so I have a female 10 year old Brazilian Black Tarantula. I got her late August and when I bought her she came with an enclosure which was set up with a thin layer of wood chip and a bendy wooden hide (like the ones you buy for hamsters etc) and had no water and was crawling around the walls and was very active. I rehoused her in a 30x30x30 exo terra vivarium, with a mix of deep Spider Life and Zoomed eco earth. I provided a ready made burrow and some places to hide. She was fine aside from still climbing the walls like crazy and didnt use her burrow (nor made one) but I just assumed it was because she had been kept on wood chip and was getting used to the substrate. Anyway fast forward a month and I decided to give her home a little upgrade and I bought her some wood (from swallows aquatics just for reference) and set her up a rather nice natural looking environment with a rock which she rather liked as she seemed to sit on it constantly. This morning I had realised that the wood I had placed in there (what like a week ago?) was mouldy. I was very upset and removed EVERYTHING straight away and cleaned everything out and set her up a new home once again. The problem is, is that I noticed she keeps sitting in the front corner of her vivarium with her legs high over her carapace. When I googled this I saw that it could be stress but im not sure what to do. She has never stopped climbing the walls since I got her which at this point is just her normal, but NOW shes sitting with her legs pulled in too? Im really not sure whats going on and I would really appreciate some advice. Im worried shes going to die or something or theres something im doing wrong, but all seemed fine until a few days ago.
Thanks for reading, any advice welcome.
Thanks for reading, any advice welcome.