Andre Pereira Constancio
Arachnopeon
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- Dec 8, 2016
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Hi
A few weeks ago, just after my father got rid of the tall grass here in my backyard, 2 spiders came to visit my house.
The first one was a Brazilian wandering (I've checked all its behavior, and body pattern... very sure on this one) that survived for a month, but died after a molt (i went to visit my relatives for a few weeks, and my mother was too afraid to throw any cockroaches to the spider --with all the reasons since this spider is one of the deadliest-- so I'm confident that it may had run out of energy... shame on me.
The other one is a Brazilian Salmon Pink Birdeater Tarantula (not sure due to its size, right now he/she is as large as a common PC mouse...), that showed up like 2 days after the other one and still alive... so i'm on a "so far, so good" situation
My main concern is that right now (and i'm on day #3) he/she's inside its little house that, he/she 3 days ago, blocked with dirt and web. This is when i should think that he/she is preparing to molt, and instead of digging a hole, the spider just blocked everything to chill and lay back... But due to its size, i dont think that the molting process should take that long, that's when you guys step in and tell me that this is normal or when i should start to get worried.
I'll be updating this post with photos so i can get some help identifying the tarantula.
Thanks
EDIT#1
As requested, pics of the cage.
It is actually a aquarium with a cardboard "roof". See photos for further info...
x=30cm, y=26cm, z=17cm
x - y | z /
A few weeks ago, just after my father got rid of the tall grass here in my backyard, 2 spiders came to visit my house.
The first one was a Brazilian wandering (I've checked all its behavior, and body pattern... very sure on this one) that survived for a month, but died after a molt (i went to visit my relatives for a few weeks, and my mother was too afraid to throw any cockroaches to the spider --with all the reasons since this spider is one of the deadliest-- so I'm confident that it may had run out of energy... shame on me.
The other one is a Brazilian Salmon Pink Birdeater Tarantula (not sure due to its size, right now he/she is as large as a common PC mouse...), that showed up like 2 days after the other one and still alive... so i'm on a "so far, so good" situation
My main concern is that right now (and i'm on day #3) he/she's inside its little house that, he/she 3 days ago, blocked with dirt and web. This is when i should think that he/she is preparing to molt, and instead of digging a hole, the spider just blocked everything to chill and lay back... But due to its size, i dont think that the molting process should take that long, that's when you guys step in and tell me that this is normal or when i should start to get worried.
I'll be updating this post with photos so i can get some help identifying the tarantula.
Thanks
EDIT#1
As requested, pics of the cage.
It is actually a aquarium with a cardboard "roof". See photos for further info...
x=30cm, y=26cm, z=17cm
x - y | z /
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