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i've heard various responses. let's get some tips on how to perhaps change it as least as possible.
4yrs?? I change mines out, maybe once or twice a year.
Ha you beat me to it.May i ask... WHY?!??!
the lady said it all and i do the same with no problems %%% philI dont ever change my T's subby unless they're being rehoused. There's no need for it. In the wild, a T will live in the same burrow all its life, unless disturbed.
Tank maintenance for me consists of removing bolus (balls of leftover food), bits of crickets and any moults etc and any mould that forms, in the more humid ones.
Changing the substrate will only stress the T. Coz it means getting them out, destroying homes (webs, burrows etc) then putting them bk in.. spider's aren't like mice, rabbits rats etc.. who need cleaning out once a week.. There's just no need..
The only time i've cleaned mine out is for rehousing or if a tank has got mites in off of a cricket (which drives me MAD!!!!!!)
ditto for methe lady said it all and i do the same with no problems %%% phil
I think this is the ideal way to give maintenance, you don't need to change the substrate unless u rehouse. My oldest T has 3 years in the same tank without changes.I dont ever change my T's subby unless they're being rehoused. There's no need for it. In the wild, a T will live in the same burrow all its life, unless disturbed.
Tank maintenance for me consists of removing bolus (balls of leftover food), bits of crickets and any moults etc and any mould that forms, in the more humid ones.
Changing the substrate will only stress the T. Coz it means getting them out, destroying homes (webs, burrows etc) then putting them bk in.. spider's aren't like mice, rabbits rats etc.. who need cleaning out once a week.. There's just no need..
The only time i've cleaned mine out is for rehousing or if a tank has got mites in off of a cricket (which drives me MAD!!!!!!)
Get yourself a P. murinus, and I bet you change this habit. lol4yrs?? I change mines out, maybe once or twice a year.
I like everything clean, no poo, no left overs. Sometimes, i just like to redecorate and that means cleanin out the substrate too.May i ask... WHY?!??!
I have six, three adults and three juvs. I've never had a problem cleanin their enclosures, except with my pokies, especially the little ones. I had one run up my arm and inside my shirt last night. ...Ottawaherp said:Get yourself a P. murinus, and I bet you change this habit.