I just posted that I adopted a 3yr old Pink Toe one week ago.
I *thought* that she had been surviving but not thriving because she had been mistaken for a Rose T and was being kept in those conditions and really wasn't given very much attention outside of a few crickets every 2 weeks. Everything I had read about a PT indicated that they moved VERY fast. When I picked up the T at my friend's though, she was "petting" her and Charlotte was walking around like I figured a Rose would so I figured it was because her substrate was totally dry, no heat, no humidity etc. I've modified all that now but when she moves...it's still slower than I thought.
Anyway, she doesn't hide or anything and hasn't spun any type of web but when I open the lock on the Exo Terra she's in , it makes a popping noise. During the day when it appears that she's resting, it hasn't bothered her in the least and she doesn't even move. Two nights ago at 3am, I popped the lock and it made it's usualy noise but for this time, it must have startled her and she bolted from the substrate to the top of the thing! I NOW know how fast she can move! I don't know who was more startled...her or me!
Now I'm curious....do their metabolisms slow down during the day or something so that they aren't as aware of what's going on around them? I can't figure out why opening up the Exo at night was suddenly an issue?
Thanks for any insight!! :?
I *thought* that she had been surviving but not thriving because she had been mistaken for a Rose T and was being kept in those conditions and really wasn't given very much attention outside of a few crickets every 2 weeks. Everything I had read about a PT indicated that they moved VERY fast. When I picked up the T at my friend's though, she was "petting" her and Charlotte was walking around like I figured a Rose would so I figured it was because her substrate was totally dry, no heat, no humidity etc. I've modified all that now but when she moves...it's still slower than I thought.
Anyway, she doesn't hide or anything and hasn't spun any type of web but when I open the lock on the Exo Terra she's in , it makes a popping noise. During the day when it appears that she's resting, it hasn't bothered her in the least and she doesn't even move. Two nights ago at 3am, I popped the lock and it made it's usualy noise but for this time, it must have startled her and she bolted from the substrate to the top of the thing! I NOW know how fast she can move! I don't know who was more startled...her or me!
Now I'm curious....do their metabolisms slow down during the day or something so that they aren't as aware of what's going on around them? I can't figure out why opening up the Exo at night was suddenly an issue?
Thanks for any insight!! :?