Cheo Samad
Arachnopeon
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- Jan 2, 2017
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Hey guys. I have some new spiders to show to you guys. Nothing super special.
I got some new slings, B albopilosum, L parahybana, and another g porteri. I didn't take any pictures of these guys as they're tiny, slow, and just kinda pink. I DID however get one juvi. A 2.5 inch a avicularia. (I'm assuming A avic as it was just labeled 'pink toe' and looks like your basic pet store avic)
Anyway, the avic 'escaped' tonight for about 2 minutes. I realized I didnt add any decoration to its tub for it to anchor webbing too, and rather than wait for it to web a corner, only to have it get messed up every time I open the lid, I figured I'd be better off attaching some cork bark to the sides of the enclosure.
I cupped it, and removed it from the tub while I wroked. This went fine. Getting it back in didn't go as well. For me an avic this big is my fastest moving spider, and also the only one I own that can jump. I understand that these guys are harmless, but my instincts tell me to keep my hand away from spiders so it made this a little more of a headache.
As I prodded it to get it back in the enclosure, it looped around the tube and came straight at my hand, and I will admit, I let go of the tube rather than have it run up onto me and potentially kill it with my knee jerk reaction. Now before anyone thinks I dropped a spider 40 feet, I'm not THAT stupid. I did all my work on the floor, and with the tube basically inside the enclosure meaning the spider and tube fell a whopping 1-2 inches. Still not my proudest moment. Then the spider in a calm manner walked off the tube and onto the wall of its enclosure and I figured all was done and I had a good scare.
No, all was NOT well. I used my tongs to remove the tube that I used to cup the spider and it spooked, and dove off the side of the enclosure and ran right under my TV stand. In retrospect, this could have been avoided if I had worked in a larger area, so rookie mistake. Lucky for me, I prodded it from under the tv stand and onto the side, and after it kept switching corners on me, and bolted several more times all over the tv stand, I got it recupped, calmed my anxiety, and got it back into its enclosure using its instinct against it. Since they love to go 'up' I made it so that when it got to the end of the tube 'up' was the side of the enclosure and NOT back 'up' the tube at my hand.
This was fun, and rather irresponsible on my part. I feel stupid for making such obvious mistakes, but I also feel like this tought me some valuable lessons that I will remember in the future when dealing with 'fast' aboreals. Yes, I know an avic isn't fast, but it is fast for ME.
I got some new slings, B albopilosum, L parahybana, and another g porteri. I didn't take any pictures of these guys as they're tiny, slow, and just kinda pink. I DID however get one juvi. A 2.5 inch a avicularia. (I'm assuming A avic as it was just labeled 'pink toe' and looks like your basic pet store avic)
Anyway, the avic 'escaped' tonight for about 2 minutes. I realized I didnt add any decoration to its tub for it to anchor webbing too, and rather than wait for it to web a corner, only to have it get messed up every time I open the lid, I figured I'd be better off attaching some cork bark to the sides of the enclosure.
I cupped it, and removed it from the tub while I wroked. This went fine. Getting it back in didn't go as well. For me an avic this big is my fastest moving spider, and also the only one I own that can jump. I understand that these guys are harmless, but my instincts tell me to keep my hand away from spiders so it made this a little more of a headache.
As I prodded it to get it back in the enclosure, it looped around the tube and came straight at my hand, and I will admit, I let go of the tube rather than have it run up onto me and potentially kill it with my knee jerk reaction. Now before anyone thinks I dropped a spider 40 feet, I'm not THAT stupid. I did all my work on the floor, and with the tube basically inside the enclosure meaning the spider and tube fell a whopping 1-2 inches. Still not my proudest moment. Then the spider in a calm manner walked off the tube and onto the wall of its enclosure and I figured all was done and I had a good scare.
No, all was NOT well. I used my tongs to remove the tube that I used to cup the spider and it spooked, and dove off the side of the enclosure and ran right under my TV stand. In retrospect, this could have been avoided if I had worked in a larger area, so rookie mistake. Lucky for me, I prodded it from under the tv stand and onto the side, and after it kept switching corners on me, and bolted several more times all over the tv stand, I got it recupped, calmed my anxiety, and got it back into its enclosure using its instinct against it. Since they love to go 'up' I made it so that when it got to the end of the tube 'up' was the side of the enclosure and NOT back 'up' the tube at my hand.
This was fun, and rather irresponsible on my part. I feel stupid for making such obvious mistakes, but I also feel like this tought me some valuable lessons that I will remember in the future when dealing with 'fast' aboreals. Yes, I know an avic isn't fast, but it is fast for ME.
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