lalberts9310
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Sorry, maybe I should've clarified a bit. What I meant by "calmer" is that P. cambridgei are less skittish and less inclined to bolt. I agree with you completely when it comes to defensiveness, they are quite defensive and would rather confront than bolt and hide (both my specimens are quite defensive), but I deal with them easier during maintenance than I do with my P. Irminias.. I had both my male P. Irminias bolt around like mad things during maintenance until they eventually find their way back to their webs, but sometimes they even bolted out of the enclosures, and I had one of them bolt onto my arm as well - this can be very nerve wrecking to a newcomer. In that sense P. cambridgei is waaaay calmer than P. irminia IMHO.I don't know about the claim that P. cambridgei is way calmer than P. irminia. When I see my P. irminia, if I try to do anything in her cage, she doesn't hang around. She heads directly back to her hole. My P. cambridgei, who is much larger (both adult females), lies in wait for me to open the door to her enclosure. I don't do anything in her home without my 10" tongs. We often fight over her water dish and she shows little if any fear of me. She has wrestled my tongs away from me on numerous occasions.
I have a mature female P. cambridgei/irminia hybrid, she acts like a P. cambridgei, I've had her for more than a year now and have never seen her bolt.. I like it when a T fights over a waterdish, this female of mine would grab and slap the waterdish and the water.. I think it's quite cute
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