JayManges
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2020
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- 38
I got my first T last week. A 2" Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (GBB). I housed it in an 8"x8"x12" habitat with coco sub straight, some small fake plants, and a flower pot hide. The T has spun some web but confines itself to a few inches between the tops of two fake plants where it is always seen hanging out. I never see it wander around the rest of the enclosure. So far it has eaten three small crickets and appears to have a hearty appetite and appears healthy. My concern is, I never see it near its water dish let alone drinking from it. Is this something to be concerned about? Is it getting enough liquid from just the crickets? I thought about putting a few drops of water on the webbing but there is so little of it. I know this T is indigenous of a very dry area of Venezuela so maybe it doesn't need that much water? Will it seek out and find the water if it eventually gets thirsty or will it allow itself to dehydrate and wither away in its preferred hang out? Now there doesn't appear to be a real problem now. I just want to make sure I am not making a mistake by not being more proactive about water.