Jumping spider won't leave my house

[Amnesise]

I have caught a little jumping spider at my house with the through of releasing it, as i released it into wild and made sure it was far enough from my house so normally it wont come back to my house,however, the next day it came back so now I have a pet spider and from the look of the spider i think the specie is either Menelaus bitvittaus or Pseudonymous lanigera i might send picture later but spider moves a lot. Also I'm 16 and my mom is disgusted in spiders and landlord wont allow any pet do you think there is any possibility of convincing my mom to keep the jumping spider? For now I'm keeping the spider but m keeping it away from the eyesight of my mom, Also my younger sister hates spiders and its scared of them, however somehow the jumping spider is the only spider she likes. Please send me responses ASAP. Thank you for any responses stay safe! Also I'm not really locking him/her in the cage/box, I'm always leaving open window for it, somehow the spider seems to like the garden and my room. It goes to the garden and either at night or next day it comes back. Any idea why it likes my house so much and it won't leave it? (I have the spider third/forth day in my house already).

 

[mantiscatamp]

Well I'd get a container fill halfway with dirt make sure u got ventilation also your mother shouldn't mind as long as its in its enclosure and ur landlord probs dosent consider it a pet lol. As for food u can

Use random insects you find

Buy food at the petshop

Breed smin like fruit flies it's super easy I do it in a lil tub


Post pics of the spider and if u want it it needs a home I can suggest things u can use

My spider is pretty big and I keep her in here

GL!

 

[Amnesise]

Well I'd get a container fill halfway with dirt make sure u got ventilation also your mother shouldn't mind as long as its in its enclosure and ur landlord probs dosent consider it a pet lol. As for food u can

Use random insects you find

Buy food at the petshop

Breed smin like fruit flies it's super easy I do it in a lil tub


Post pics of the spider and if u want it it needs a home I can suggest things u can use

My spider is pretty big and I keep her in here

GL!

Thank you for your response, for now I'm feeding spider every two days and making sure that the moisture level isn't too low or too high, however I'm feeding it with flies (home flies) and some moths from time to time. I just found a moth so i decided to release it next day but i noticed that the moth was female and she laid few eggs so i kept both moth and eggs. I have a question would jumping spider prefer adult moths or it would rather prefer larvae/caterpillars? Also would a jumping spider eat
aphids or should i keep them away? we have a lot of plants at home so its pretty easy to collect average insects.Also i saw the container you used as it's enclosure the holes are looking a little too big and the enclosure is in my opinion a bit too small, also you should make sure to regularly clean spiders house/enclosure! I know I may not be an expert but I had some experience with these creepy craw-lings. Since i live in UK its pretty easy to meet wide range of safe spiders, however it was first time to catch/meet a jumping spider in my area. There might be a slight probability that the spider had house because it isn't either aggressive either running away.

 

[mantiscatamp]

They got slow metabolism so that's good. Aphids are fine and it rlly depends on the age

The caterpillars and larvea are easier to catch and less annoying to feed as they don't fly.

In terms of my enclosure. There's netting over the top of his enclosure so theres no way she can escape and I keep her in the enclosure so she's easy to feed as I just got her also large enclosures can stress them out

As well I got this girl like 2 days ago

 

[viper69]

Jumpers are awesome- but the one you see, how do you know it’s the same one?

Also, keeping a jumper without a closed lid means it may escape and never leave your room or flat, then it may never find food and die.

Either make escape proof container or let it go.

 

[Amnesise]

Jumpers are awesome- but the one you see, how do you know it’s the same one?

Also, keeping a jumper without a closed lid means it may escape and never leave your room or flat, then it may never find food and die.

Either make escape proof container or let it go.

Thank you for the response currently I'm going shopping and the spider is for now in a enclousure (for now its plastic container with a holes to provide ventilation. I have currently prepared some dirt (from the shop not wild to make sure its parasite-free) and there is a weird problem the spider is active and it runs and jumps a lot like always but rather than eating it runs away from food (I'm making sure the food I'm giving to him is smaller than him or is the same size as the spider, there might be an option that he's not hungry but still I'm concerned about his behavior. Any idea what's the problem? Also when the spider was outside it always came back to the same specific spot there were left some "safety lines"(?) however strangely the lines look more like a web or nest(?) I checked already and there is no sign of spider egg sack.

 

[viper69]

Thank you for the response currently I'm going shopping and the spider is for now in a enclousure (for now its plastic container with a holes to provide ventilation. I have currently prepared some dirt (from the shop not wild to make sure its parasite-free) and there is a weird problem the spider is active and it runs and jumps a lot like always but rather than eating it runs away from food (I'm making sure the food I'm giving to him is smaller than him or is the same size as the spider, there might be an option that he's not hungry but still I'm concerned about his behavior. Any idea what's the problem?

Yeah, what makes you think there's a problem? What data do you have that supports your notion there is a problem, what critical thinking did you perform which provided a conclusion that something is truly wrong?

 

[Amnesise]

Neve

Yeah, what makes you think there's a problem? What data do you have that supports your notion there is a problem, what critical thinking did you perform which provided a conclusion that something is truly wrong?

Never

Yeah, what makes you think there's a problem? What data do you have that supports your notion there is a problem, what critical thinking did you perform which provided a conclusion that something is truly wrong?

Nevermind the spider just ate something but it took some time. I just was surprised because before it was eating normally and than suddenly refused to eat and it avoided any living insects around.

 

[viper69]

Neve

Never

Nevermind the spider just ate something but it took some time. I just was surprised because before it was eating normally and than suddenly refused to eat and it avoided any living insects around.

Let me point out something to you--- when people are full, they don't keep eating generally. Why should it be different for other animals (it isn't). They aren't eating machines

 

[Jadestone]

You shouldn't need to feed it too often. A fair sized insect once or twice a week will due. As for behavior, it is likely a little stressed. The best you can do for it is let it get used to the container.

Also, could you post a picture of it, please?

 

[Amnesise]

Let me point out something to you--- when people are full, they don't keep eating generally. Why should it be different for other animals (it isn't). They aren't eating machines

Sorry I guess i was alarmed too quickly also i will try to make picture of it outside of it’s enclosure so you could get an idea of what specie I’m talking about, and im also wondering which one i have and a comparison of spiders size to a thumb.

 

[mantiscatamp]

BTW it appears to be a male. Very small spider. Larvea of things like flies will be great
And I'm sure u know this but spiders can go awhile without food so you don't need to worry if he dosent eat on the first day

 

[ColeopteraC]

Well I'd get a container fill halfway with dirt make sure u got ventilation also your mother shouldn't mind as long as its in its enclosure and ur landlord probs dosent consider it a pet lol. As for food u can

Use random insects you find

Buy food at the petshop

Breed smin like fruit flies it's super easy I do it in a lil tub


Post pics of the spider and if u want it it needs a home I can suggest things u can use

My spider is pretty big and I keep her in here

GL!

Why fill the container half up with sub? Jumpers are arboreal and don’t need any substrate in most cases.

 

[viper69]

Why fill the container half up with sub? Jumpers are arboreal and don’t need any substrate in most cases.

Yeah, I couldn't figure out the "logic" on that either. They live all over the place, bushes, trees, park benches, they crawl all over the place. Really strange suggestion from that person.

also large enclosures can stress them out

This isn't true at all. They live outside in larger environments than a container and do just fine. Their natural habitat life directly disproves your idea easily.

Enclosures that are not properly decorated with enough cage furniture can stress out Ts, but not due to size, due to the owner not nothing about keeping spiders or tarantulas as well as other animals too.

 

[mantiscatamp]

Why fill the container half up with sub? Jumpers are arboreal and don’t need any substrate in most cases.

Oh yeah I forgot lol I normally say half becu it's easiest

This isn't true at all. They live outside in larger environments than a container and do just fine. Their natural habitat life directly disproves your idea easily.

Enclosures that are not properly decorated with enough cage furniture can stress out Ts, but not due to size, due to the owner not nothing about keeping spiders or tarantulas as well as other animals too.

Eh fine lol.. She's in a new enclosure right now anyway PS can you try to spell words right. as Its hard to read with my dyslexia

 

[viper69]

Eh fine lol.. She's in a new enclosure right now anyway PS can you try to spell words right. as Its hard to read with my dyslexia

What word/s is spelled incorrectly?

 

[The Snark]

Why fill the container half up with sub?

To keep it from tipping over when you bump into it, of course. Use concrete if you are a serious klutz like me. You could fill up a whole mess of those cups to the top and leave them all over the house as conversation pieces. -> "Oh those? Well, we have jumping spiders, so I leave the cups out as promontories for them to sit on when out hunting."
I never have wrapped my head around zoo mentality: Catch a harmless but capable wild predator, imprison it and use it as a display piece. Then spend a part of your life trying to find suitable food for it when it is quite capable of finding food for itself.

 

[Cororon]

Show your mother videos with these cute Peacock Jumping Spiders, and explain that your spider is also a jumping spider, just not as colourful.

Peacockspiderman

In 2005 I stumbled across Maratus volans in Sydney and after learning that it was suspected to spread out a pair of colourful flaps I played around with it. ...

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[ColeopteraC]

To keep it from tipping over when you bump into it, of course. Use concrete if you are a serious klutz like me. You could fill up a whole mess of those cups to the top and leave them all over the house as conversation pieces. -> "Oh those? Well, we have jumping spiders, so I leave the cups out as promontories for them to sit on when out hunting."
I never have wrapped my head around zoo mentality: Catch a harmless but capable wild predator, imprison it and use it as a display piece. Then spend a part of your life trying to find suitable food for it when it is quite capable of finding food for itself.

I just stick a heavy stone at the bottom, gives the jumper more space to climb. There are other alternatives than sub.