Taylorblab
Arachnopeon
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- Jan 14, 2021
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Hi all
I have recently joined the hobby, two weeks tomorrow and have an adult female b.smithi [imported from Mexico with CITES cert]. She is so pretty and seems so very calm but I have a few questions I was hoping someone could help me with.
I have her in an exo terra 45x30x30 enclousre with a hide, stone slab, wood, some flowers and a water dish [picture is deceptive, there is actually not as much space between the floor and ceiling plus I dried out the substarte and added more after this was taken]. The first few days she just clung to the back wall of the enclousre and didn't move - she gradually came around and started to explore.
She seems to have three favourite spots although she will wander the whole enclosure - she spends some of ther time sitting on the rock, some of ther time chilled in the bottom right of the enclosure and some time in the back right hand corner - but she does not use the hide at all - she had a little wander inside around day 4 or 5 and I heard her scratching but she came back out and hasn't used used it since, when resting, she seems to favour the top right hand corner of the encousure and just cwtches in, is there a problem with the hide?
She ate her first roach a week after i had her but her booty is a little plump so was not planning on another feed until 10 days after the first, is that ok?
She had 2 small bald spots when she arrived on her abdomin but the one is starting to get a little bigger - I haven't seen her kick hairs and she has never show a threat pose so I'm not sure why this patch is geetting bigger, any ideas?
Sorry for all the questions but I don't want to be doing anything that may cause her harm. thanks in advance for taking the time to help
I have recently joined the hobby, two weeks tomorrow and have an adult female b.smithi [imported from Mexico with CITES cert]. She is so pretty and seems so very calm but I have a few questions I was hoping someone could help me with.
I have her in an exo terra 45x30x30 enclousre with a hide, stone slab, wood, some flowers and a water dish [picture is deceptive, there is actually not as much space between the floor and ceiling plus I dried out the substarte and added more after this was taken]. The first few days she just clung to the back wall of the enclousre and didn't move - she gradually came around and started to explore.
She seems to have three favourite spots although she will wander the whole enclosure - she spends some of ther time sitting on the rock, some of ther time chilled in the bottom right of the enclosure and some time in the back right hand corner - but she does not use the hide at all - she had a little wander inside around day 4 or 5 and I heard her scratching but she came back out and hasn't used used it since, when resting, she seems to favour the top right hand corner of the encousure and just cwtches in, is there a problem with the hide?
She ate her first roach a week after i had her but her booty is a little plump so was not planning on another feed until 10 days after the first, is that ok?
She had 2 small bald spots when she arrived on her abdomin but the one is starting to get a little bigger - I haven't seen her kick hairs and she has never show a threat pose so I'm not sure why this patch is geetting bigger, any ideas?
Sorry for all the questions but I don't want to be doing anything that may cause her harm. thanks in advance for taking the time to help
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