Phiddipus Regius: Compaction Paranoia.

[JonoPulchra]

Hey everyone,

In the past few weeks, my little dude's kiwi butt has inflated. I am paranoid that his could be due to compaction, but this is the first female regius phiddipus I have owned, so I am unsure if this would be her natural size? I received her back in April so she is around 6 months old. I have pictures of her here as well as a picture of some poop in her feeding tray. I know that tarantula poop is white, but my little dude's poop has freckles. Is this also normal?

If this helps as well, she is fed wax worms/wax moths, meal worms and small, juvenile black crickets. She only eats every 6-8 days too.

Thanks for any advice given

 

[Nicole C G]

Hey everyone,

In the past few weeks, my little dude's kiwi butt has inflated. I am paranoid that his could be due to compaction, but this is the first female regius phiddipus I have owned, so I am unsure if this would be her natural size? I received her back in April so she is around 6 months old. I have pictures of her here as well as a picture of some poop in her feeding tray. I know that tarantula poop is white, but my little dude's poop has freckles. Is this also normal?

If this helps as well, she is fed wax worms/wax moths, meal worms and small, juvenile black crickets. She only eats every 6-8 days too.

Thanks for any advice given

If she’s an adult, she likely has eggs. And that is why her abdomen is large. Jumping spider poop is like bird poop, where it is a white liquid with solid dark colored stuff too.

 

[JonoPulchra]

If she’s an adult, she likely has eggs. And that is why her abdomen is large. Jumping spider poop is like bird poop, where it is a white liquid with solid dark colored stuff too.

Thank you! this makes a lot of sense.