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Hello
After years of waiting I finally got my first T. She's an adult g.rosea. Approx 5".
I've done research before and after I got her last Sunday(not the one that just passed). Upon receiving her after paying I was informed she had molted only 3 days beforehand. I bought her off a local buy and sell site.
So I brought her home,put her in her new enclosure and have kind of left her be. To ease the stress on her.
So now my questions.
I was thinking of offering food(crickets) this coming Friday(2 wks after her molt) would that be safe for her?(as I know their skin needs time to harden as well as her fangs).
I offered super worms on Saturday but she had no interest. I figured it was a safer option for her. But I'm not sure if she just didn't want it or doesn't know what they are. Last owner fed her crickets and roaches only I'm assuming(I'm going off the dead bugs I found in her previous enclosure). His ad also stated she ate 3 crickets a week.
Which leads into my next question.
Do I keep that feed schedule of 3 crickets a week or go by the more recommended feed every 2-4wks? I don't want to over feed her,nor starve her.
I know her fangs are black and seen to be back up to par(she blessed me with a view while climbing the glass lol)
Another question is it seems she only has one spinneret. Second is no where in site from what I can see. Does this effect anything Health wise for her? Anything I can do for her? Or is it just how it is and she'll be fine as is?
Also any tips to make her happy in her enclosure?
She tends to like to lay out in the open and hasn't gone near her hides at all.(even when I had the cork bark half round in her tank from her previous enclosure. Took it out as I noticed it's starting to rot.). So she lays wherever she is and pretty much never moves lol we've averaging an inch a day of moving to new spots lol
Just any tips in general would be appreciated.
I've done tons of research but so much is contradicted from one site to another it gets confusing.
So any tips would be great!
Thanks.
Pic one is of her habitat as I'm sure that'll be asked to see lol it's the equivalent close to a 10 gallon aquarium I'd say.(12 X 18 X 12 ish. I've never actually measured.)
It has 2 hides. One is where the leaves are on the "hill". It's submerged into the hill with the leaves covering it 75%. The other is under the rock. The big rock is propped on top of 2 smaller rocks and dug out for a hide. The bigger plant in the corner is plastic(Altho I hope to switch to live some day soon).
Yes I realize the substrate is possibly a little to moist to her liking,on the rock side. But I needed extra substrate after building up the left side(where plant is) and only had the brick substrate available that hadn't dried out yet(it was expanded 5 days prior). It was added on Saturday and seems to be drying up efficiently.(original substrate on the left side I cooked for like 3 or so hrs to dry out).
Pic 2 is if her on Saturday. Where you can kinda see her lonely spinneret. On the rock she likes to hang out on lol
Pic 3&4 is her today...the most I've seen her move all week.lol(she moved from the rock,up the glass,across the tank and then down to the ground.)
After years of waiting I finally got my first T. She's an adult g.rosea. Approx 5".
I've done research before and after I got her last Sunday(not the one that just passed). Upon receiving her after paying I was informed she had molted only 3 days beforehand. I bought her off a local buy and sell site.
So I brought her home,put her in her new enclosure and have kind of left her be. To ease the stress on her.
So now my questions.
I was thinking of offering food(crickets) this coming Friday(2 wks after her molt) would that be safe for her?(as I know their skin needs time to harden as well as her fangs).
I offered super worms on Saturday but she had no interest. I figured it was a safer option for her. But I'm not sure if she just didn't want it or doesn't know what they are. Last owner fed her crickets and roaches only I'm assuming(I'm going off the dead bugs I found in her previous enclosure). His ad also stated she ate 3 crickets a week.
Which leads into my next question.
Do I keep that feed schedule of 3 crickets a week or go by the more recommended feed every 2-4wks? I don't want to over feed her,nor starve her.
I know her fangs are black and seen to be back up to par(she blessed me with a view while climbing the glass lol)
Another question is it seems she only has one spinneret. Second is no where in site from what I can see. Does this effect anything Health wise for her? Anything I can do for her? Or is it just how it is and she'll be fine as is?
Also any tips to make her happy in her enclosure?
She tends to like to lay out in the open and hasn't gone near her hides at all.(even when I had the cork bark half round in her tank from her previous enclosure. Took it out as I noticed it's starting to rot.). So she lays wherever she is and pretty much never moves lol we've averaging an inch a day of moving to new spots lol
Just any tips in general would be appreciated.
I've done tons of research but so much is contradicted from one site to another it gets confusing.
So any tips would be great!
Thanks.
Pic one is of her habitat as I'm sure that'll be asked to see lol it's the equivalent close to a 10 gallon aquarium I'd say.(12 X 18 X 12 ish. I've never actually measured.)
It has 2 hides. One is where the leaves are on the "hill". It's submerged into the hill with the leaves covering it 75%. The other is under the rock. The big rock is propped on top of 2 smaller rocks and dug out for a hide. The bigger plant in the corner is plastic(Altho I hope to switch to live some day soon).
Yes I realize the substrate is possibly a little to moist to her liking,on the rock side. But I needed extra substrate after building up the left side(where plant is) and only had the brick substrate available that hadn't dried out yet(it was expanded 5 days prior). It was added on Saturday and seems to be drying up efficiently.(original substrate on the left side I cooked for like 3 or so hrs to dry out).
Pic 2 is if her on Saturday. Where you can kinda see her lonely spinneret. On the rock she likes to hang out on lol
Pic 3&4 is her today...the most I've seen her move all week.lol(she moved from the rock,up the glass,across the tank and then down to the ground.)
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