thedragonslapper
Arachnosquire
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- Feb 1, 2018
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From what I’ve read there are two types of LPs. Ones that like damp substrate, and ones that like it mostly dry. I think mine big sub girl leans towards the former.
I think I went a bit overboard with dampening the topsoil she’s been living on for the past couple of years. It’s not muddy or swampy and there’s ample ventilation, but she’s been climbing up the walls, even trying to hang upside down on the lid (which is one of those metal grated ones with a piece of cut Sterilite plastic with holes drilled all over it; for safety). And spends most of her time sitting on the driest place for n the enclosure, on top of her hide. She even has a deep burrow but hasn’t used it months and lives in a 10 gallon tank.
As of the time of this authoring before I left for work a couple of hours ago she had strangely taken a seat in one of the more moist corners of the cage. I also offered her a large Dubia nymph this morning that she didn’t take. No premolt darkness as of yet.
I’ve been considering taking her out. Removing half the damp sub and putting dry on top of it since she doesn’t seem to like the moist sub rather than letting it dry out by time. I know this is kind of a noob question but I don’t like having to subject my Ts to stress like modifying their enclosures unless it’e absolutely needed. And I’m not sure whether to let the sub dry out on it’s own (which could be a while) or replace some of it with some new dry sub. Her behavior is kind of conflicting lol
I think I went a bit overboard with dampening the topsoil she’s been living on for the past couple of years. It’s not muddy or swampy and there’s ample ventilation, but she’s been climbing up the walls, even trying to hang upside down on the lid (which is one of those metal grated ones with a piece of cut Sterilite plastic with holes drilled all over it; for safety). And spends most of her time sitting on the driest place for n the enclosure, on top of her hide. She even has a deep burrow but hasn’t used it months and lives in a 10 gallon tank.
As of the time of this authoring before I left for work a couple of hours ago she had strangely taken a seat in one of the more moist corners of the cage. I also offered her a large Dubia nymph this morning that she didn’t take. No premolt darkness as of yet.
I’ve been considering taking her out. Removing half the damp sub and putting dry on top of it since she doesn’t seem to like the moist sub rather than letting it dry out by time. I know this is kind of a noob question but I don’t like having to subject my Ts to stress like modifying their enclosures unless it’e absolutely needed. And I’m not sure whether to let the sub dry out on it’s own (which could be a while) or replace some of it with some new dry sub. Her behavior is kind of conflicting lol