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Arachnosquire
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- Aug 6, 2014
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Hi,
My Damon diadema lost both its whips way back in the spring. It appears to still be healthy, and in fact, it has become recently fairly active (it hasn't been hiding in the shadows the past few days).
However, I offered it a cricket for the first time in a while, and it seems like while the whipspider was stalking it, but I never saw it get close. I've been living with a week long cricket solo, and it drove me nuts.
In particular, this cricket species my pet shop is selling (Banded Cricket/Tropical House Cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus)) seem to be smarter and faster than the average house cricket feeder I find at petsmart. I've watched them do a good job of eluding even my more aggressive pets.
I am curious then, if it is hungry enough, would it take food if I tried to "hand it" to the whipspider? Its usually fairly shy. It will stay very still until I am just an inch away, then dart around the other side of the log hid it likes to sit on.
If I handle it enough, will it loose this fear? Or is that just this creature's personality? Some seem to think tarantulas become less fearful with exposure, and so I wonder if this is also true for whipspiders.
Of course, it seems just fine on its own right now, so maybe I am worrying too much. I just want to make sure its well fed so that its whips can grow back sooner. I've had it since around March, so I guess if these molt yearly, its probably going to be a while until it molts and so maybe I should just hang tight.
Any advice?
My Damon diadema lost both its whips way back in the spring. It appears to still be healthy, and in fact, it has become recently fairly active (it hasn't been hiding in the shadows the past few days).
However, I offered it a cricket for the first time in a while, and it seems like while the whipspider was stalking it, but I never saw it get close. I've been living with a week long cricket solo, and it drove me nuts.
In particular, this cricket species my pet shop is selling (Banded Cricket/Tropical House Cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus)) seem to be smarter and faster than the average house cricket feeder I find at petsmart. I've watched them do a good job of eluding even my more aggressive pets.
I am curious then, if it is hungry enough, would it take food if I tried to "hand it" to the whipspider? Its usually fairly shy. It will stay very still until I am just an inch away, then dart around the other side of the log hid it likes to sit on.
If I handle it enough, will it loose this fear? Or is that just this creature's personality? Some seem to think tarantulas become less fearful with exposure, and so I wonder if this is also true for whipspiders.
Of course, it seems just fine on its own right now, so maybe I am worrying too much. I just want to make sure its well fed so that its whips can grow back sooner. I've had it since around March, so I guess if these molt yearly, its probably going to be a while until it molts and so maybe I should just hang tight.
Any advice?