StateOfMind
Arachnopeon
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- Jul 22, 2014
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Hi all, I'm new to these forums and also new to keeping Tarantula's. Last Friday I ended up buying my first Tarantula, a Chilean Rose (Forgive me I'm not familiar with the latin names just yet). I read up a fair amount about them, but had a question I am unsure of. Basically, my Chilean Rose is fairly in-active, I've read this as normal and they're considered "pet rocks" at times. The one thing I was curious of is signs of his positioning/behaviour, sadly I can't provide any pictures currently until I borrow my sisters camera, but the best way to describe it would be, he seems to always hang around the sides/corners of his tank, usually with several legs pressed up against it and in some sort of huddling position with his legs quite close to his body (It's not a death curl or anything resembling one that I can tell) I just wondered if this indicated any problems with him, if it's a sign of discomfort or just nothing at all? The substrate I am using is coconut shavings, I'm actually planning to change that out this weekend if it is indeed a problem.
He has a water dish that is kept topped up though I've only seen him drink from it once which was before his first feed, I understand it could be difficult without pictures but any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
He has a water dish that is kept topped up though I've only seen him drink from it once which was before his first feed, I understand it could be difficult without pictures but any ideas?
Thanks in advance,