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[Nils505]

So today me and my girlfriend bought our first T as we are wanting to get into the hobby as we are both fascinated by them and love them. We got ourself a juvenile GBB (unknown sex) who seems to be settling in well and has begun to web her tank. My question is we have he or she on our dressed under out wall mounted tv, we never have the tv at loud volumes so I'm not too worried about the noise but I'm worried about the light from it bothering her at night. Should I put a blanket over her enclosure at night when wanting to watch tv or will she be fine?

 

[Hakuna]

Should be fine, just give it a hide so it can have a choice between dark or light

 

[Nils505]

Awesome thank you! I gave it multiple burrow options but it seems to like the fake plants I have glued near the top of the enclosure and it's started making a den out of web up in the leaves

 

[Hakuna]

GBB live in bushes close to the ground - that’s why people call them semi-arboreal though they’re pretty terrestrial.

GBB don’t typically burrow. I have a piece of cork bark propped up against the side of my enclosure that she likes to hide under, that’s as close to a burrow as it gets.

 

[Nils505]

Yeah I've read some will use ore made burrows in enclosures and others don't so I have a premade burrow made out of a big wood hide in the back corner and then I have another one that's smaller leaning up against the side of the enclosure I guess as time goes on I'll see what it does and what it likes and adjust the enclosure more to it's preference. I feel like I just had a newborn baby that I'm worried about lol

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Should I put a blanket over her enclosure at night when wanting to watch tv or will she be fine?

It'll be fine, no need to cover it.

GBB live in bushes close to the ground - that’s why people call them semi-arboreal though they’re pretty terrestrial.

GBB don’t typically burrow. I have a piece of cork bark propped up against the side of my enclosure that she likes to hide under, that’s as close to a burrow as it gets.

In the wild they make their burrows under the bases of large shrubs and only move to more elevated positions when environmental factors force them to (the area where they're found experiences periodic flooding). You're right in that they don't typically burrow in captivity, I also find that bark leant against the side as you described works better as a hide for heavy webbing terrestrials than a typical terrestrial hide.

 

[Matt Man]

Mine prefers watching reruns of Takeshi's Castle