Awesome, Enn. Glad to see they all arrived safe & sound. Neat names too.
holy crap elf is sooo tiny!! its adorable!They arrived safe and well this morning. Packaging was 1st class, they even had a heat pad in the box.
First the 2 K.brunnipes
Elf - the smallest.
Pixie
Last but not least is Sable, my new L. sp Borneo Black. It didn't take this one long to find a hidey hole.
I've put a water bowl in now, the pic was taken just after their arrival, and I had read that they like it more moist so the substrate is damp.
No it's not. If this were true, the mother of the slings I sent you last year would of died a long time ago. She has never had a waterbowl. I would just use a different word than mandatory.
Yeah Ts drink from substrate water , if they have no water bowl & get water from food source. How else would G rosea survive the Atacama desert. I almost always use a water dish , Ts without one get a good chunk of wet sub. :biggrin:No it's not. If this were true, the mother of the slings I sent you last year would of died a long time ago. She has never had a waterbowl. I would just use a different word than mandatory.
Let me clarify. For people who don't have the experience that you do, misting and moist substrate aren't a realistic option for water sources. For the average person, especially someone that doesn't have a feel for spiders yet, it's not a good idea, and those are the ones I was directing the word 'mandatory' to. Keeping spiders without water bowls is an art; you've mastered it, but we have people here starting threads who have trouble with the basics.No it's not. If this were true, the mother of the slings I sent you last year would of died a long time ago. She has never had a waterbowl. I would just use a different word than mandatory.
I help a lot of people and give a lot of advice here. I don't keep track. My life, and the boards, do not revolve around you.
I know you do and I do appreciate it, your postings have been a great help to me as a beginner. I just felt it seemed to be every time I posted my slings. If it was oversight then I apologise.
Thanks for that. Are yours as tiny as my two?
They're a dwarf specie, so yup.
I think I was expecting them to be a little more substantial even though I knew their size before I bought them. My 3 H.incei only grow to 2 inches but they seemed less frail when they came. I shall enjoy the challenge of caring for them though.
I just wanted to clarify, typing mandatory in bold gives off the impression that to raise this species successfully you have to have a waterbowl or it will die. I have not mastered anything on theraphosids, still experimenting and trying to improve on husbandry and what works best for me.
Although you created this thread, it is for everyone. So when Rick, I or anyone else lends advise, it is not just for you but the hundreds that are viewing it, hundreds more that will view it and all the people that find this(or any) thread using the search function.
-Chad