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Today I was feeding my spiders and when I came to my A.seemani's cage I did not see her because she is on a bottom shelf and i did not notice she was clinging to the glass, no biggie i thought. Then a few minutes later she had her legs on the roof (which is NOT woven screen, it is a screen that looks like it's been dipped in metal or something to get rid of the weaves). I had no idea she was caught until all of her other legs let go and she was dangling by one leg and trying to get uncaught and pushing her self off one side of the corner, then the other. I too my forceps and gently tapped the screen near her leg because it was not a far fall and there was silk leaves under her to soften the impact. It took quite a while but she finally fell. I replaced her screen with a piece of wood with holes drilled in the MIDDLE for air so when she climbs up the sides she can't get stuck in any air holes. I just put a bunch of stuff on top to hold it in place. I hope she is not hurt, she is walking around fine so i would assume all is good. Ive also seen her in the hide i created for her often so that is a good sign. Anyways i thought id post this also as a caution to those using screen tops they deem to be safe and might not be.
Any ideas how she got caught in the screen top? the holes are not especially small, and they are not woven and somehow her claw got stuck in there?
What do you use for a top to prevent this?
thanks!
Mark
Any ideas how she got caught in the screen top? the holes are not especially small, and they are not woven and somehow her claw got stuck in there?
What do you use for a top to prevent this?
thanks!
Mark