So Athena is my first T. and I'm just making sure she's doing alright. It's interesting to observe her behavior and I'm wondering if the following are characteristics of Tarantulas in general or just her own personality.
Generally speaking, she just got her new home on saturday because that's when I purchased her from the reptile store. Basically all she or he does is remain in one location(in particular on top of the hiding pot) for long periods of time then occasionally will go to the other side of the enclosure and remain there for long periods of time, then returns to the same spot on top of the pot. Now what's interesting is that I've never seen Athena enter the hiding place and I don't know if its because Athena doesn't know it exists or doesn't really want to go inside. I don't know how good the eye sight is because I notice Athena uses its legs to touch the side of the enclosure as it walks almost as a guide..... it never really walks in the center of the enclosure usually just walks along the sides only. I saw it drink from the water dish once but I haven't seen it return to the water dish and it seems to avoid it at times when walking past it(it makes sure its legs never touch the water)
I haven't seen it digging or anything like that just yet. What's interesting is sometimes I notice it moving its palps and I see its fangs moving like it's eating something, but its not, its just sitting there moving its palps back and forth. It hasn't flicked any hairs at me though I noticed ONE dark hair sticking in my finger but I'm not sure if it was from the spider or from something else.
Ever so occasionally especially between 11PM-12AM I notice it extra active and climbing the side of the cage almost reaching the ceiling however it retreats back to the ground again as if it's afraid to climb the ceiling. I also notice whenever it starts walking to the other side or attempting to do ANY sort of action..... it moves for 5 seconds then pauses for 3 minutes, moves for 5 seconds then pauses for 3 minutes..... so it moves very slowly and pauses in the middle of its actions and I really don't know why it does that but it does LOL... so I hope you guys don't think I'm crazy for spending my Veterans Day observing my first Tarantula but I was wondering if Rose Hairs commonly do this behavior or if mine has some odd personality..... LOL
And also I know this sounds funny but it's so still and mellow all the time that it almost freaks me out like at any one time if I opened the cage it would suddenly go psycho and try and bite me. But so far I haven't handled the spider yet. I'm almost curious to handle it since its been so mellow the past couple of days and it just seems like it would be fine on my hand of course as long as my hand lowered close on a bed or pillow or something. It's just Athena is so calm and mellow it almost freaks me out LOL
Generally speaking, she just got her new home on saturday because that's when I purchased her from the reptile store. Basically all she or he does is remain in one location(in particular on top of the hiding pot) for long periods of time then occasionally will go to the other side of the enclosure and remain there for long periods of time, then returns to the same spot on top of the pot. Now what's interesting is that I've never seen Athena enter the hiding place and I don't know if its because Athena doesn't know it exists or doesn't really want to go inside. I don't know how good the eye sight is because I notice Athena uses its legs to touch the side of the enclosure as it walks almost as a guide..... it never really walks in the center of the enclosure usually just walks along the sides only. I saw it drink from the water dish once but I haven't seen it return to the water dish and it seems to avoid it at times when walking past it(it makes sure its legs never touch the water)
I haven't seen it digging or anything like that just yet. What's interesting is sometimes I notice it moving its palps and I see its fangs moving like it's eating something, but its not, its just sitting there moving its palps back and forth. It hasn't flicked any hairs at me though I noticed ONE dark hair sticking in my finger but I'm not sure if it was from the spider or from something else.
Ever so occasionally especially between 11PM-12AM I notice it extra active and climbing the side of the cage almost reaching the ceiling however it retreats back to the ground again as if it's afraid to climb the ceiling. I also notice whenever it starts walking to the other side or attempting to do ANY sort of action..... it moves for 5 seconds then pauses for 3 minutes, moves for 5 seconds then pauses for 3 minutes..... so it moves very slowly and pauses in the middle of its actions and I really don't know why it does that but it does LOL... so I hope you guys don't think I'm crazy for spending my Veterans Day observing my first Tarantula but I was wondering if Rose Hairs commonly do this behavior or if mine has some odd personality..... LOL
And also I know this sounds funny but it's so still and mellow all the time that it almost freaks me out like at any one time if I opened the cage it would suddenly go psycho and try and bite me. But so far I haven't handled the spider yet. I'm almost curious to handle it since its been so mellow the past couple of days and it just seems like it would be fine on my hand of course as long as my hand lowered close on a bed or pillow or something. It's just Athena is so calm and mellow it almost freaks me out LOL
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