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Arachnoknight
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- Jun 20, 2014
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Ok so two weeks ago at a convention there was an exotic reptile/arachnid booth. And they were selling rose hair tarantulas for $20 with an enclosure and water dish with a bit of eco earth in it. I've wanted a tarantula for years so I googled this species and read the care sheet stickied here and decided to buy it.
She came in a little shoe boxed sized clear plastic container with a vented lid, I put a little log in it for her. At first she just sat in the corner with a few legs on the glass looking out, not moving for like days.
Then she decided that the log and the tiny area right next to the log were her spots. And she would never go anywhere else. And she was happy. Mostly.
My concern was that the lid to her enclosure snaps shut tightly on 6 sides and wasn't far above her so whenever I oened it to feed her or change her water it would spook her.
my other concern is one night my girlfriend and I decided to let her out she called on my hand a bit and explored a little bit on the couch then when I put her back in she furiously wanted to get out again. she crawled off of her log out of the enclosure back on to my hand and then just sat there. I had to force her back into the enclosure and when I got the lid on for hours she wandered around to each corner trying to get out I felt really bad.
so I decided if she ever got real NC like that again but she probably should have a bigger enclosure. I thought about getting a large breeder been from Exo Terra but the one I brought home was defective. when I returned it to the same local pet store but their one other location, they didn't have that particular model but they sold me something similar that was a little bit bigger but less money.
so now she's in some kind of reptile keeper I have a decent amount of substrate so that if she were to fall she shouldn't hurt herself and enough room for her to wander plus her log and her water dish.
but she's clinging to the side of the wall now. I didn't think the substrate was too damp but it might still be because that's my only thought about what the problem might be I laid down a sheet of plastic that came with the bin so that she could stand on it, and for one night she did. but now she's clinging to the side again.
I just want the poor girl to be happy and it seems like I should have just left her in the smaller simpler enclosure for a while. I have a small size Kritter keeper as well but I have no substrate left at the moment as what I had left I used filling up her new home. that's why I'm also assuming that it still might just be too wet. if that's the issue how do I dry it out?
Any ideas? Her old home cracked and the critter keeper is smaller than that was.
Here's a picture of her old home, and her new with her behavior.
Green is it the new enclosure I don't know why the pictures are coming in upside down
She came in a little shoe boxed sized clear plastic container with a vented lid, I put a little log in it for her. At first she just sat in the corner with a few legs on the glass looking out, not moving for like days.
Then she decided that the log and the tiny area right next to the log were her spots. And she would never go anywhere else. And she was happy. Mostly.
My concern was that the lid to her enclosure snaps shut tightly on 6 sides and wasn't far above her so whenever I oened it to feed her or change her water it would spook her.
my other concern is one night my girlfriend and I decided to let her out she called on my hand a bit and explored a little bit on the couch then when I put her back in she furiously wanted to get out again. she crawled off of her log out of the enclosure back on to my hand and then just sat there. I had to force her back into the enclosure and when I got the lid on for hours she wandered around to each corner trying to get out I felt really bad.
so I decided if she ever got real NC like that again but she probably should have a bigger enclosure. I thought about getting a large breeder been from Exo Terra but the one I brought home was defective. when I returned it to the same local pet store but their one other location, they didn't have that particular model but they sold me something similar that was a little bit bigger but less money.
so now she's in some kind of reptile keeper I have a decent amount of substrate so that if she were to fall she shouldn't hurt herself and enough room for her to wander plus her log and her water dish.
but she's clinging to the side of the wall now. I didn't think the substrate was too damp but it might still be because that's my only thought about what the problem might be I laid down a sheet of plastic that came with the bin so that she could stand on it, and for one night she did. but now she's clinging to the side again.
I just want the poor girl to be happy and it seems like I should have just left her in the smaller simpler enclosure for a while. I have a small size Kritter keeper as well but I have no substrate left at the moment as what I had left I used filling up her new home. that's why I'm also assuming that it still might just be too wet. if that's the issue how do I dry it out?
Any ideas? Her old home cracked and the critter keeper is smaller than that was.
Here's a picture of her old home, and her new with her behavior.
Green is it the new enclosure I don't know why the pictures are coming in upside down