Who is your thirstiest T?

[cheesepizza]

I catch my c. versi and p. sazimai drink the most. Very entertaining to see them position themselves for a sip. Who do you see the most at the water dish?

 

[Stardust1986]

I catch my c. versi and p. sazimai drink the most. Very entertaining to see them position themselves for a sip. Who do you see the most at the water dish?

I have never seen my therophosa stirmi go to her water dish, and she is an Amozonian T, my aphonopelma goes to the dish sometimes when he wonders, but I never see him drink. I heard tarantulas dont drink water unless humidity isnt sufficient

 

[Tarantulafeets]

L parahybana is always not thirsty when I fill the dish and standing over it when it's dry. When I fill it up again she drinks and grooms herself then thanks me with a bunch of substrate inside.

 

[Poonjab]

A super thirsty T, is a potentially dead T. But that’s only if it has sucking stomach issues.

 

[Stardust1986]

L parahybana is always not thirsty when I fill the dish and standing over it when it's dry. When I fill it up again she drinks and grooms herself then thanks me with a bunch of substrate inside.

LOL, I always wondered if Ts put substrate in their dish, or use it as a bathroom, because they dont require a water source in nature other than the humidity. Animals that depend on water concern themselves with the cleanliness of their water, like hypos or crocodiles, who remove dead animals

 

[Hardus nameous]

The one I see drink the most is my A. avicularia. I've never seen her in the water dish but she drinks from the side of the enclosure 90% of the times I water her.

 

[Stardust1986]

The one I see drink the most is my A. avicularia. I've never seen her in the water dish but she drinks from the side of the enclosure 90% of the times I water her.

That's interesting, maybe some species are thirstier than others, I never see mine drink, but Ts know what's best for them: )

 

[JPG]

P. irminia, and all of my GBBs

 

[Hardus nameous]

That's interesting, maybe some species are thirstier than others, I never see mine drink, but Ts know what's best for them: )

Honestly I think it's just that the others drink when I'm not looking and the avic can only drink when I water it. Don't get me wrong, there's a water dish (down on the substrate) but she seems to refuse to use it. Maybe one day I'll try an elevated water dish and see if that changes anything.

 

[Stardust1986]

Honestly I think it's just that the others drink when I'm not looking and the avic can only drink when I water it. Don't get me wrong, there's a water dish (down on the substrate) but she seems to refuse to use it. Maybe one day I'll try an elevated water dish and see if that changes anything.
[/QUOTE Your keeping communally?maybe mine drink when I'm not around, they are secretive, I keep my dish half barried, like a raised lake Lol

 

[mack1855]

A question...how does a person determine a T is actually taking the water,as opposed to simply hovering over the water supply.
I have never seen it .we know a dog drinks by slurping down the water?and in the case of my Yellow Lab,dripping water on the kitchen floor.
Hamsters and other rodents activity use a water supply...you can actually see them drinking by muscles in their mouths.

Now,the question is why hover over a water supply,if it not drinking.I don’t have any answer to that.Desire for humility?.Maybe a cooler area in the enclosure?.Taking in water?.
Not sure about that.

I have had,and still see some T,s grasp/hold on to prey,then release the envenomated prey and never eat it.They have the prey,and kill/subdue it,but don’t eat it.
Regardless,the T I see at the water supply the most is a Megaphobema mesomelas.
Drinking the most???..

And before some one yells about dripping water on a T ,that has been flipped over on its back in an attempt to save a dehydrated/dying T,that’s not volunteering to drink at a water bowl.
Please be nice when you,if you respond.

 

[JPG]

They dunk their head inside the water dish, and if u closely they have their fangs wide open to suck water in.
I could be wrong, maybe they are just cooling their head off

 

[mack1855]

They dunk their head inside the water dish, and if u closely they have their fangs wide open to suck water in.
I could be wrong, maybe they are just cooling their head off

And your sure they are drinking?.And how do you know this!.Do their bellies fill up?.Do they drip water across the substrate from the chelicerae?.
Do they burp?.

 

[VaporRyder]

Here’s my von wirthi (circa 2011) fresh from a pet store and clearly in need of liquid refreshment.

Once properly set up and settled, I never saw her drink again.

 

[mack1855]

Here’s my von wirthi (circa 2011) fresh from a pet store and clearly in need of liquid refreshment.

Yep,definanatly at a water source.Drinking?.
I also have dozens of pics over the years of T,s at water bowls/dishes.Were they drinking,or looking at their reflection?. .

 

[VaporRyder]

Yep,definanatly at a water source.Drinking?.
I also have dozens of pics over the years of T,s at water bowls/dishes.Were they drinking,or looking at their reflection?. .

She sure was pretty, and she knew it!

 

[KenNet]

My spiders never drink with me

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

I heard tarantulas dont drink water unless humidity isnt sufficient

That is partially true. Humidity reduces the rate of evaporation of water from the tarantula's body, but doesn't put water in. When it comes to tarantulas or spiders in general, some spiders are better at retaining water than others. For instance, the cobweb spiders one finds around their house. The only source of water for them is from the food they get and yet they don't seem to ever die of dehydration. Tarantulas are much bigger and have those inefficient book lungs that leak water like crazy, in a manner of speaking. Tarantulas need a source of drinking water and when water is scarce, need somewhere humid to rest in so they don't lose what water they have in their bodies.

If you keep a good balance of ventilation and moisture in the substrate for your captive tarantulas, then they won't drink very often, but they will need to drink at some point. It is when an enclosure has too much ventilation and is kept too dry for too long that you will see tarantulas drink on a regular basis.

 

[YungRasputin]

T? toss up between A. avicularia and A. seemanni but out of all my specimens overall? Heterometrus spinifer probably tops

 

[viper69]

All of mine drink- they are in AA.