After over a month of research and waiting, I finally have my B. Smithi 2" female 
! No pictures yet I'm afraid, I'll get some tomorrow, she had a lot of traveling yesterday so I want to give her a break. She's so adorable <3 I could waffle on about her cuteness for hours. I picked her up twice the day I got her, she's very friendly, I didn't see her flicking any hairs at me, she just looked a bit uncertain about the idea of being picked up at first. I named her Itsy Bitsy by the way, for multiple reasons: it'll be hilarious when she's an adult, It and Itsy are cute nicknames, and it comes from a nursery rhyme about a spider.
Being a first time owner though, I stupidly bare handedly picked up a leg that must've dropped off her shed exoskeleton when they cleaned it out...so I managed to get a U-hair stuck somewhere in my middle finger which I can't get out, oh well, you live and learn. The people at the KSU insect zoo recommended washing your hands or using tape to remove U-hairs, no idea if anybody has heard of those methods before, but wanted to throw that out there in case it ends up being useful. I'm going to feed her the annoying chirping cricket tonight, it's been a while since she molted so she should be good.
I was wondering though, the substrate I have in with her is very dry as it's been sitting out for ages (coconut fiber). I have a water dish in there for her (reasonably big, with pebbles in it to prevent drowning), does she need anything other than that to survive/ be comfortable?
Itsy made a little burrow already, she has a fish tank accessory as a hide (doesn't mold, costs about 10$ so is cheap, extremely lightweight so it won't crush her, almost no sharp edges and the remaining ones could be filed off). Plus it looks cool (it's a rusted over tank type thing). She's hiding by one of the holes in it and dug the substrate out of the way so she has a teeny tunnel, I can see her legs poking out, awwww.
Okay, enough of my rambling now. Going to the insect zoo also gave me all sorts of ideas for new potential creepy crawlies for pets, uh oh! I'm officially addicted.
Sora
! No pictures yet I'm afraid, I'll get some tomorrow, she had a lot of traveling yesterday so I want to give her a break. She's so adorable <3 I could waffle on about her cuteness for hours. I picked her up twice the day I got her, she's very friendly, I didn't see her flicking any hairs at me, she just looked a bit uncertain about the idea of being picked up at first. I named her Itsy Bitsy by the way, for multiple reasons: it'll be hilarious when she's an adult, It and Itsy are cute nicknames, and it comes from a nursery rhyme about a spider.Being a first time owner though, I stupidly bare handedly picked up a leg that must've dropped off her shed exoskeleton when they cleaned it out...so I managed to get a U-hair stuck somewhere in my middle finger which I can't get out, oh well, you live and learn. The people at the KSU insect zoo recommended washing your hands or using tape to remove U-hairs, no idea if anybody has heard of those methods before, but wanted to throw that out there in case it ends up being useful. I'm going to feed her the annoying chirping cricket tonight, it's been a while since she molted so she should be good.
I was wondering though, the substrate I have in with her is very dry as it's been sitting out for ages (coconut fiber). I have a water dish in there for her (reasonably big, with pebbles in it to prevent drowning), does she need anything other than that to survive/ be comfortable?
Itsy made a little burrow already, she has a fish tank accessory as a hide (doesn't mold, costs about 10$ so is cheap, extremely lightweight so it won't crush her, almost no sharp edges and the remaining ones could be filed off). Plus it looks cool (it's a rusted over tank type thing). She's hiding by one of the holes in it and dug the substrate out of the way so she has a teeny tunnel, I can see her legs poking out, awwww.
Okay, enough of my rambling now
. Going to the insect zoo also gave me all sorts of ideas for new potential creepy crawlies for pets, uh oh! I'm officially addicted.Sora
