Good evening folks!
I am somewhat new to the forum, owned a few T's before now, but the critter I'm posting about is my Ornithoctoninae sp “Central Mindano”
They aren't super common as I've come to find surfing boards and posts on multiple platforms...But I wanted to reach out on a behavior I've never seen before. My little guy (or gal, never been any good at sexing) has started pulling stuff up off the ground and hauling it up to it's cork hide, effectively building a roof of sorts to cover the large opening, and then channeling tunnels along the side.
At first I thought it was accidental, maybe little pieces that got stuck here and there from it wandering about at night so I've taken them off and out to clear an opening for feeding.
but recently, it's began pulling huge (twice it's size) pieces of moss up, and then webbing around them to build up the entrance.
currently, it's abdomen is about the size of a penny, assuming it was a few weeks old when I got it from Fearnottarantula it would be 4 months old, it's molted at least 4 times since I've had it.
anyone else with experience witnessing this kind of behavior?
most species I've kept have been terrestrial or fossorial, first aeroborial species I've kept.
I am somewhat new to the forum, owned a few T's before now, but the critter I'm posting about is my Ornithoctoninae sp “Central Mindano”
They aren't super common as I've come to find surfing boards and posts on multiple platforms...But I wanted to reach out on a behavior I've never seen before. My little guy (or gal, never been any good at sexing) has started pulling stuff up off the ground and hauling it up to it's cork hide, effectively building a roof of sorts to cover the large opening, and then channeling tunnels along the side.
At first I thought it was accidental, maybe little pieces that got stuck here and there from it wandering about at night so I've taken them off and out to clear an opening for feeding.
but recently, it's began pulling huge (twice it's size) pieces of moss up, and then webbing around them to build up the entrance.
currently, it's abdomen is about the size of a penny, assuming it was a few weeks old when I got it from Fearnottarantula it would be 4 months old, it's molted at least 4 times since I've had it.
anyone else with experience witnessing this kind of behavior?
most species I've kept have been terrestrial or fossorial, first aeroborial species I've kept.
