Erica Danielle
Arachnosquire
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- Jan 28, 2020
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Good afternoon (in the States) everyone! So for the past few months I’ve been doing research on tarantulas (specifically Tliltocatl albopilosum). The more I learn the more confident I feel about getting my first T (all hail this forum and Tom’s Big Spiders).
There’s one topic I’ve seen come up off and on and I’m curious about it. (Don’t worry I don’t have my first T yet so no emergencies, no harm, just curiosity).
Tarantula ICU’s?
From my understanding owners will take their tarantula out of its enclosure if it’s severely dehydrated or in a death curl, and so on and place it in a smaller container with wet paper towels? (The feedback I’ve seen here {mostly} is that’s a NO NO). My question is why? I know with GBB they don’t like the stuffy stagnant air, so its doing them a lot more harm than good? (As for dehydration I’ve seen keepers tell OPs to not do the ICU but to instead assist their T in becoming more hydrated ~ assisting them to their water dish if they’re weak, using a dropper to drop water in, etc). But is there ever a situation where an ICU would be beneficial? Or is this a practice that should NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE be done?
Again, I don’t have one yet so no animal is in danger! I’m just curious about where this came from? Is it helpful to any species at all? Is it more helpful if an advanced keeper is doing it versus a beginner who’s more prone to mistakes? Or is this something that should be buried in the hobby and NEVER done?
Signed a beginner who might want to know WAY too much. Thanks for any and all feedback!
There’s one topic I’ve seen come up off and on and I’m curious about it. (Don’t worry I don’t have my first T yet so no emergencies, no harm, just curiosity).
Tarantula ICU’s?
From my understanding owners will take their tarantula out of its enclosure if it’s severely dehydrated or in a death curl, and so on and place it in a smaller container with wet paper towels? (The feedback I’ve seen here {mostly} is that’s a NO NO). My question is why? I know with GBB they don’t like the stuffy stagnant air, so its doing them a lot more harm than good? (As for dehydration I’ve seen keepers tell OPs to not do the ICU but to instead assist their T in becoming more hydrated ~ assisting them to their water dish if they’re weak, using a dropper to drop water in, etc). But is there ever a situation where an ICU would be beneficial? Or is this a practice that should NEVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE be done?
Again, I don’t have one yet so no animal is in danger! I’m just curious about where this came from? Is it helpful to any species at all? Is it more helpful if an advanced keeper is doing it versus a beginner who’s more prone to mistakes? Or is this something that should be buried in the hobby and NEVER done?
Signed a beginner who might want to know WAY too much. Thanks for any and all feedback!