waynerowley
Arachnosquire
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- Apr 5, 2021
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Hi there,
I am a newbie having bought my first T earlier this week. I have some questions on feeding which I hope don't sound stupid! I have read Tom's guide on feeding but would like to clarify:
- Is there a good time of day for feeding or doesn't it matter? Given that feeding is opening the container, dropping in the food item, closing the container and leaving it 24 hours, I would guess not, but wanted to check.
- In respect of the remove after 24 hours if not eaten - I wonder about the practicalities of this. I have dropped a small cricket into my juvenile c. versicolor's enclosure this morning and I very quickly 'lost' it. How do I know if it has been eaten if I don't see it? If I do see it moving about, to what extent do I try to get at it to remove it? I take it that we don't remove cork bark and everything it could hide behind/under to get it out, so what happens if I can't re-catch it (also see below)? Does this make sense to others?
- Now a question on 'cricketing'. I bought a tub of small silent crickets with the T which I then moved to another Tupperware container. I'm crap at catching the wotsnames! For the 1 that made it into the Ts enclosure this morning, there are 3 others roaming around the bedroom. Is there a knack of keeping and catching these, or is it just down to practice?
Many thanks,
Wayne
I am a newbie having bought my first T earlier this week. I have some questions on feeding which I hope don't sound stupid! I have read Tom's guide on feeding but would like to clarify:
- Is there a good time of day for feeding or doesn't it matter? Given that feeding is opening the container, dropping in the food item, closing the container and leaving it 24 hours, I would guess not, but wanted to check.
- In respect of the remove after 24 hours if not eaten - I wonder about the practicalities of this. I have dropped a small cricket into my juvenile c. versicolor's enclosure this morning and I very quickly 'lost' it. How do I know if it has been eaten if I don't see it? If I do see it moving about, to what extent do I try to get at it to remove it? I take it that we don't remove cork bark and everything it could hide behind/under to get it out, so what happens if I can't re-catch it (also see below)? Does this make sense to others?
- Now a question on 'cricketing'. I bought a tub of small silent crickets with the T which I then moved to another Tupperware container. I'm crap at catching the wotsnames! For the 1 that made it into the Ts enclosure this morning, there are 3 others roaming around the bedroom. Is there a knack of keeping and catching these, or is it just down to practice?
Many thanks,
Wayne