Ping pong balls?

[viper69]

Did ur tarantula like it?

I wouldn’t know

 

[TheInv4sion]

I wouldn’t know

I’ll take that as a definite yes and tell people viper said tarantulas like balls in their enclosure

 

[CommanderBacon]

I added a ping pong ball to one of my subadult T's enclosures once, because people were doing it and it seemed interesting. What I noticed was she moved it around a lot. I think it just happened to be in her way, and it rolled when she interacted with it instead of being flipped over, so she moved toward it, and that was just a cycle that went on and on.

I personally found it amusing at first, but I began to think about how much more active she was with the ball in her enclosure. I don't think tarantulas are usually that active - at least not her. I know her metabolism would need to increase to maintain that level of physical activity, and began to consider that increased metabolism might shorten her life span. I'm not sure if that conclusion is reasonable, but I took the ball out anyway.

 

[mcmitch92]

I added a ping pong ball to one of my subadult T's enclosures once, because people were doing it and it seemed interesting. What I noticed was she moved it around a lot. I think it just happened to be in her way, and it rolled when she interacted with it instead of being flipped over, so she moved toward it, and that was just a cycle that went on and on.

I personally found it amusing at first, but I began to think about how much more active she was with the ball in her enclosure. I don't think tarantulas are usually that active - at least not her. I know her metabolism would need to increase to maintain that level of physical activity, and began to consider that increased metabolism might shorten her life span. I'm not sure if that conclusion is reasonable, but I took the ball out anyway.

True it's like with ppl the more we exercise the more we eat but we can work ourselves to an early end if we push too much

 

[CommanderBacon]

True it's like with ppl the more we exercise the more we eat but we can work ourselves to an early end if we push too much

I don't think humans work the same as spiders, but I'd rather keep my spiders from expending their valuable energy on anything that isn't living, tbh. I don't think they get enrichment from ball time like dogs and cats do.

 

[mcmitch92]

I don't think humans work the same as spiders, but I'd rather keep my spiders from expending their valuable energy on anything that isn't living, tbh. I don't think they get enrichment from ball time like dogs and cats do.

Yea like there's no point causing the T unnecessary exhaustion

 

[BennyBTamachi]

I don't think humans work the same as spiders

Ah... Does it mean that I should stop trying to spin web out of my butt?

 

[CommanderBacon]

Ah... Does it mean that I should stop trying to spin web out of my butt?

I dunno, any luck yet?

 

[mcmitch92]

Ah... Does it mean that I should stop trying to spin web out of my butt?

Yea and leave those damn crickets alone