Ondottr
Arachnopeon
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He hates it haha.
When he was buying me my G. rosea, he saw it in the shop. Then he got caught up in my spidermania, got nostalgic for the time he kept Ts years ago, and went back for it a week later.
Now it's like, "how's your spider?"
"It's the laziest thing ever. It won't even dig a hole. Just sits there all day in the same corner. It hasn't eaten anything. Next time I'm just gonna buy a rock and paint it blue. You know what, you can have it. Feed it to your Grammostola, I don't care."
Not sure what he expected but... it should at least burrow, no? Apparently his last one quickly made itself a hole, stayed in there, and came out sometimes to eat. But this one does literally nothing.
It's mean and quick and I don't want it, but maybe I can help him fix its enclosure so it at least wants to do normal H. lividum things like "dig a hole". I told him I'd ask around.
So I can pass it on:
How deep exactly should the substrate be?
What kind of moisture? I've read "damp" is ideal but that's a big category. I'm imagining the same level of dampness you'd want sand to be in order to build a sandcastle.
Does it help to get a burrow started or will it do all the work on its own?
Does it like to web? Does it want anchors for that?
Is it normal for these to fast after being rehoused?
Any advice would be lovely! I want to help him enjoy his spider at least a little bit.
Bonus photo of the only thing it apparently ever does. At least it's pretty...
When he was buying me my G. rosea, he saw it in the shop. Then he got caught up in my spidermania, got nostalgic for the time he kept Ts years ago, and went back for it a week later.
Now it's like, "how's your spider?"
"It's the laziest thing ever. It won't even dig a hole. Just sits there all day in the same corner. It hasn't eaten anything. Next time I'm just gonna buy a rock and paint it blue. You know what, you can have it. Feed it to your Grammostola, I don't care."
Not sure what he expected but... it should at least burrow, no? Apparently his last one quickly made itself a hole, stayed in there, and came out sometimes to eat. But this one does literally nothing.
It's mean and quick and I don't want it, but maybe I can help him fix its enclosure so it at least wants to do normal H. lividum things like "dig a hole". I told him I'd ask around.
So I can pass it on:
How deep exactly should the substrate be?
What kind of moisture? I've read "damp" is ideal but that's a big category. I'm imagining the same level of dampness you'd want sand to be in order to build a sandcastle.
Does it help to get a burrow started or will it do all the work on its own?
Does it like to web? Does it want anchors for that?
Is it normal for these to fast after being rehoused?
Any advice would be lovely! I want to help him enjoy his spider at least a little bit.
Bonus photo of the only thing it apparently ever does. At least it's pretty...
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