Is it normal for my Tarantula to submerge itself in water?

[Ezekiel400lux]

I was trying to feed my C. Darlingi but it showed no interest so I figured that it is may be on pre-molt.

I noticed that the superworm that I've been keeping my eyes on under the substrate has turned into a beetle on its early stage as well. So, I decided to get it but it disturbed my Tarantula.

Then my C. Darlingi suddenly rushed into the water dish, which is semi-deep, and hid there. Is it normal? Should I be concerned about it drowning?

 

[Wolfram1]

their mouth inconviniently lies almost in the center of their Prosoma, so if the water level is too low/ the disch not wide enought they have to do this to reach a good position to drink.

however you don't need to worry, the booklungs are all located on the Opisthosoma/Abdomen so there is no danger of it drowning at all, they can even dive for short periods of time as the exosceleton is hydrophobic and helps them keep a bubble of air around to breath underwater for a while.
this also helps them in case the burrow gets flooded.


i'd give it a wider dish though and keep an eye on it just in case it has trouble getting back out, it shouldn't happen but better safe than sorry

 

[jbooth]

Yeah, just a place to hide. How long they can actually stay fully submerged is anyone's guess, I don't think anyone has done experiments, kinda hope not. With how low the metabolism is, it could be hours or days.

 

[Tentacle Toast]

Hahaha, nope. They love the soup...

 

[DonLouchese]

About the question of submergion.

We had awfull floads of water in our country at some regions. A friends house was fully submerged to about 1st floor. His tarantulas about 50 of them were in the bottom division where they have been under the water for 2 days. They couldnt have been saved because the water floaded the houses in about 5-10 minutes at 3am.

After getting to their terrariums. Only 2 of them died after the water was drained.

So yeah not an experiment but real life situation sadly.

Best regards,
Don

 

[Westicles]

My female P. cambridgei I swear is addicted to water. Despite how I often I fill her bowl up, she'll spend hours just relaxing/drinking, whatever. It is what it is

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

Side note: that T is seriously chonky and does not need to eat until after it’s molt.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I was trying to feed my C. Darlingi but it showed no interest so I figured that it is may be on pre-molt.

I noticed that the superworm that I've been keeping my eyes on under the substrate has turned into a beetle on its early stage as well. So, I decided to get it but it disturbed my Tarantula.

Then my C. Darlingi suddenly rushed into the water dish, which is semi-deep, and hid there. Is it normal? Should I be concerned about it drowning?

I’ve never had one drown, that spider is pretty fat and doesn’t need to eat until next molt.
I had one that would hide in the water dish once it dried up. It’s also fat I worried it would get stuck .

 

[viper69]

I was trying to feed my C. Darlingi but it showed no interest so I figured that it is may be on pre-molt.

I noticed that the superworm that I've been keeping my eyes on under the substrate has turned into a beetle on its early stage as well. So, I decided to get it but it disturbed my Tarantula.

Then my C. Darlingi suddenly rushed into the water dish, which is semi-deep, and hid there. Is it normal? Should I be concerned about it drowning?

nice pic

 

[viper69]

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