miss moxie
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Might as well have at least one educated tarantula, so they can take care of us when we're old and grey.
Well, now I have something to worry over.
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Yeah, let one of them slice crickets for US for a change!
miss moxie
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"...Thanks kids." feed'em to the dog under the table.
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If only I could teach my dog to eat crickets. That would take care of any escapees.
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Get a cat! Actually, if you're quick enough, the cat can merely find them for to recapture.
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I've got six of them and apparently the crickets are only interesting to chase through the side of the cricket bin. Loose ones, the cats just watch walk by. Lazy cats.
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Wow -- that IS lazy! Are they older cats?
Mine will play floor hockey with anything they find; a bottle cap, a sunflower seed hull and obviously cat toys like the crinkle ball or fake furry mice. But crickets are the ultimate find for mine.
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They range in age from four to eleven. They will play with anything that annoys me making a lot of noise at midnight. They just do the cat thing and refuse to chase the thing that I want them to. That's a cat for you.
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Sooo bk on topic. Updates?
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Huh? Topic?...oh yeah. Just let me go back and see what it was....
Right, the plummeting spider. It ate a nice chunk of cricket back on page two. I assumed it would be fine from that point, and that assumption has proven to be correct so far.
My Rosie is still alive, and seems to have perked up. (in the sense that a slug perks up), so I think she may be okay as well. I've tried to raise her humidity a bit by placing a sheet of plexiglass over a portion of her enclosure and between that and the dampened more than usual substrate, that may have helped. Maybe she was unable to maintain by virtue of the water dish alone, I don't know. Never heard of needing to raise the humidity of a rosie enclosure before, but this month had a few days of particular frigid weather and I really had to blast the heat, so maybe that's what has caused the even lower than normal humidity. I'm sure her extended fast has not helped, but that is sort of out of my control.
Right, the plummeting spider. It ate a nice chunk of cricket back on page two. I assumed it would be fine from that point, and that assumption has proven to be correct so far.
My Rosie is still alive, and seems to have perked up. (in the sense that a slug perks up), so I think she may be okay as well. I've tried to raise her humidity a bit by placing a sheet of plexiglass over a portion of her enclosure and between that and the dampened more than usual substrate, that may have helped. Maybe she was unable to maintain by virtue of the water dish alone, I don't know. Never heard of needing to raise the humidity of a rosie enclosure before, but this month had a few days of particular frigid weather and I really had to blast the heat, so maybe that's what has caused the even lower than normal humidity. I'm sure her extended fast has not helped, but that is sort of out of my control.
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Good job. You remember what a topic is. You keep up the hard work while I'm out.
Your Rosie probably was just dried out. Keep up the humidity and she should be fine. But as you said, she is older. So don't blame yourself if it doesn't "work". Everything has its time.
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Your Rosie probably was just dried out. Keep up the humidity and she should be fine. But as you said, she is older. So don't blame yourself if it doesn't "work". Everything has its time.
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Well, the jury is still out on her health. She still spends a good bit of time in this position. She has moved to the opposite end of the enclosure away from the dish and moistened substrate, for whatever that is worth. It isn't a necessarily unnatural stance I guess, but it is sort of prevalent lately.
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This thread went so off topic, I thought for sure, Ouchie the S&M clown was going to show up.... 
I hope your Rosie is alright, Tim.
I hope your Rosie is alright, Tim.
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Well, like Ms Moxie said, it could just be getting to the end of the road for it, but I hope it continues on too, thanks.
That's what I like about being the OP of a thread. Wander as far off topic as you like. As far as i am concerned, as long as it's fun, I don't care! And if it isn't fun, I'll drag it to another topic that is!
Hmm. Miss Moxie says she is out, but I didn't see a change of location on my GPS tracking system...Moxie, would you mind checking the batteries on your end? It's hidden in-DOH! Nevermind!
That's what I like about being the OP of a thread. Wander as far off topic as you like. As far as i am concerned, as long as it's fun, I don't care!
And if it isn't fun, I'll drag it to another topic that is! Hmm. Miss Moxie says she is out, but I didn't see a change of location on my GPS tracking system...Moxie, would you mind checking the batteries on your end? It's hidden in-DOH! Nevermind!
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When my rosie looks like that, I assume she is cold or frightened, and I don't think yours would be either. I am sending so many good thoughts and hopes your way for your Rosie. I wish she would relax her posture a bit, not look so drawn up.
But if it is just that she is just very old, I am thankful she had a wonderful life under your care.
But mostly, I just hope she gets better and it isn't her time yet.
But if it is just that she is just very old, I am thankful she had a wonderful life under your care.
But mostly, I just hope she gets better and it isn't her time yet.
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Thank-you. She probably isn't cold or frightened, I rarely let the temperature fall very far below 75. Once in a great while it might dip to the high 60's, only once did it fall to 65. And I can't imagine what could be frightening her, she's been in that same location for the entire time I've had her. The only variable is the addition of the new s'lings, which are in close proximity, but we all know that spiders can be kept shelved together with few if any problems.
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Glad to hear your T is doing fine.
I had a similar incident a few days ago regarding a couple of newly acquired c.meridionalis slings purchased online. Through sheer stupidity, i accidentally dropped the package at about a good 5 ft drop. To add more injury, as i was opening the package, the sling vials went flying, so that would be another high drop for them. I was totally freaking out, assuming those babies would not see the morning, as i carefully transfer them to their vials.
The following days, both slings have succesfully molted and are eating hungrily.)
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I had a similar incident a few days ago regarding a couple of newly acquired c.meridionalis slings purchased online. Through sheer stupidity, i accidentally dropped the package at about a good 5 ft drop. To add more injury, as i was opening the package, the sling vials went flying, so that would be another high drop for them. I was totally freaking out, assuming those babies would not see the morning, as i carefully transfer them to their vials.
The following days, both slings have succesfully molted and are eating hungrily.
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Thanks!
Yeah it's that moment of horror when you realize that if something has happened to the spider, you have nobody to blame but yourself. It's crushing isn't it? In my case is was my absentmindedly setting the deli container in the wrong place plus walking heavily that made me feel like a complete fool.
Now in the case of my G. porteri, I don't really hold myself too responsible. Apparently, there was a humidity issue, and as soon as I decided that might be the problem, I corrected it as best as I could and it seemed to help. Of course I'm still not sure about her condition, it could still be an age issue. Hard to say since I didn't raise her from a s'ling.
Yeah it's that moment of horror when you realize that if something has happened to the spider, you have nobody to blame but yourself. It's crushing isn't it? In my case is was my absentmindedly setting the deli container in the wrong place plus walking heavily that made me feel like a complete fool.
Now in the case of my G. porteri, I don't really hold myself too responsible. Apparently, there was a humidity issue, and as soon as I decided that might be the problem, I corrected it as best as I could and it seemed to help. Of course I'm still not sure about her condition, it could still be an age issue. Hard to say since I didn't raise her from a s'ling.