DKS?

[Ivike22]

Is this jumping normal? Isn’t it dks yeah? just excited to have food in her mouth?
tia
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[cold blood]

no

 

[Neonblizzard]

Just loves locusts

 

[Ivike22]

Oh thank god
Thanks

 

[The Grym Reaper]

No such thing as "DKS/Dyskinetic Syndrome", it's a misnomer for Dyskinesia from a time where people liked to invent syndromes with accompanying acronyms for things that are easily explainable. I made a thread about it a while back.

Now that's out of the way, your tarantula appears to be fine.

 

[Dorifto]

Perfectly normal if the locust tries to jump from her mouth

Can you post a picture of your enclosure? Loos like it's on the dry side. The geniculata should be kept a little bit moist, a little, with some dry areas. Sometimes people keeps the Ts like if they were fish

Also do not leave the extra locust on the enclosure, they have a potent bite and can harm your T in case of molting.

 

[Eiki]

Is this jumping normal? Isn’t it dks yeah? just excited to have food in her mouth?
tia
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Feeders still move while the T is eating them, so if the feeder makes a sudden move or tries to escape the T can react to it like in your video. Totally normal, no reason to worry.

 

[Ivike22]

Perfectly normal if the locust tries to jump from her mouth

Can you post a picture of your enclosure? Loos like it's on the dry side. The geniculata should be kept a little bit moist, a little, with some dry areas. Sometimes people keeps the Ts like if they were fish

Also do not leave the extra locust on the enclosure, they have a potent bite and can harm your T in case of molting.

Perfectly normal if the locust tries to jump from her mouth

Can you post a picture of your enclosure? Loos like it's on the dry side. The geniculata should be kept a little bit moist, a little, with some dry areas. Sometimes people keeps the Ts like if they were fish

Also do not leave the extra locust on the enclosure, they have a potent bite and can harm your T in case of molting.

I know
I took it out
Isn’t it enough to overdloaf the water dish?

jump out.
I’m so stupid didn’t even think of this! haha thanks

 

[Dorifto]

I know
I took it out
Isn’t it enough to overdloaf the water dish?

It needs a little bit more and moist substrate, you can move the water dish from the left side to the right, and bury the skull a bit, to make it colder.

 

[Ivike22]

It needs a little bit more and moist substrate, you can move the water dish from the left side to the right, and bury the skull a bit, to make it colder.

Yes I know,but ran out of substrate and the spider arrived and thought let it settle and will add more later. Okay. And how to make it moist?

It needs a little bit more and moist substrate, you can move the water dish from the left side to the right, and bury the skull a bit, to make it colder.

she was moving substrate in the skull but stopped maybe she didn’t like it. oh no

 

[viper69]

No

DKS is not a thing, it is an indicator of toxin exposure

 

[Dorifto]

Yes I know,but ran out of substrate and the spider arrived and thought let it settle and will add more later. Okay. And how to make it moist?

With water?

Pour a little bit of water directly on it.

 

[Smotzer]

she was moving substrate in the skull but stopped maybe she didn’t like it. oh no

Is the skull supposed to be a hide or if it’s decoration? It takes up a lot of floor space, I’d probably remove it and give a regular hide dug out into the substrate and add more substrate this will also help keeping moisture in the substrate.

 

[Ivike22]

Is the skull supposed to be a hide or if it’s decoration? It takes up a lot of floor space, I’d probably remove it and give a regular hide dug out into the substrate and add more substrate this will also help keeping moisture in the substrate.

it’s a hide

With water?

Pour a little bit of water directly on it.

ahh stupid
no I did water dropps all around like rain.
I meant like make the substrate wet and the cook it but don’t let it to dry out completely?

 

[Dorifto]

I use a water sprayer for plants, you don't need to mimic the rain, do it as fast as possible to not to disturb the T. Keep at least one place always moist, not damp, and another one more drier.

 

[Ivike22]

I use a water sprayer for plants, you don't need to mimic the rain, do it as fast as possible to not to disturb the T. Keep at least one place always moist, not damp, and another one more drier.

okay!
what about a plant that doesn’t require that much light or water?I have a lot of plants like that. And I guess it increases humidity too?

 

[cold blood]

And I guess it increases humidity too?

which is not relevant to keeping tarantulas.

 

[Ivike22]

yes,but it’s natural and cleans the air
I googled it

Feeders still move while the T is eating them, so if the feeder makes a sudden move or tries to escape the T can react to it like in your video. Totally normal, no reason to worry.

you know my other ts are 3cm
big
I can barely see anything
thanks

 

[viper69]

With water?

Pour a little bit of water directly on it.

It will grow like a ChiaPet!!

 

[Dorifto]

okay!
what about a plant that doesn’t require that much light or water?I have a lot of plants like that. And I guess it increases humidity too?

You should always use plants that suit your T. If the plant has different needs than the T, sorry but that plant it's not suitable. This way you would avoid most of the problems.

Moisting the subtrate will increase the humidity in the enclosure, that's why a good ventilation system is mandatory. Do not look for a specific humidity level in your enclosure, you should consider your room himidity, but only for watering purposes, the drier your climate, the faster the moisture evaporates. Keeping the enclosure moist will raise the humidity to adequate levels automatically.