I recently got it, and I read that I shouldn't feed it that quickly after buying it, that I should wait a week or so. The abdomen I find to be a tad small so I want to feed it a bit more. Also, what do you suggest as a spider-friendly water source. I gave it a bottle cap.
Bottle cap should suffice. Plastic condiment cups work well, too, and are cheap enough to throw away and replace with a new one when they get soiled.
Ummm, don't prod it. They don't normally appreciate that.
Biting the brush may mean irritated, not hungry. Though it could be hungry, too.
Alright! I'll keep all of this in mind! Thank you so much for your help!!Ummm, don't prod it. They don't normally appreciate that.
Tarantulas lay webs. They have very poor eyesight and depend on other senses to guide them. Especially when on strange soil, they will lay 'tracking' webs to establish pathways around their new home territory. They'll also construct 'dining mats', 'basking mats', molting mats, mature males make sperm webs, etc. Some spiders will roll them up and push them to the side after awhile, others just keep laying more web over top of old.
Agreed. All a matter of preference. Many wait a week to let them settle in without disturbances. Nothing wrong with that. I, like Formerphobe, also feed right away and then give them some time undisturbed. IME, and in regards to their instincts, they seem to settle in much faster once they have a meal. I've noticed they sometimes roam for long periods of time until they happen upon food and determine it's readily available, particularly with Avicularia. I recently had a versicolor sling roam it's vial in circles for 2 days straight until I tossed in a cricket. It grabbed it immediately, and to my amazement, built an entire base tube hide while eating it. No visible webbing for two days, then a whole visible tube in less than an hour once it had food. Quite fascinating