G. Pulchra always on sides of enclosure

[Andrew Clayton]

It's not incorrect usage and it's also not that confusing, but I believe the usage may be more common in American English. Here's an example I just made up: "I couldn't find my friend at work today. I know they really like snacks, so I checked the break room first."
"They" has always been able to be used as a gender neutral singular word, it's just more commonly used that way in some versions of English than others. Conversely, you can get some pretty fun reactions out of parents when you refer to their child as "it".

I already gave an example of how it was misleading and I used Tarantulas not humans in my example this is a fourm to talk about animals not humans so why are people using terminology that used for humans with there animals. Yeah I'm not referring to my children as 'it' but I do refer to my inverts as 'it' if I'm talking about a singular spider/scorpion or whatever. Think you may be onto something with the American English though as it seems to be a straight divide in this whole conversation Europe saying it and America saying they.

 

[Spifdar]

I already gave an example of how it was misleading and I used Tarantulas not humans in my example this is a fourm to talk about animals not humans so why are people using terminology that used for humans with there animals. Yeah I'm not referring to my children as 'it' but I do refer to my inverts as 'it' if I'm talking about a singular spider/scorpion or whatever. Think you may be onto something with the American English though as it seems to be a straight divide in this whole conversation Europe saying it and America saying they.

Did you mean their animals? Sorry, English sure gets confusing.

Anyway, certainly sometimes there's a brief moment of confusion but you ask for clarifiication and move on. It's generally only an "issue" when people have been told to be angry about it by political leaders, when in reality the singular "they" has been in use for centuries. You don't see someone acting weird on a distant street corner and say "Do you see that person? What is it doing?"--and "what is he or she doing" is quite stilted. "What are they doing??" is very common. Applying it to pets isn't particularly strange either, and if you haven't seen it before... well, now you have.

 

[sparticus]

I already gave an example of how it was misleading and I used Tarantulas not humans in my example this is a fourm to talk about animals not humans so why are people using terminology that used for humans with there animals.

For the same reason that some people choose to call their pet "Stephen" or "Annabelle". It's a way to relate to the animal as another living organism.

 

[Andrew Clayton]

Did you mean their animals? Sorry, English sure gets confusing.

Anyway, certainly sometimes there's a brief moment of confusion but you ask for clarifiication and move on. It's generally only an "issue" when people have been told to be angry about it by political leaders, when in reality the singular "they" has been in use for centuries. You don't see someone acting weird on a distant street corner and say "Do you see that person? What is it doing?"--and "what is he or she doing" is quite stilted. "What are they doing??" is very common. Applying it to pets isn't particularly strange either, and if you haven't seen it before... well, now you have.

You just said English gets confusing and agreed there was a brief moment of confusion. I don't have a clue about politics so I don't know what that's got to do with anything. You're example too is around human beings not animals.
As you do yourself, if you have a look at all you're posts not once do you refer to a singular animal as they.
Can we stop all this now.
This started because I asked if I'm missing something and I got my answer on the very next post and I went ahead and agreed with that post, now days later it's still spiraling, call it/they/them/washing machine whatever you like I really DGAF

 

[Andrew Clayton]

For the same reason that some people choose to call their pet "Stephen" or "Annabelle". It's a way to relate to the animal as another living organism.

Yeah and look how that's turning out. It's rare now a day's for pets to get what they need as humans are constantly treating them the same, humanising animals is something humans do but at no point is anyone saying that's the correct thing to do, infact it's the opposite. I understand where yous are all coming from I have dogs and cats and I will refer to them as they but I don't refer to any my inverts as they, I think it's to do with the connection you feel towards them. As said previously by someone, if my house is burning down I'm getting my cats and dogs out 1st. I suppose you could have that connection with inverts but it's not something I myself have experienced.

 

[Spifdar]

You just said English gets confusing and agreed there was a brief moment of confusion. I don't have a clue about politics so I don't know what that's got to do with anything. You're example too is around human beings not animals.
As you do yourself, if you have a look at all you're posts not once do you refer to a singular animal as they.
Can we stop all this now.
This started because I asked if I'm missing something and I got my answer on the very next post and I went ahead and agreed with that post, now days later it's still spiraling, call it/they/them/washing machine whatever you like I really DGAF

Yup, I'm not trying to be an ass, I'm trying to point out that English has got a lot of points that can be confusing on the surface but in the end it's pretty easy to figure out meaning based on context. That's just one of the points, but it's a hot button because it's often "questioned" (seemingly innocently) to try and insult, for example, trans people and the like, so it usually blows up when addressed. Back on sort-of topic about humanizing: I have no idea what my sling's sex is so from one day to the next I will call Whisper he, she, it, they or just "spider" lol. (Sometimes "little dude.") I wouldn't necessarily call it humanizing, just treating our pets like... well, pets! But I call mine "it" often enough too so I don't see an issue one way or another, personally.

 

[Wompous]

Hello!

I’m very new to the hobby and I have had a G. Pulchra for about 2 weeks now. They are about an inch and a half in diameter. They always hang out on the sides of the enclosure, and sometimes on the ground but not as often. I’ve read that sometimes they do this if the substrate is too moist? I have a little water dish that I sometimes overflow in that one corner, but other than that, the substrate is dry. Is this normal? Am I missing something? They are eating great and are pretty active. They also haven’t burrowed or webbed at all. Just want to make sure I’m not doing something wrong!

Good for you! My 2nd species that followed my GBB was a .5inch braz black. My daughter named her Jafar from alladin. Very slow growers!!!! Started her on fruit flies and will always remember her taking her 1st tiny cricket. I was relieved! Stupid fruit flies and that container lol. Here is a pic from awhile ago. Their super easy and super hardy. Mine is out daily walking around. She's been known to go silent but overall I probably see her the most out of my collection