Water Dish Fail

[BoyFromLA]

Yes, you saw the title right.

This thread is dedicated for the pictures of your tarantulas’ failed usage of the water dishes.

Such as this:



I cleaned and filled the water dish yesterday, and this is what I get for it.

 

[Ungoliant]

Bulldozer (Grammostola pulchra) has spent the last week undermining her water dish. I'm waiting for it to collapse and spill.

I Can't See You; Therefore, You Can't See Me (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3.5")

• Ungoliant
• Mar 22, 2019
• 5
• brazilian black tarantula bulldozer female grammostola grammostola pulchra juvenile juvenile female pulchra

Undermining the water dish. What can go wrong?

Genicula (Acanthoscurria geniculata) fell into his water dish after yanking the ribbon away from Bulldozer (in an adjacent cage).

Tug of War (Bulldozer vs. Genicula) [3/3]

• Ungoliant
• Oct 1, 2018
• 5
• acanthoscurria acanthoscurria geniculata genicula geniculata juvenile juvenile male male whitebanded tarantula

Genicula finally won by yanking the ribbon into his cage, but he fell into his water dish and...

One water dish is full of clean water. The other is full of substrate tea laced with webbing. Which is more refreshing?

A Tale of Two Water Dishes (♀ Psalmopoeus cambridgei 5")

• Ungoliant
• Jul 15, 2018
• 7
• cambridgei drinking female juvenile juvenile female psalmopoeus psalmopoeus cambridgei squirt trinidad chevron tarantula

One water dish is full of clean water. The other is full of substrate tea laced with webbing...

To conceal the evidence of pooping in her water dish, Bulldozer (Grammostola pulchra) dragged her leaf "rug" into her water dish, piled substrate onto the leaf, dragged her rubber mat next to the dish, and built a mountain.

Grammostola pulchra Renovates Enclosure

• Ungoliant
• Aug 25, 2017
• 1
• brazilian black tarantula bulldozer female grammostola grammostola pulchra juvenile juvenile female pulchra

Bulldozer dragged her leaf "rug" into her water dish, dragged her rubber mat next to the dish...

 

[BoyFromLA]

Every other usage, but drink out of it.

 

[Olan]

Phormictopus sp. Purple with her absolutely disgusting water dish (tons of poop, two boluses).


How about I clean that for you?

 

[The Seraph]

Expectation: I'm going to put a water dish right up near the top of the enclosure so my versicolor can use it very easily. And it will!

Reality:
She webbed it up in case my photo is too terrible.

 

[Ungoliant]

Expectation: I'm going to put a water dish right up near the top of the enclosure so my versicolor can use it very easily. And it will!

She did use it!

 

[Marika]

"What water dish? There never was a water dish. I didn't bury anything."

 

[Vanessa]

Looking so pleased with herself.

 

[Ungoliant]

Looking so pleased with herself.

"Welcome to my crib!"

 

[92qwerty]

subrate makes my butt itch then you moan im flicking hairs. 1-0 to spider.

 

[FyreLord42]

Every other usage, but drink out of it.

View attachment 304423

View attachment 304424

I'm dead over here that spider with the orange cap turned it into a hot tub hahaha

 

[Ungoliant]

View attachment 305758 subrate makes my butt itch then you moan im flicking hairs. 1-0 to spider.

I've seen tarantulas poop in their water dishes, but this is the first time I've seen one use its water dish as a bidet.

 

[Ungoliant]

Frisbee (♀ Harpactira pulchripes 2.5")

• Ungoliant
• May 1, 2022
• female golden blue leg baboon tarantula harpactira harpactira pulchripes juvenile female pulchripes