TeaandTs
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Dec 1, 2016
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I was really proud of my little Bea. Usually, she wastes no time depositing as much dirt as she can carry with her pedipalps into her water dish. I assumed maybe it was too humid in there, so I let the enclosure dry out, then put in a fresh water dish and dripped into it a few drops of water, rather than fill it. For two days, she left it. She even DRANK from it. I was proud of us both. I had solved one of the most puzzling of behaviours, and she had learned the proper use of a water dish.
But it turns out she was just saving her energy. For what? Only her biggest bulldozing project yet.
And now, there is no substrate in her burrow. But she seems proud of herself. She was happily grooming when I found her, and I swear I heard her laugh.
Point taken, little girl. Water bowls are for dirt, and only dirt. I apologise for my ignorance. I am but a lowly human, after all.
But it turns out she was just saving her energy. For what? Only her biggest bulldozing project yet.
And now, there is no substrate in her burrow. But she seems proud of herself. She was happily grooming when I found her, and I swear I heard her laugh.
Point taken, little girl. Water bowls are for dirt, and only dirt. I apologise for my ignorance. I am but a lowly human, after all.