Vanessa
Grammostola Groupie
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I have had my little T. ockerti for some time now. They were about 1" when I got them, they've moulted once, and they are now about 1.25".
Before they moulted, they were in a tall vial with more than half of the vial filled with substrate. They had made a deep burrow that they spent a lot of their time in. Then they moulted and their behaviour seemed to change. After their moult they were always found on the side, or even right up at the top of the vial and I didn't see them use their burrow anymore.
After a couple of weeks of watching them, I decided to rehouse them into a larger enclosure with more floor space, but didn't fill it with as much substrate as I would a terrestrial and gave them plastic plants. I thought they might becoming more of the arboreal that they will be as an adult. Since the rehouse, they spend their time on the side of the enclosure - the same as prior to the rehouse.
They are eating very well and have an extremely good feeding response. I was taken aback by how aggressive they are with their food. I am pleased that they seem to be happy.
When did people start observing the change in their behaviour from a burrower to a more arboreal type?
Here they are tonight after being fed - you can see the cricket milkshake going down into their little belly. They have made pretty quick work of that cricket, because it wasn't that tiny. They are taking fairly large prey for their size.
They are very lovely looking spiderlings and I have not seen any defensive type of behaviour from them... yet.
![_DSC7551-2-2.jpg _DSC7551-2-2.jpg](https://arachnoboards.com/data/attachments/155/155376-c8aede65183b0f99f411a9ffc3bf2a2b.jpg)
Before they moulted, they were in a tall vial with more than half of the vial filled with substrate. They had made a deep burrow that they spent a lot of their time in. Then they moulted and their behaviour seemed to change. After their moult they were always found on the side, or even right up at the top of the vial and I didn't see them use their burrow anymore.
After a couple of weeks of watching them, I decided to rehouse them into a larger enclosure with more floor space, but didn't fill it with as much substrate as I would a terrestrial and gave them plastic plants. I thought they might becoming more of the arboreal that they will be as an adult. Since the rehouse, they spend their time on the side of the enclosure - the same as prior to the rehouse.
They are eating very well and have an extremely good feeding response. I was taken aback by how aggressive they are with their food. I am pleased that they seem to be happy.
When did people start observing the change in their behaviour from a burrower to a more arboreal type?
Here they are tonight after being fed - you can see the cricket milkshake going down into their little belly. They have made pretty quick work of that cricket, because it wasn't that tiny. They are taking fairly large prey for their size.
They are very lovely looking spiderlings and I have not seen any defensive type of behaviour from them... yet.
![_DSC7558-2.jpg _DSC7558-2.jpg](https://arachnoboards.com/data/attachments/155/155377-68b3556905bee56ec83add6dc04599e3.jpg)
![_DSC7551-2-2.jpg _DSC7551-2-2.jpg](https://arachnoboards.com/data/attachments/155/155376-c8aede65183b0f99f411a9ffc3bf2a2b.jpg)