need to do major change to my t's tank

19killer44 · Oct 17, 2014

so ive had my t for about a week now she hasn't fully settled in yet and ive been told by heaps of people to take out the two pre made inserts in my t's tank now is that a good idea? will that stress hr out to much because she has already webbed her den? need help asap thank you if you can help!

cold blood · Oct 17, 2014

A week isn't nearly enough time for most adult t's to acclimate. They are burrowers and should create their own hide by burrowing. And you likely won't have that condensation issue like you have with the artificial one.

You were given advice by someone with a ton of experience with your species, probably more than the vast majority have with Aussie t's, I'd trust his judgment.

19killer44 · Oct 17, 2014

yea ive been taking his advice just was double checking before i did any changes to the tank was just worried ive bought all the substrate just going to go buy a log of some sort to put in there till she burrows down because im in my room a lot today she may wanna hide from me till she burrows

19killer44 · Oct 18, 2014

swapped her tank yesterday

this is the result she has webbed up already and has found somewhere she is comfortable she was super pissed off when trying to get her out of the tank but i think she has calmed down now and is starting to settle

cold blood · Oct 18, 2014

That's a huge distance from the top...for that tank to work well, you would need to fill it over half way with sub.

miserykills · Oct 18, 2014

If that is the cricket water crystal stuff in the water dish you should take it out and just fill it with water. A tarantula that size won't drown in that small water dish and real water is far better. Add a rock or don't fill it up all the way if you want to be careful.

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cold blood · Oct 18, 2014

miserykills said:
If that is the cricket water crystal stuff in the water dish you should take it out and just fill it with water. A tarantula that size won't drown in that small water dish and real water is far better. Add a rock or don't fill it up all the way if you want to be careful.

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OMG I didn't even notice that. Yeah, real actual water is definitely the way to go, a t won't drown like a cricket, its whole front half can be submerged and it can still breathe as its lungs are on its rump.

SuzukiSwift · Oct 19, 2014

As I posted in your thread from the pictures section, the gel can be replaced with normal water and it is too high as others have said. If your T climbed up too high and fell it could easily die. I would either fill up the substrate over half way or get a smaller tank =)

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