Spidermolt
Arachnoknight
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Ok sorry I just wanted to make sure.
Ok sorry I just wanted to make sure.
I don't really worry about it, either; it's just that I came into Ts from having hermit crabs, where some people absolutely obsess over environmental details. (me, i just test the humidity 3 times a year and call it good)The day I stopped worrying about humidity, was the day I kept Avics successfully many years ago. Sounds counter-intuitive I know, but it's true.
Stop reading caresheets. Caresheets kills tarantulas.
I think a lot of the misinformation about tarantulas, temperature, and humidity comes from other exotic pet hobbies where it can actually be important to closely monitor those things.I don't really worry about it, either; it's just that I came into Ts from having hermit crabs, where some people absolutely obsess over environmental details. (me, i just test the humidity 3 times a year and call it good)
Heh. With Ts the wisdom is to ignore the care sheets, but in hermit crabs you need to ignore the experts and instead follow the consensus advice of all the sites with care sheets. You should read some of the nonsense spouted by the "expert" hermit crab owners.I think a lot of the misinformation about tarantulas, temperature, and humidity comes from other exotic pet hobbies where it can actually be important to closely monitor those things.
Definitely taking it in for a necropsy is his best chance of finding out what happened though you're going to have figure out the cost of vet fees is worth it, I had one done on a scorpion that ended up costing $75.No one can tell you what that white stuff is from a picture with 100% accuracy. If you want to know what happened, bring your T and the white stuff in to a vet for a necropsy.
What is the latest on your Avic? Any recovery at all?Heh. With Ts the wisdom is to ignore the care sheets, but in hermit crabs you need to ignore the experts and instead follow the consensus advice of all the sites with care sheets. You should read some of the nonsense spouted by the "expert" hermit crab owners.
And then there are the militant owners who jump into any discussion of hermit crab foods to smugly proclaim their supoeriroty because _they_ only provide organic foods to ther hermit crabs.
- You HAVE to have ventilation (this, for a species with gills).
- You CANNOT use commerncal foods with preservatives (uh, evidence?).
- You MUST AVOID wood chips as a substrate (again, evidence?).
- You CAN ONLY serve fresh organic foods, never commerical mixes (this, for a species which is a scavenger of corpses, garbage).
Alas, no.What is the latest on your Avic? Any recovery at all?
I was already chuckling to myself as I opened the thread, expecting some playful teasing from the more experienced keepers.Well that was gutting. So the title and expected a brand new keeper and their T dropping the kids off at the pool.
Sorry to upset everyone.I was already chuckling to myself as I opened the thread, expecting some playful teasing from the more experienced keepers.
Sorry for your loss.Alas, no.
Out of all animals kept in cages, tarantulas and herptiles are among the few that has it better than in the wild. Drives me mad when someone keeps a parakeet or something in a tiny cage, without letting it fly and stretch its wings.The tiny silver lining is knowing a well looked after T/snake/lizard has a much better life than the wild. No predators, no parasites, food, water, shelter and ideal "weather".
Absolutely. Hence the term kept well. Parrots also NEED interaction if they're kept singularly.Always sucks to lose an animal, but at least you gave him a good life before he died.
Out of all animals kept in cages, tarantulas and herptiles are among the few that has it better than in the wild. Drives me mad when someone keeps a parakeet or something in a tiny cage, without letting it fly and stretch its wings.
I kept hermit crabs too. I read your other post, had to laugh. I used commercial food all the time, they lived fine.I don't really worry about it, either; it's just that I came into Ts from having hermit crabs, where some people absolutely obsess over environmental details. (me, i just test the humidity 3 times a year and call it good)