Hide logs for G. rosea

[Hairyspider]

Mine never uses hers. Is this normal for this species? It seems she's comfortable just lounging out in the open of her enclosure. I was thinking that the substrate is not to her liking. It's a mixture of potting soil and orchid bark (Tan bark), is there another that might encourage her to burrow, or use her hid log?:?

Thanks,

William

 

[MrT]

Mine don't use their hides either.
Its just a place for crickets to hideout. LOL
She'll web up the substrate to her likeing.
If she's hanging out on the ground, I don't think it's having a problem with it anyway.
Sounds like a normal G. rosea to me.

Ernie

 

[LPacker79]

I've got one G. rosea that never uses her hide, and another one that never emerges from hers.
Yours is fine.

 

[vulpina]

My G. rosea just stands out in the open, never uses her hide.

Andy

 

[SpiderTwin]

Most of the time, both of my rosies just hang out in the open also. Yours is normal, nothing to worry about.

 

[invadermike]

I have 3 G. roseas and none of them use their, hides, the crickets use them more than the T does. I guess they just don't mind being out.
-Mike

 

[TheWidowsPeak]

i think that since they web up the ground in one big blanket that they think they are allready in a large burrow and think they are hiding

 

[vulpina]

Interesting theory John. Mine has the ground covered in silk.

Andy

 

[BigSam]

My G. Rosea is always in her hide and also has this big web on both ends of it so nothing can get through.


Sam,

 

[vulpina]

Sounds like a pre-molt to me.

Andy