Blondi Doing House keeping

[NeilD]

My big girl has been doing a bit of house keeping, She does this whenever I intrude into her space (Cleaning out bits that she hasn't eaten), Lol,

She is eating now, it took her 5 weeks from moult practically to the day

http://www.trendystuff.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/spider/t80.jpg

Close up Ish

http://www.trendystuff.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/spider/t81.jpg

She eats quite a lot, I feed her once a week, 2 locust a Fluff Is this too much ??

[necroscope]

I think T's will only eat as much as they want.My L.parahybana eats like a horse 4-5 locusts and a small pink a week.It's always hungry,if i fill the water bowl from any sort of height it even strikes the bowl(from the vibrations I assume).:)
However there is a school of thought which says you can over feed.I find with the species I have they all eat when they want and go off their food when they are due to moult.
I'm convinced my L.parahybana would eat more if given but that's a particularly hungry species most of the goliath's are.{D

cheers Mike.

[NeilD]

Since moult this Blondi has become quite fierce and yes tags anything that gets close to her, I have resorted to using wooden BBQ skewers to move old food remains since I don't want her to hurt her fangs on my steel forceps

[Arlius]

Why is only the soil thats mouned in front of her burrow wet? Did she make it wet herself? Bring to from a wet place? Did you flood her burrow? Just curious :)

[Scolopendra55]

Thats cute :p

[NeilD]

Why is only the soil thats mouned in front of her burrow wet? Did she make it wet herself? Bring to from a wet place? Did you flood her burrow? Just curious :)

I use 100% Irish Peat Moss, I never flood her burrow :eek: , I do what Soulsick suggested I push holes in the substrate and then use these to channel water to the bottom of the viv, It doesn't look wet to the naked eye, She has burrowed quite deep you can see the bottom of the viv if you use a flashlight, I would say about 8 inches vertically, I can see why they like/want lots of substrate. Those mounds you see at the front are a little deceptive, They are substrate and web, they have no consistency to them they are sort of fluffy soft masses, I suppose its a T thing whenever she eats she lays tons of web down and then collects it back up and pushes it to the front, in the second picture she is actually carrying a pile of it to add to the front bit, if you look carefully you can see her fangs holding it :)

[AfterTheAsylum]

I knew I gave out advice to you at some point. How is the holes-to-the-ground thing going? I think it works wonders. It holds humidity beautifully. Instead of getting BBQ tongs, get the scissor hemostat forceps. You can get them at, I believe, www.scissorcuts.com. I think that is the name. I have three pairs. Two large and one Kelly type scissor hemostat. Use a large to hold a molt, and use the small Kelly type to open the skin. I'm glad your blondi is doing well.

T.S.

[Midnightrdr456]

what are these holes idea? Im going to rehouse my blondi after it molts (adding more substrate to its 5" now, and doing 100% peat moss). I would like to do these holes in mine as keeping the humidity at like 60-70% has been a chore. (its a little dry here so its always at like 40-45%)

[NeilD]

I knew I gave out advice to you at some point. How is the holes-to-the-ground thing going? I think it works wonders. It holds humidity beautifully. Instead of getting BBQ tongs, get the scissor hemostat forceps. You can get them at, I believe, www.scissorcuts.com. I think that is the name. I have three pairs. Two large and one Kelly type scissor hemostat. Use a large to hold a molt, and use the small Kelly type to open the skin. I'm glad your blondi is doing well.

T.S.

They work beautifully, Humidity stays around 72% unless I'm doing something in there with the doors open, then it sometimes drops to circa 68 (Before I did this I could tell when the humidity was low as my Blondi sling used to hang around the water dish alot now neither of them go near it, well not that I see, I do have some long tweezers (10") iirc, but she tends to try and tag them so I don't use them anymore, she is doing great atm eating well and quite active in the evening when the lights are low or off :clap: she seems very contented with her hide and hates and intrusion.

Just one more thing she will not eat mice with fur on, If I leave one by her hide next time I look its been dumped by her water dish (Pinks and fluffs she eats NP) do you think I should try a rat pup ??

[NeilD]

I knew I gave out advice to you at some point. How is the holes-to-the-ground thing going? I think it works wonders. It holds humidity beautifully. Instead of getting BBQ tongs, get the scissor hemostat forceps. You can get them at, I believe, www.scissorcuts.com. I think that is the name. I have three pairs. Two large and one Kelly type scissor hemostat. Use a large to hold a molt, and use the small Kelly type to open the skin. I'm glad your blondi is doing well.

T.S.

Both Sling and Juvi are doing great thanks SS, The sling has put some serious size on since his moult.

[AfterTheAsylum]

It will eat a full mouse. Fur is no issue. Pinky rats are a great idea. They actually have more meat and whatnot on them. They are definitely a better deal. I feed mine pinky rats, not pinky mice.

T.S.

[NeilD]

I'm gonna give her a rat pup on Saturday :clap:

[ErikH]

She is certainly an impressive creature.

[NeilD]

It will eat a full mouse. Fur is no issue. Pinky rats are a great idea. They actually have more meat and whatnot on them. They are definitely a better deal. I feed mine pinky rats, not pinky mice.

T.S.

When I give it a Full Mouse ,Its like it doesn't appreciate its a food source, and just picks it up and carries it over to its water dish and drops it :eek: it does tag it hard but then doesn't eat it :?

[Karmashadowsh]

Cute T...mine well my OBT and rosie havent eaten on about a month,wondering if its cause of premolt or cage changing..ive changed the OBT's cage 2 times(one broke and she got loose running under a car tire,very difficult to get her but i did...shes webbing a bit(not as much as id like) but thats ok...

[AfterTheAsylum]

Cute T...mine well my OBT and rosie havent eaten on about a month,wondering if its cause of premolt or cage changing..ive changed the OBT's cage 2 times(one broke and she got loose running under a car tire,very difficult to get her but i did...shes webbing a bit(not as much as id like) but thats ok...

I just think this is hilarious... a completely off-the-wall unrelated reply. I'm not trying to be an ass - it is just funny. {D

[NeilD]

Hey SS

Do you think it is ignoring the mouse because it expects it to be moving at that size ??

[Mina]

You have a totally beautiful blondi!!!!!! Right now I'm trying to forget that my little 3 inch docile baby is going to get that big and need to eat that much. Btw, to anyone I made the comment to, my blonie isn't going to moult. Mattias overfed her and she just wasn't hungry. She is eating again.

[Midnightrdr456]

yea mine hasnt eaten for a week.........Im keeping my fingers crossed its premolt not just lack of appetite!!

And Neil your blondi really is one of the most beautiful I have seen in a while, I hope mine is that attractive when it grows.

[NeilD]

yea mine hasnt eaten for a week.........Im keeping my fingers crossed its premolt not just lack of appetite!!

And Neil your blondi really is one of the most beautiful I have seen in a while, I hope mine is that attractive when it grows.

Very nice of you to say so Thanks, Its a shame I don;t have one of her out in the open post moult eating, She has a very nice figure lol

I also have a sling male who I think is as handsome as hell, Here he is pre-moult

http://www.trendystuff.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/spider/goliath.jpg

And again, After his moult Now this little lad I think is the business (even if he is mine) and he is really fierce as well. Taggs anything put close to him, he also ate 2 pinkies in one week :eek:

http://www.trendystuff.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/spider/t60.jpg

[AfterTheAsylum]

Hey SS

Do you think it is ignoring the mouse because it expects it to be moving at that size ??

You don't feed live? Live will definitely get your blondis attention. My blondis will not eat frozen. I have no idea why. They eat live only. They won't even eat crickets or roaches. I have to feed my mice all sorts of stuff just to get the blondis the nutrition they should have.

[NeilD]

You don't feed live? Live will definitely get your blondis attention. My blondis will not eat frozen. I have no idea why. They eat live only. They won't even eat crickets or roaches. I have to feed my mice all sorts of stuff just to get the blondis the nutrition they should have.

They are thawed out first :eek:

Not allowed to feed live verts to other animals in the UK (The authorities here think that deep freezing them alive prior to sale is more humane :? )

She will not touch a full mouse or nearly full mouse that has the white fur present :confused:

[AfterTheAsylum]

They are thawed out first :eek:

Not allowed to feed live verts to other animals in the UK (The authorities here think that deep freezing them alive prior to sale is more humane :? )

She will not touch a full mouse or nearly full mouse that has the white fur present :confused:

Then hook up a mini-defibrillator and try to bring it back! CLEAR! Well, just wait then I guess. I remember this one time when I was like 15 I went to the pet store and got a mouse. Well, by the time I got home the thing was dead. So I got my hemostats and grabbed the tail and lightly dragged it around the cage. The T (H. minax) grabbed it right away. Since this only happened once, I have not tried it with my blondis. You can try it though. And if you don't have hemostats... don't take your fingers off the bench and substitute them for hemostats. *Side note: My gator just killed another mouse*. So try that and report back to me when you do.

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