alex346
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2017
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- 19
just wanted to give an update, since it's been almost 4 weeks since I got her...
- made some changes to the enclosure; replaced the hide shown in the picture with a piece of driftwood... seems like this provide a better place to hide
- removed some, but not all, of the bark... and placed a sponge in the water dish... helps retaining moisture, I'm misting pretty much every other day
- I was feeding medium sized dubias (1/2 to 3/4 inches) and she wasn't interested... I'm feeding at night and always found the dubia still around the next morning, then I would remove it after 24 hrs...
- last night I dropped a larger dubia (1 1/2") and she showed some interest... started walking sideways and raising the pincers as if trying to corner the roach, but wouldn't strike... after a few minutes I turned the light off and went to sleep. this morning I found her munching on the dubia... had about 1/4 done and 3/4 left... now she has less than 1/4 to go.
- she looks less fat than before, but still looks overweight/gravid... I went by the LPS the other day and her two other companions were still for sale... they look smaller and leaner.
other than the "not eating for 20+ days" she has been really easy to take care off... not sure if it was my fault by not feeding the right size of prey or if she wasn't hungry enough
- made some changes to the enclosure; replaced the hide shown in the picture with a piece of driftwood... seems like this provide a better place to hide
- removed some, but not all, of the bark... and placed a sponge in the water dish... helps retaining moisture, I'm misting pretty much every other day
- I was feeding medium sized dubias (1/2 to 3/4 inches) and she wasn't interested... I'm feeding at night and always found the dubia still around the next morning, then I would remove it after 24 hrs...
- last night I dropped a larger dubia (1 1/2") and she showed some interest... started walking sideways and raising the pincers as if trying to corner the roach, but wouldn't strike... after a few minutes I turned the light off and went to sleep. this morning I found her munching on the dubia... had about 1/4 done and 3/4 left... now she has less than 1/4 to go.
- she looks less fat than before, but still looks overweight/gravid... I went by the LPS the other day and her two other companions were still for sale... they look smaller and leaner.
other than the "not eating for 20+ days" she has been really easy to take care off... not sure if it was my fault by not feeding the right size of prey or if she wasn't hungry enough
