I've seen my former avic. do it. Actually, it scared the hell outta me, because she was half submerged in the dish. I thought she'd drown. Since I had cricket troubles, I've switched to "jell-o-type" drinks for my Ts and their food. No more wasted cricks, and the Ts are all taking it. It's kinda cute seeing a T sitting in a dish of jell-o LoL
I bet that was cute. Did you get it on film? I think we can all learn something from the owner of tarantulacam.com. Though, I'd be tempted to use time-lapse, as they don't move around enough.
I was afraid they did not know they had a water dish.
Are you sure they drank the water or they were just trying to hide from this gigantic hand that picked them up by immersing their faces into the water?Originally posted by Raveness
One time I picked my rosie up and put her over the water dish.. she she sank her face into the water and drank for about 10 or 20 minutes. Awwww... it was too cute! I also did this with my P.murinus and got the same results
You use the dry form sold for gardening and just make your own (it's a polymerised polyacrylamide). Same stuff, 1/500th of the cost (if that). You can sometimes find it at hardware or gardening stores, or you could just go here: www.watersorb.com - it's actually cheaper including the shipping than I got mine at Home Depot. I don't use mine with Ts but I use it with the crickets, the roaches, and I mix it in substrate to help it retain moisture, and put a layer of the stuff in the bottom of sling vials to guarantee high humidity. It's the duct tape of, well, whatever you want to classify it as.
Originally posted by lam
Are you sure they drank the water or they were just trying to hide from this gigantic hand that picked them up by immersing their faces into the water?
