H Gigas swimming

[HartleyD]

Hi all

Was just wondering if it is usual for h Gigas to swim?

Has anyone got an enclosure set up with water for it to swim?


What sets them apart from other ts?

Can they drown?


Thanks in advance

[Jared781]

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/show...water+vivarium
this might help!?

[Tweak]

You might want to take a look at robc's videos on the subject on YouTube there amazing!

[advan]

What's the big deal with these swimming? I'm more interested in the arboreal ones that are 40ft up trees.

[GiantVinegaroon]

You might want to take a look at robc's videos on the subject on YouTube there amazing!

Yea. Forcing it into the water. Amazing stuff

[Jared781]

What's the big deal with these swimming? I'm more interested in the arboreal ones that are 40ft up trees.

ahaha yeah i get where ya comin from... Although how can you simulate that? :P

[Amoeba]

You might want to take a look at robc's videos on the subject on YouTube THEY'RE amazing!

He has some pretty neat shots of Ts but as GV said

Yea. Forcing it into the water. Amazing stuff

That one wasn't amazing.

[Tweak]

Yea. Forcing it into the water. Amazing stuff

I was referring to the tarantulas ability to swim, but ok that's cool jump down my throat... Jeez

[GiantVinegaroon]

I was referring to the tarantulas ability to swim, but ok that's cool jump down my throat... Jeez

Wasn't trying to jump down your throat. I'm sorry if that came off as harsh to you.

[Merfolk]

Had a H mac in a sealed tank, and kind of dropped the bucked of water in it so I ended with a 3-4'' flood. The spider went up, then retreated down and went burrowing through the floating debris. She spent almost three days clinging underneath the bigger chunks, letting only the tip of a leg out, behaving like if it was in a dry burrow. It even tried to catch a cricket I send rafting but gave up and went to the very bottom where she spent hours (didn't keep a constant watch though). The dirt had divided between floating and sinking matter so I could clearly see her in the middle layer. As it dried, she reverted to her arboreal lifestyle. She died six months later : (

[Shay]

bummer for the loss. i think those guys are fascinating

[InvertFix]

I have an H. gigas that I give her a very large water dish to swim in if she chooses. But it's only in one corner of her enclosure. It's not often that I see her swimming, but she does in the wee hours of the morning. It's quite the site to behold.

[Jared781]

Yea. Forcing it into the water. Amazing stuff

I think he tries putting too much hype in his videos.. just in my opinion

and Im not saying his vids are bad... very interesting and informative

[Jared781]

Thats smart.. i never thought of jus getting him.her a pool! :P

I have an H. gigas that I give her a very large water dish to swim in if she chooses. But it's only in one corner of her enclosure. It's not often that I see her swimming, but she does in the wee hours of the morning. It's quite the site to behold.

[InvertFix]

Thats smart.. i never thought of jus getting him.her a pool! :P

Most of the time she stays in her burrow.... Well during the day. Thank goodness I'm an insomniac. ha!