FireKneeNewbie
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Mar 19, 2023
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So is been bumpy so far and my spider isn't exactly happy in fact, "aggressively attempting to escape"
I got it around Halloween and off the bat didn't eat for about two months. I understand that can be from stress rehousing and in all honesty i got it from Petco and nobody there was any help. i did a little research on keeping a tarantula, thought I knew enough, and... went to my closest bulk pet shop. Anyway, at the time it wasn't eating, dug a burrow, the abdomen got very dark in color and it molted. it started eating any time I offered food, about every six days after that for a while. I have two small and happy plants and a 4" hollow log going from corner to corner in his enclosure which is 9"x9"x10". with a substrate depth that is 5" on one side and three on the other where the log comes out. This is where the burrow entrance was. the substrate looks woody which I read on one website is a bad thing. At one point I did have some moss in there. another website said you shouldn't have moss in the enclosure, removing it resulted in its burrows ceiling collapsing. It continued to use the open burrow for another two weeks. His behavior, all tho stressed because of cats causing constant vibrations, (I no longer have cats due to life situations) and all of the above seemed what to expect from a tarantula. Life is always fun and full of surprises so I had to move the enclosure into my room on a shelf near my tv. my room is darker and doesn't have a window with as much natural light coming through it as its last location.
Short version its been pacing the walls and trying to squeeze through the cracks between its lid and the walls. seems very upset and is using its fangs around the lip of the lid. this is much different as it spent most of its time in its burrow. He won't stay off the walls now unless he falls, sits for a second then goes back on the wall. While I've been wrighting he's made 3/4 around the lid looking for a way out.
If you didn't pull out your hair reading this and still wanna tell me everything I'm doing wrong, please do.
I got it around Halloween and off the bat didn't eat for about two months. I understand that can be from stress rehousing and in all honesty i got it from Petco and nobody there was any help. i did a little research on keeping a tarantula, thought I knew enough, and... went to my closest bulk pet shop. Anyway, at the time it wasn't eating, dug a burrow, the abdomen got very dark in color and it molted. it started eating any time I offered food, about every six days after that for a while. I have two small and happy plants and a 4" hollow log going from corner to corner in his enclosure which is 9"x9"x10". with a substrate depth that is 5" on one side and three on the other where the log comes out. This is where the burrow entrance was. the substrate looks woody which I read on one website is a bad thing. At one point I did have some moss in there. another website said you shouldn't have moss in the enclosure, removing it resulted in its burrows ceiling collapsing. It continued to use the open burrow for another two weeks. His behavior, all tho stressed because of cats causing constant vibrations, (I no longer have cats due to life situations) and all of the above seemed what to expect from a tarantula. Life is always fun and full of surprises so I had to move the enclosure into my room on a shelf near my tv. my room is darker and doesn't have a window with as much natural light coming through it as its last location.
Short version its been pacing the walls and trying to squeeze through the cracks between its lid and the walls. seems very upset and is using its fangs around the lip of the lid. this is much different as it spent most of its time in its burrow. He won't stay off the walls now unless he falls, sits for a second then goes back on the wall. While I've been wrighting he's made 3/4 around the lid looking for a way out.
If you didn't pull out your hair reading this and still wanna tell me everything I'm doing wrong, please do.