inGOODspirits
Arachnopeon
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- Nov 19, 2010
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I purchased a Grommostola pulchripes about three months ago and she has not moved or eaten in my care.
When I got her:
She was free range feed with about a dozen crickets running around in a 20 gallon tank. She is about 6 inches. The terrarium was dirty and smelled like smoke so I knew it had to be cleaned anyway. Her space was eco soil with about 4-5 inches of spergram moss, a bark hide, a bunch of cork bark, a big log and a water dish. The top was a screen mesh lid. There seemed to be no method to control humidity.
How she is keep now:
She is in a 10 gallon tank with plenty of soil/peat mixture, a water dish always full, a cork hide and a temp/humidity gauge. The humidity is keep at 60% and the temp is at 73'F. She has barricaded herself under the cork hide and webbed herself in. She has been in there for the three months that I have owned her and will not take food (roaches or crickets). I can see her when I pull the tank out and she will move around inside the hide. Her abdomen looks small compared to a feeding female of her size but is much larger than my male T's
My opinion is that she was over feed by previous owner (common w/ the Grommostola) and she doesn't feel the need to move. My plan is to offer food once a month if she does not come out. If she comes out I would offer her food right away. She knows what she wants and if she was hungry she would look for food... right?
Anyway, I just wanted some more opinions as what I should do or know if what I am doing is right for her.
When I got her:
She was free range feed with about a dozen crickets running around in a 20 gallon tank. She is about 6 inches. The terrarium was dirty and smelled like smoke so I knew it had to be cleaned anyway. Her space was eco soil with about 4-5 inches of spergram moss, a bark hide, a bunch of cork bark, a big log and a water dish. The top was a screen mesh lid. There seemed to be no method to control humidity.
How she is keep now:
She is in a 10 gallon tank with plenty of soil/peat mixture, a water dish always full, a cork hide and a temp/humidity gauge. The humidity is keep at 60% and the temp is at 73'F. She has barricaded herself under the cork hide and webbed herself in. She has been in there for the three months that I have owned her and will not take food (roaches or crickets). I can see her when I pull the tank out and she will move around inside the hide. Her abdomen looks small compared to a feeding female of her size but is much larger than my male T's
My opinion is that she was over feed by previous owner (common w/ the Grommostola) and she doesn't feel the need to move. My plan is to offer food once a month if she does not come out. If she comes out I would offer her food right away. She knows what she wants and if she was hungry she would look for food... right?
Anyway, I just wanted some more opinions as what I should do or know if what I am doing is right for her.