Escape

[TimV]

I got, among other things, 4 GBBs from a trade with Elisabeth. They've all been doing well. A few days ago, one escaped, and my room is so messy I don't think I'll ever find it.

So, what's the chance that it will live, and perhaps prosper? There are a bug or two in our house.

Thanks, although I know there probably wont be an easy, clear answer.

Tim
Lurker mostly who visits often.

 

[maarrrrr]

My H. lividum escaped last december. my mom found it 2 months later still alive.

 

[bananaman]

Not that this helps at all but my brother lost an emp scorpion (which needs lots of humidity) and i found it 3 months later IN the house (dry weather here), though in a different floor... just so you know that these things can actually make it a while on their own...

 

[TimV]

Well that's encouraging, thanks.

 

[Cerbera]

A few days ago, one escaped, and my room is so messy I don't think I'll ever find it.

Perhaps now would be an ideal opportunity to clean it up ? On the plus side, GBB's web like nobody's business, so assuming it has set up home somewhere, and you move things around very carefully indeed, you should be able to find it, return it to its tank, and then fix the tank, so it can't happen again...

 

[TimV]

Well, I got an emergency call from my wife today. Fortunately I was just 10 minutes away. She was talking in something of a higher pitch than usual, but with a really good attitude considering I had promised her I would move all my Ts out to the shed.

Bottom line is that I have my T in a jar, and my wife is in a forgiving but slightly excited mood.

It's skinnier than the others from that batch, but I can give it a nice cricket or two.

 

[Scott C.]

Nice. It's a hell of a rush finding a loose T in the house months down the road.

 

[Arlius]

It lived for 4 months? Wow, what size was it before it escaped? (LS)

 

[The Shadow]

ya...CLEAN THAT ROOM MAN! For the sake of the T, and yourself. And try not to step on anything. :clap:

 

[Mushroom Spore]

I'm not surprised it lived--if a T HAD to fend for itself in the average human home, a GBB is probably the best candidate to try. They can live on next to no water and very little food, and in fact thrive that way.

However, recapturing them would have to be a whole 'nother adventure, LORD my girl is fast. If she ever gets out, I'm doomed.

 

[Marilyn]

ok, give the room a clean.

put water dishes in the corners, and look for webbing....

try not to step on any thing, check shoes before putting your feet in them too.

other than that,, good luck (or look)

 

[Mushroom Spore]

ok, give the room a clean.

put water dishes in the corners, and look for webbing....

try not to step on any thing, check shoes before putting your feet in them too.

other than that,, good luck (or look)

Read the thread, they found it.

 

[TimV]

Arlius, it was about an inch, and to me it doesn't look as if it has grown. It's siblings are twice the size almost. It's moving very slowly, and I put it in with some new, slighly moist peat moss and a cut in half meal worm right in front of it.

After all that, I sure hope it lives.

 

[Cmendel]

It might be ready to molt, atleast my T was very slow prior to his last molt.

 

[Mushroom Spore]

It's normal that it hasn't grown--it hasn't been getting free regular meals like its siblings, remember. Their growing speed is highly reliant upon how much food they get.

I think someone here lost a L. parahybana sling for...like six months or a year, something crazy like that, and it hadn't grown at ALL. Which if you know anything about the species, that's completely insane. But with regular meals, it started growing again, and all was well.

 

[Rigelus]

Sorry to jump in on the side like this but iv'e just lost a P.regalis that bolted out of it's container during a routine clean up. It's only about 25 mm leg span at the moment.
I'm assuming it's still in my Arachnoroom allthough the room is not escape proof.
It's the warmest room in the house and since i started keeping various scorps/beetles/spiders it's become full of Pholcidae spp (don't know the specie).
The general humidity is quite low allthough there is a corner where i have water bowls and live plants standing. I'm hoping that if my baby P.regalis is still in the room then i'll eventually find it around this area.

The one thing i'm worried about though is the amount of natural spiders i allready have loose in the room (95% Pholcidae spp). These are quite aggressive spiders and i have many of them. They are allways hanging down in my cricket containers ( and any other open food source) snatching them up with their quick webbing technique.
Does anyone know if these Pholcidae spp could pose a threat to my escaped baby regalis..

 

[TimV]

He ate the meal worm and looks much better!