Giant House Spider?
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Another option would be Free Range, Free Predator, Free Pest Control.
Whatever lies ahead ...
All the best to Gorgeous Giant,
Whatever lies ahead ...All the best to Gorgeous Giant,
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Yep, appears to be one
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I got one from the past.... To minutes ago.
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I got one from the past.... To minutes ago.
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Kept hundreds of these over the years, Give them an arboreal setup no need for substrate it's you're choice though put some branches in for anchor points. Stop the branches before the top if its top opening though they tend to just go to the top of the branches and not the top of the enclosure to web up.
Thanks for the advice
What about putting cork bark against 3 of the walls. Half the height of the enclosure? Might get a nice sheet web with all those anchor points and would keep her away from the top 
I already have an enclosure, I'm thinking top opening seems best for this spider?
I think maybe the ideal one is wider rather than tall but my false widow keeps webbing the top of this one so I'm going to get a front opening one to move her to. Then this will be unused and nearly perfect I think? (20x20x30cm)
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Yeah that will work.
Can do front opening, if you're going for top opening like this though just don't give it anchor points at the very top.
Cool I'll try with the cork going 15cm up 3 sides. Hopefully get a sheet web exactly half way up
thanks What about favorite food? And should I provide water or just mist the web? Or neither?
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Yeah just mist the web. I mainly use mealworms for them and tong feed until they have enough of a web going that you can drop things in, they will take any feeder you have though. Try keep them to around the same body size as the spider or less, they will easily take bigger but they end up ruining all there web in the battle.Cool I'll try with the cork going 15cm up 3 sides. Hopefully get a sheet web exactly half way up
What about favorite food? And should I provide water or just mist the web? Or neither?
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One of Eratigena atrica/duellica/saeva. They require basically no enclosure setup, even an empty container would work (though as mentioned, some more anchor points are nice to have).
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Love that setup looks so neat and tidy.View attachment 489976
Everything finally arrived today. Hopefully see some nice webs soon
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That is one beautiful enclosure
*cries in Dollar Tree Tupperware*
*cries in Dollar Tree Tupperware*
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How's it going so far then?View attachment 489976
Everything finally arrived today. Hopefully see some nice webs soon
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Mixed. I saw some web building but not very much and only along the top, she seemed to ignore the center piece (which she previously loved and stayed in all the time), maybe because she doesn't like the substrate, so I moved it to the side. She also seems to be struggling with webbing the front side. Probably due to no anchor points for web. So I added a bridge type thing to avoid blocking the view.
Yesterday she vanished and found her in a crack at the back which was not ideal. Once she came out I filled it with some coconut fibre.
Yesterday she vanished and found her in a crack at the back which was not ideal. Once she came out I filled it with some coconut fibre.
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Try putting a fake plant in the middle of the enclosure she's feeling exposed there isn't anywhere for her to hide and build her retreat from. Tetchy will web but need a crevice as a starting point or will take forever to settle. A well placed fake plant could give her that. Even a hole in a bit of bark will do.
My first girl Tetchy herself she built her full web castle from that hole in a bit of flat bark so even something as simple as that stood up in the corner will give her the starting point your girl needs
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My first girl Tetchy herself she built her full web castle from that hole in a bit of flat bark so even something as simple as that stood up in the corner will give her the starting point your girl needs
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the enclosure is looking nice so far, cant wait to see when its finished. more pics please, and good job.
hows she doing?
hows she doing?
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Try putting a fake plant in the middle of the enclosure she's feeling exposed there isn't anywhere for her to hide and build her retreat from. Tetchy will web but need a crevice as a starting point or will take forever to settle. A well placed fake plant could give her that. Even a hole in a bit of bark will do.
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My first girl Tetchy herself she built her full web castle from that hole in a bit of flat bark so even something as simple as that stood up in the corner will give her the starting point your girl needs
She seems to be settling now after I added the small bridge thing at the front, she seems to be happy hiding under there during the day.
She has webbed the sides of the bark more now too, starting to see a sheet web forming with a funnel towards her spot under the bridge
In retrospect I set the enclosure up wrong, I should have got something wide and not tall and given her somewhere better to hide. But don't want to disturb her now she seems to be settling.
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