Strange G. pulchripes behavior?

HAGAR

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hi there

I was wondering if this has ever happened to anyone on the forum and why would a t do this.

I have a 3 1/2 inch G. pulchripes. Last night i gave her a cricket, she took it without fail. she sat there for about 5 min then dropped the cricket turned around and started to web the cricket. took her about another 5 min, she then stopped turned around and started feeding again.

can anyone tel me why she would do that?
 

webbedone

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Sometimes T's web their food to eat later, maybe it wasnt sure if it wanted it.
 

HAGAR

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I thought that might be the case but directly after the webbing she started eating the cricket again.

Thought that is was a bit strange .
 

Ingar

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I thought that might be the case but directly after the webbing she started eating the cricket again.

Thought that is was a bit strange .
There is nothing strange at all! It's a natural instinct which indicates 2 main reasons of that behaviour. When T feeding for awhile - food strarting to disintegrate and web helps it to stick together. The second reason is to locate a food source - because spiders generally are blind, so web structure is ussual pattern to envroment and location of other (and food) objects.
Maybe your T was overfed and it didnt want to feed like starved wolf, or temperature is too low in enclosure - so it can't locomote in normal speed.
 

HAGAR

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there is nothing strange at all! It's a natural instinct which indicates 2 main reasons of that behaviour. When t feeding for awhile - food strarting to disintegrate and web helps it to stick together. The second reason is to locate a food source - because spiders generally are blind, so web structure is ussual pattern to envroment and location of other (and food) objects.
Maybe your t was overfed and it didnt want to feed like starved wolf, or temperature is too low in enclosure - so it can't locomote in normal speed.
well its not really cold in there the temp is kept at a constant 78 degrees and she only molted 2 weeks ago so i doubt that she is over fed. But thanks for the suggestions.:)

i guess that its just one of those thing they sometimes do to make us underestimate out setups or feeding regiments lol.
 

Zoltan

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Normal behaviour.

spiders generally are blind
Sure, there are blind spiders (there's even at least one species of tarantula that is blind), but poor vision does not equal blind. And... ever heard of jumping spiders (Salticidae)? ;)
 

Ingar

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Normal behaviour.


Sure, there are blind spiders (there's even at least one species of tarantula that is blind), but poor vision does not equal blind. And... ever heard of jumping spiders (Salticidae)? ;)
Dhaa...
Zoltan, I know that's all you ment. I'm near at phd in invert sciences now - don't underestimate me..
About that vision - I was generalising. True meaning of "vision" still not clarified in sciences.
By the way I love those Salticids - interesting fellows :)
 

REAPER591

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Unless the prey item is super small in comparison to the tarantula, 99% of my collection will exhibit this behavior.

The basic principle behind it would probably be the fact that tarantula venom liquefies the internals of the feeder insect, so instinctively they make their own "mug" to drink their cricket milkshake from :D
 

HAGAR

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THANKS FOR THE INFO.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS STRANGE AS THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT IT HAPPENED.

BUT IT AL MAKES SENSE NOW.:wall:
 

Scorpionking20

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I could be wrong, but I'd be willing to bet they do it to keep the prey together while they are eating. I've seen some sloppy roaches that would have fallen apart without the webbings aid.
 

rbailey1010

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My G. rosea and my G. pulchripes both do that....might be a Grammostola characteristic, who knows!

Its nothing unusual or out of character for them, thats for sure

If they are not eating, then I'd be worried
 

Sadistic Haplo

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My G. rosea and my G. pulchripes both do that....might be a Grammostola characteristic, who knows!

Its nothing unusual or out of character for them, thats for sure

If they are not eating, then I'd be worried
My B.vagans and one of my P.irminia's does this.
 

AprilH

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Maybe it's also to protect themselves... A bound up roach or cricket won't be able to struggle or kick or bite.
 
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