JulieBeans
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Hi,
I caught a Hogna carolinensis about a month ago and he is spending all of his time trying to get out of the cage. He's in a tank that should hold around 10 gal or so and has soil from outside as his substrate. I've decorated his cage many different ways (rocks, loose dried leaves, barren, made several types of caves and even dug a burrow for him) and he seems to just want to leave..
He follows the light from the window next to his enclosure and attempts to crawl "though" the glass. I tried putting a reptile light on his cage and he seems to enjoy that at night but when there is daylight he continues chasing the sunlight. I've gone as far in my experimenting as blocking out all sunlight and leaving the light on above his cage, dead center facing straight down, and he just picks a corner and tries to crawl up the glass.
He eats about 1 to 2 crickets a week. I just put a plant heat mat under his cage as it has been cold with winter approaching; hopefully that helps..?
Another thing I noticed, is he's balding on his butt and a little bit on the tops of his legs.. when I caught him he had hair, but was starving and extremely skinny. I fed him as many bugs as he wanted and he gained his weight back and he became a lot more active.. then about 2.5 weeks ago he started the balding. He eats mainly crickets.
I have no idea how to upload pictures to this thread as I just joined. If I am able to figure it out I'll try to put them in the comments. Any suggestions on how to make him happier? I love having him, but don't want him to feel like a prisoner! Help!
Thanks for your time
-Julia
I caught a Hogna carolinensis about a month ago and he is spending all of his time trying to get out of the cage. He's in a tank that should hold around 10 gal or so and has soil from outside as his substrate. I've decorated his cage many different ways (rocks, loose dried leaves, barren, made several types of caves and even dug a burrow for him) and he seems to just want to leave..
He follows the light from the window next to his enclosure and attempts to crawl "though" the glass. I tried putting a reptile light on his cage and he seems to enjoy that at night but when there is daylight he continues chasing the sunlight. I've gone as far in my experimenting as blocking out all sunlight and leaving the light on above his cage, dead center facing straight down, and he just picks a corner and tries to crawl up the glass.
He eats about 1 to 2 crickets a week. I just put a plant heat mat under his cage as it has been cold with winter approaching; hopefully that helps..?
Another thing I noticed, is he's balding on his butt and a little bit on the tops of his legs.. when I caught him he had hair, but was starving and extremely skinny. I fed him as many bugs as he wanted and he gained his weight back and he became a lot more active.. then about 2.5 weeks ago he started the balding. He eats mainly crickets.
I have no idea how to upload pictures to this thread as I just joined. If I am able to figure it out I'll try to put them in the comments. Any suggestions on how to make him happier? I love having him, but don't want him to feel like a prisoner! Help!
Thanks for your time
-Julia
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