G. Pulchra hugging dirt ball?

[LirioCaranguejeiras]

Just fed my beloved G. Pulchra today. He had not eaten in a few months. I came home to check on him and I found him holding a large ball of dirt in his mouth and pedipalps? I’ve never heard of any sort of behavior like this so I just wanted to see what other people thought. Is this a documented phenomena or is he just a bit silly?

 

[Brewser]

Rearranging the Digs.
Normal,

 

[LirioCaranguejeiras]

Rearranging the Digs.
Normal,

Cool! I had no idea they did that,

 

[Ratmosphere]

Normal bulldozer behavior.

 

[Mustafa67]

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Just fed my beloved G. Pulchra today. He had not eaten in a few months. I came home to check on him and I found him holding a large ball of dirt in his mouth and pedipalps? I’ve never heard of any sort of behavior like this so I just wanted to see what other people thought. Is this a documented phenomena or is he just a bit silly?

Just a T doing T things

 

[Gevo]

Totally normal! Mine does this too. They like to move their dirt around--often right into the water dish!

 

[A guy]

Digging

 

[ladyratri]

Is this a documented phenomena or is he just a bit silly?

These two things are not mutually exclusive.....

 

[viper69]

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Just fed my beloved G. Pulchra today. He had not eaten in a few months. I came home to check on him and I found him holding a large ball of dirt in his mouth and pedipalps? I’ve never heard of any sort of behavior like this so I just wanted to see what other people thought. Is this a documented phenomena or is he just a bit silly?

This has been going on since before you were born, and anyone else here too.

It’s not silly, Ts have no humor, nor is it a phenomenon. This is normal. I suggest you read here at AB, as this is basic behavior that you clearly don’t know, and makes me wonder what else you don’t know- enjoy

 

[Gevo]

I knew from my research as a beginner that they dig and move dirt around, but the first time I saw one with a chelicerae-full of dirt, I thought it was funny. I don’t know what I thought they did—maybe just push it around, or toss it behind them like a dog digging a hole—but that part caught me by surprise the first time I saw it too. Not enough to worry, but still.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Normal but I don’t see this often only one of my Ts burrows.

 

[Andrew Clayton]

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Just fed my beloved G. Pulchra today. He had not eaten in a few months. I came home to check on him and I found him holding a large ball of dirt in his mouth and pedipalps? I’ve never heard of any sort of behavior like this so I just wanted to see what other people thought. Is this a documented phenomena or is he just a bit silly?

T doing T things lol