Geniculata problem

cosminned

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Hi, just bought a geniculata 2-3 weeks ago, 5 cm female, and now i see this on her back, is it normal?

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Dorifto

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That's normal when they are close to a molt, they rub their abdomen, and sometimes some hairs get loose.
 

Chris LXXIX

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Your spider seems quite healthy, no problems at all :)

Out of curiousity, can you post a pic of the whole enclosure and the set up? For instance, that piece of... wood/decor, from those two pics, seems quite taller for a terrestrial species. Could be wrong due to the pics angle etc, anyway.
 

Dorifto

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Your spider seems quite healthy, no problems at all :)

Out of curiousity, can you post a pic of the whole enclosure and the set up? For instance, that piece of... wood/decor, from those two pics, seems quite taller for a terrestrial species. Could be wrong due to the pics angle etc, anyway.
+1

I'm intrigued by the ventilation system 😂
 

cosminned

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Yeah .. might be positioned wrong. I’m alao a beginner with this, and btw, she doesnt enter that cage at all.. i put it there likw 4 days ago A3F087C7-6290-4F07-BFE8-8054B85210BC.jpeg A3F087C7-6290-4F07-BFE8-8054B85210BC.jpeg FD0A0973-A06F-478B-B970-061FD4E3DD4F.jpeg A569D17F-C7EE-477C-B30E-7EE15AE1186A.jpeg 7F5F554C-E4C4-49F7-AB66-B0B24EAB4034.jpeg
 

Neonblizzard

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Needs more substrate asap to make up the fall height/ give her chance to burrow if she wants to. Can't make a burrow with 1/4" of substrate.

T looks fine other than being very, very fat. Could be ready to molt, either way don't feed them.
 

cosminned

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I just put more substrate, she’s not moving from there for hours, i guess she will molt, that will be the first time.
 

Matt Man

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take the substrate about halfway up. @ present if she climbs to the top and falls on the hide it could be bad.
 

cosminned

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Hello again, i added more substrate, she stays only on the top of the hide, not moving, very rare she goes down, and never went into the cage. Is something wrong i did in the terrarium?
 

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Baby T

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The sub doesn't look very packed down... if its loose they tend not to like walking on it.
They can also take a very long time to settle in... give it some more time. It looks healthy.
As long as there's no more than 1.5 DLS from the top of the enclosure to anything that could be a fall risk, that should be fine. They're very heavy bodied Ts so will fall harder than some.
 
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