My Trapdoor

[Vietnamese510]

the reason why i made3 a new thread is beacuse no one replys in the old one so i decided to make a new thread beacuse i have questions

well it would be nice if you guys would help me out here

mY red Trapdoor hasnt been eating for a week so far is there something going on?

i can tell that she still alive beaucse when i check the door like open it she comes to hold it down with all her power
and before i opened it, it was shut down pretty tight like pulled all the way in

is there any signs to tell if shes hungry?

 

[Pulk]

mY red Trapdoor hasnt been eating for a week so far is there something going on?

mygalomorphs (tarantulas, trapdoors, etc.) can/do often go for -very- long periods of feeding... a lot of people normally feed some spiders less than once per week. you're far from having to worry.

i can tell that she still alive beaucse when i check the door like open it she comes to hold it down with all her power
and before i opened it, it was shut down pretty tight like pulled all the way in

sounds good...

is there any signs to tell if shes hungry?

having an unusually small abdomen.

just leave a cricket running around in her container. she'll get it if she feels like it.

 

[Vietnamese510]

okay thanks!

 

[Moltar]

Yep, i tried feeding my red gorgyrella sp. trapdoor every other week and found that it was apparently too often. She's taken 3 crickets in the two months i've had her.

 

[Vietnamese510]

dannng 3 crickets in one month?
holy crap

iis there a rason for that?


well heeres a picture of my red trapdoor

shes a Stasismopis robertsi

well here is the link to my girl

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/Vietnamese510/myredtrapdoor.jpg

 

[8+)]

Basically it's their lifestyle. In the wild they have to wait until something small passes within an inch or two of their burrow. This can mean weeks or maybe even months between meals. To offset this they have a very low metabolism and a sedentary nature.

Also, keep in mind many (most?, all?) inverts refuse food for a period of time before and after a molt, this period tends to get longer as they get older. This becomes most evident in long lived inverts like these, so don't be surprised if she has a periodic long stretch of not eating.

 

[Vietnamese510]

hahah thanks for the info!

well this is off topic but
my Curly hair T i think is about to molt soon!
she/he hasnt been eatingfor almsot a week already

 

[Moltar]

dannng 3 crickets in one month?
holy crap

iis there a rason for that?


well heeres a picture of my red trapdoor

shes a Stasismopis robertsi

well here is the link to my girl

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/Vietnamese510/myredtrapdoor.jpg

Two months, actually. I'd be pretty satisfied with 3 in a month. I bought my trapper as a S robertsi but was told by someone on here (can"t remember who) that it was in fact NOT a stasimopus but most likely a gorgyrella. Something to do with the arrangement of the eye cluster.

Here's mine looking pretty ticked right after the transfer to new digs:

 

[Vietnamese510]

haha

haha yeah mine was pretty when i changed the her cage but you know what was pretty cool

she was at the bottom of her burrow i pulled the trapdoor and her whole burrow came out with here
like the whole webbing came out with her in it its so much easier than digging her out haha

 

[8+)]

I bought my trapper as a S robertsi but was told by someone on here (can"t remember who) that it was in fact NOT a stasimopus but most likely a gorgyrella. Something to do with the arrangement of the eye cluster.

I think that was me, and IIRC "Improver" educated me.

 

[Arachnoporium]

 

[froggyman]

holy crap thats a nice spider and you must seriously have some balls

 

[P. Novak]

Jason you're crazy. How did you manage to get that thing on your hand?

 

[Arachnoporium]

I found they they won't bite the palm ;P I'll put nearly anything on the palm of my hand. Although I don't advocate it - never been bitten, but always expecting it so I'm not surprised when it happens. I did almost have my fingertip nailed by a Galeodes granti last night. :?

 

[Vietnamese510]

i have

some more questions if you guys can answer
i just rehoused my red trapdoor and its been out for at least 2 days and i made alot of starter holes so it can start a hole but it doesnt do that i just walks around the whole thing back and forth what should i do?

-Derek

 

[Moltar]

It took mine a couple of weeks to adopt the starter hole i made. Even now after 2 mo. the burrow is only about 4" deep. Sooner or later i'm sure she'll dig deep though.

 

[Vietnamese510]

haha

well this morning i tried to coax her into a hole thats almost and when i was playing a game she started makin webs!

haha i was hella happy cuz i thot she was stressed out for being out in the open to much

you know i got worried

 

[Arachnoporium]

It is true that it will sometimes take them a while to make a burrow - no need to worry, just keep temps/humidity right and be sure there is an open water source (I always put a piece of artificial foliage to cricket don't drown) - also if it is a mature male it will be out wandering about, whereas the female will usually not leave her burrow - just my subjective opinion/experience.

well this morning i tried to coax her into a hole thats almost and when i was playing a game she started makin webs!

haha i was hella happy cuz i thot she was stressed out for being out in the open to much

you know i got worried

 

[Vietnamese510]

do

the trapdoors need water?
and when i came back after it one time it came out of the burrow and dropped the old cricket stuff that it ate

 

[Arachnoporium]

Yes, they most definatley need water. They don't crap where they eat They will drop prey remains outside of their burrow and also stick the abdomen out and defecate on the sides of the enclosure (depending on how close the burrow is to the side).

the trapdoors need water?
and when i came back after it one time it came out of the burrow and dropped the old cricket stuff that it ate