infinitebohr
Arachnosquire
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- Dec 13, 2011
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Hello all!
My N.Chromatus started to build a burrow yesterday under it's hide, it was pretty interesting watching it carry out mouthfuls of soil and deposit them. Then I noticed that he/she was rubbing it's abdomen with it's back legs while it was going back and forth into the burrow. It now has two little rows of bald down it's abdomen from where it has rubbed it's back legs. I know that hair kicking is a defensive stress reaction, but this spider wasn't being stressed. I was just watching it go back and forth into the burrow it was making and every now and then it would just rub itself. After reading some old threads I found some people saying that they will line their den with the hairs...I would assume this is what my T is doing?? Its over 2 inches and eats extremely well. It's set up is a 5 gal with 3-4 inches of Ecoearth. There is a Golden Pothos planted in the tank. The room is kept at a steady 80 degrees with a space heater, and I keep the humidity between 70-80%.
I have always held that bald patches meant a stressed T, and I am both curious (and relieved) to find that mine probably isn't stressed but doing something natural. I can't really find much info on why they line the burrow with hairs. It's exoskeleton is not black under the patches either, mine is what I've heard called a "light colorform" and the patch under the hairs is light as well so I don't think it's going to molt.
Anyhow, just wanted to see if there was any detailed info available about hair kicking for non-stress reasons, and to make sure that it's nothing to worry about. I just enjoy her beautiful red hairs so much!!
My N.Chromatus started to build a burrow yesterday under it's hide, it was pretty interesting watching it carry out mouthfuls of soil and deposit them. Then I noticed that he/she was rubbing it's abdomen with it's back legs while it was going back and forth into the burrow. It now has two little rows of bald down it's abdomen from where it has rubbed it's back legs. I know that hair kicking is a defensive stress reaction, but this spider wasn't being stressed. I was just watching it go back and forth into the burrow it was making and every now and then it would just rub itself. After reading some old threads I found some people saying that they will line their den with the hairs...I would assume this is what my T is doing?? Its over 2 inches and eats extremely well. It's set up is a 5 gal with 3-4 inches of Ecoearth. There is a Golden Pothos planted in the tank. The room is kept at a steady 80 degrees with a space heater, and I keep the humidity between 70-80%.
I have always held that bald patches meant a stressed T, and I am both curious (and relieved) to find that mine probably isn't stressed but doing something natural. I can't really find much info on why they line the burrow with hairs. It's exoskeleton is not black under the patches either, mine is what I've heard called a "light colorform" and the patch under the hairs is light as well so I don't think it's going to molt.
Anyhow, just wanted to see if there was any detailed info available about hair kicking for non-stress reasons, and to make sure that it's nothing to worry about. I just enjoy her beautiful red hairs so much!!
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