hello all, another newbie here. i got three tarantula spiderlings in the mail today. they are 2 g. roseas and one obt.
they actually almost got mailed back. i moved into a new trailer last week and i don't have a mail box yet. i was under the impression that usps wouldn't ship tarantulas and i couldn't find anywhere on the site that said what shipping service was used. i finally watched an unboxing video on youtube of a shipment from jamie's tarantulas and saw on the box that it had been shipped by the usps. this morning my package arrived at the post office at about 8:30 but by 3:00 it hadn't been delivered so i went to the post office which had already closed (what post office closes at 3:30) and had to knock on a door to the back. after a lecture on proper mailing procedures and profuse pleading for the lives of my animals i was allowed to leave with my package.
i have them all in their new homes and they are all eating dinner. the two g. rosea are smaller so i gave them each a slice of still twitching cricket and the obt which is larger got about a quarter of a cricket with the head still attatched. the obt was shy about eating at first but about 15-20 or so minutes later he had his cricket piece by the head (which is completely gone now). the two g. rosea took longer to get started eating. i would say over an hour but i didn't time it.
my question for now is: i've read that both species of tarantulas require a lower humidity. i have about 1" of substrate in a 2" wide container. will just a few drops of water on one side of the container work or do i need more?
they actually almost got mailed back. i moved into a new trailer last week and i don't have a mail box yet. i was under the impression that usps wouldn't ship tarantulas and i couldn't find anywhere on the site that said what shipping service was used. i finally watched an unboxing video on youtube of a shipment from jamie's tarantulas and saw on the box that it had been shipped by the usps. this morning my package arrived at the post office at about 8:30 but by 3:00 it hadn't been delivered so i went to the post office which had already closed (what post office closes at 3:30) and had to knock on a door to the back. after a lecture on proper mailing procedures and profuse pleading for the lives of my animals i was allowed to leave with my package.
i have them all in their new homes and they are all eating dinner. the two g. rosea are smaller so i gave them each a slice of still twitching cricket and the obt which is larger got about a quarter of a cricket with the head still attatched. the obt was shy about eating at first but about 15-20 or so minutes later he had his cricket piece by the head (which is completely gone now). the two g. rosea took longer to get started eating. i would say over an hour but i didn't time it.
my question for now is: i've read that both species of tarantulas require a lower humidity. i have about 1" of substrate in a 2" wide container. will just a few drops of water on one side of the container work or do i need more?
