greg larkins
Arachnopeon
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- Apr 26, 2007
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hi everyone, i'm somewhat experienced with spiders, but my other half is still learning. basically i need some pointers from you guys and girls on housing, feeding, and premolt behaviors so that i can assist her in raising a healthy Avic sp. peru purple.
since we got the spider, it has only eaten 3 times. i feel that this is a bit less than normal. we feed it small crickets and the sling is about 1" in length. we try to drop the crickets in her web close to her so she can get them. today, she ran away from it. does this scare the spider, or is this perhaps premolt behavior? imo the abdomen looks small, a pic of it is here: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/gallery/showimage.php?i=19904&catid=11
it is housed in a rather large kritter keeper and has made 2 funnel webs, but has not used the suctioned cup fake plant to web on, choosing instead to be right up on the sides of the house. sometimes it paces around at night, but usually ends up in one of the two webs. should we put it in a smaller enclosure? i was thinking a gatorade bottle with a pipe cleaner or two that it could climb on would be good, what do you all think?
temp is between 78-83 F
humidity 75%-85%
thanks in advance.
since we got the spider, it has only eaten 3 times. i feel that this is a bit less than normal. we feed it small crickets and the sling is about 1" in length. we try to drop the crickets in her web close to her so she can get them. today, she ran away from it. does this scare the spider, or is this perhaps premolt behavior? imo the abdomen looks small, a pic of it is here: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/gallery/showimage.php?i=19904&catid=11
it is housed in a rather large kritter keeper and has made 2 funnel webs, but has not used the suctioned cup fake plant to web on, choosing instead to be right up on the sides of the house. sometimes it paces around at night, but usually ends up in one of the two webs. should we put it in a smaller enclosure? i was thinking a gatorade bottle with a pipe cleaner or two that it could climb on would be good, what do you all think?
temp is between 78-83 F
humidity 75%-85%
thanks in advance.