How often do t's drink water?

[quyen]

I am asking this question because I had never seen my t drink water before. It could be that she just drinks water when I'm not there or I don't know.. I'm just worried she could be dehydrated and still won't be drinking the water.

Also, should the water be a certain temp? I mean like, would it be ok if it was kinda of cold? Or should it be at room temp (warm)?

I have a chilean rose hair btw and the water i use is from bottled water, not tap.

 

[Lander9021]

If you t is dehydrated it will have a shriveled and blatently undersized abdomen and many people use bottled water I use tap for my g.rosea so water temp isn't a biggie ( as far as I know)

Hope this helps

 

[Pociemon]

You can just put cold water in, it will eventually be same temp as in the enclosure.

 

[mistertim]

Yeah the temp isn't a huge deal. As long as the T has access to water it will drink if it is thirsty...tarantulas don't commit suicide. It may have been drinking but you haven't seen it. They most often do it at night. As Lander said, you'll be able to tell if a T is dehydrated by its abdomen being tiny and shriveled.

 

[quyen]

Yeah the temp isn't a huge deal. As long as the T has access to water it will drink if it is thirsty...tarantulas don't commit suicide. It may have been drinking but you haven't seen it. They most often do it at night. As Lander said, you'll be able to tell if a T is dehydrated by its abdomen being tiny and shriveled.

Thank you!

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Keep always a full, clean, water dish inside. That's important. They know best when/how/if use that.

I always used/use tap, room temperature, water.

 

[Sana]

It's rare that I catch mine drinking but a really treat to watch them we I do.

 

[sdsnybny]

If your T doesn't fill its water dish with substrate or food remains. then its pretty easy to tell if they are drinking. If you clean or change out the water dish and see small bits of substrate in it soon after then these have been washed off of the underside of your T when it submerges its mouth to take a drink. If you just refill a dirty dish you will never see it

 

[Andy00]

Does anyone know how long a T can go without water?

 

[Poec54]

Unless you watch them often after dark, especially in the wee hours, you don't what your spiders are doing.

 

[Poec54]

Does anyone know how long a T can go without water?

There is no simple answer. It varies widely depending on the species and climate it's from. Tropicals from high rainfall areas have little need for drought resistance in the wild. Terrestrials from SW USA and east/southern Africa have learned how to make the best use of scarce water. Factors also include the spider's condition, age, temps, relative humidity in the cage/room/house, etc. A newly-molted spider of any species can die of dehydration in a couple weeks in a dry cage in a warm, dry room. Even starting in good condition, an adult rain forest species can die within a couple months (or less) in dry conditions. With a full abdomen, higher humidity, moist substrate & lower temps they can go longer, and desert/semi-arid species can go much longer.

 

[crlovel]

They like ice cubes, a bit of vodka, and a clean glass. It goes well after a nice dubai.

 

[mistertim]

* Disclaimer: do not actually feed your Ts vodka

 

[quyen]

Keep always a full, clean, water dish inside. That's important. They know best when/how/if use that.

I always used/use tap, room temperature, water.

I guess i'll start using tap water then. It would be much easier for me.

 

[quyen]

There is no simple answer. It varies widely depending on the species and climate it's from. Tropicals from high rainfall areas have little need for drought resistance in the wild. Terrestrials from SW USA and east/southern Africa have learned how to make the best use of scarce water. Factors also include the spider's condition, age, temps, relative humidity in the cage/room/house, etc. A newly-molted spider of any species can die of dehydration in a couple weeks in a dry cage in a warm, dry room. Even starting in good condition, an adult rain forest species can die within a couple months (or less) in dry conditions. With a full abdomen, higher humidity, moist substrate & lower temps they can go longer, and desert/semi-arid species can go much longer.

You make a good point.

 

[quyen]

If your T doesn't fill its water dish with substrate or food remains. then its pretty easy to tell if they are drinking. If you clean or change out the water dish and see small bits of substrate in it soon after then these have been washed off of the underside of your T when it submerges its mouth to take a drink. If you just refill a dirty dish you will never see it

i will keep that in mind

 

[Chris LXXIX]

I guess i'll start using tap water then. It would be much easier for me.

Theraphosidae, (we are talking about those here, btw) actually, doesn't need a water dish. They need water. Just that, it's too difficult to give those the source of life based only on our knowledge/experience/whatever.

I do that, with slings. Never offered those a water dish (there's not even the space for something like that, in the little enclosures i love to work with) i use my "eyes" for that, based on which one/needs, depending by their native habitat etc

With that said, there's no one, single, valid, reasonable fact for not have a water dish inside an enclosure. I'm mad when i see T's living without one, a dry one and so forth

Tap water IMO is fine, the only good thing remained here where i live, lol. Always used that in 25 years of buggers.

 

[quyen]

Theraphosidae, (we are talking about those here, btw) actually, doesn't need a water dish. They need water. Just that, it's too difficult to give those the source of life based only on our knowledge/experience/whatever.

I do that, with slings. Never offered those a water dish (there's not even the space for something like that, in the little enclosures i love to work with) i use my "eyes" for that, based on which one/needs, depending by their native habitat etc

With that said, there's no one, single, valid, reasonable fact for not have a water dish inside an enclosure. I'm mad when i see T's living without one, a dry one and so forth

Tap water IMO is fine, the only good thing remained here where i live, lol. Always used that in 25 years of buggers.

thank you!!

 

[TarantulasWorld]

Ts drink water all the time. probably daily. its very hard to catch Ts drinking. As long as you keep the water dish full at all times you should have no problem.

 

[louise f]

They like ice cubes, a bit of vodka, and a clean glass. It goes well after a nice dubai.