Ok, so I've been wanting a Tarantula for a while now, and as a practice pet I had a black widow. Weird I know, it died after nine months. So my brother got me a tarantula for x mas. Well I've read a lot about care and whatnot, but I have no real experience. I keep it's water full, I have two and a half inches of coconut fiber substrate, it has a water dish i keep rather full, and a broken flower pot. But it's acting weird, which I take is normal because it should be molting soon, it has this patch on it's abdomen which is kinda flaky but it's small.
Here are the strange behaviors:
Doesn't use it's hide, the clay pot, ever.
Covered it's hide with webbing so it can't get in.
Covered the whole bottom of the cage in webbing.
And now it's made this weird nest. I'll upload some pictures.
I'm not entirely sure what kind of spider it is, I think it's a chilean rose hair, but I'm not sure, and my brother is oblivious. I know that part should be in the ID section, but that's not my only question. HELP!
Sorry for the bad picture quality, used my phone.
Here are the strange behaviors:
Doesn't use it's hide, the clay pot, ever.
Covered it's hide with webbing so it can't get in.
Covered the whole bottom of the cage in webbing.
And now it's made this weird nest. I'll upload some pictures.
I'm not entirely sure what kind of spider it is, I think it's a chilean rose hair, but I'm not sure, and my brother is oblivious. I know that part should be in the ID section, but that's not my only question. HELP!
Sorry for the bad picture quality, used my phone.