Sirtubblord
Arachnopeon
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Good Morning! I just got my first Tarantula a few weeks ago and I'm really loving watching him do all his spidery things but I have some questions and I'm hoping some nice folks here can help me out.
I named him Burt so I'll refer to him as a he but I do suspect "he's" a female. He's a rose haired and looks to be really healthy. We got him because I read that rose hairs are generally docile and friendly. Burt is not.
I read that he should eat maybe up to 6 crickets a week but he'll attack and eat whatever or however many I hand him. Yes, I had to stop putting crickets in his house with my hand because as soon as I open his door he's coming to get whatever is being offered.
Now I use long tweezers and he'll grab crickets right out of them. So here's my question: is it possible to over feed him? I was told from the pet store that I got him from to always have a few crickets in his cage but if there's 3 in there he attacks and kills them all right away.
Another thing he does that I'm being told is strange is his dirt moving. I've got a bunch of that coconut strand stuff and he has built what he likes. He's moved all the dirt stuff from one side to the other and built a kind of perch on his cork stump deal. If a cricket or super worm gets down in the dirt he digs them out in a hurry.
I don't mind him being aggressive and pretty much constantly active. It'll make cleaning his cage a little trickier but it is super fun to watch him do his thing.
Any advice or really anything someone might like to contribute will be very much appreciated as I know virtually nothing about these awesome little critters!
Thanks!!!
I named him Burt so I'll refer to him as a he but I do suspect "he's" a female. He's a rose haired and looks to be really healthy. We got him because I read that rose hairs are generally docile and friendly. Burt is not.
I read that he should eat maybe up to 6 crickets a week but he'll attack and eat whatever or however many I hand him. Yes, I had to stop putting crickets in his house with my hand because as soon as I open his door he's coming to get whatever is being offered.
Now I use long tweezers and he'll grab crickets right out of them. So here's my question: is it possible to over feed him? I was told from the pet store that I got him from to always have a few crickets in his cage but if there's 3 in there he attacks and kills them all right away.
Another thing he does that I'm being told is strange is his dirt moving. I've got a bunch of that coconut strand stuff and he has built what he likes. He's moved all the dirt stuff from one side to the other and built a kind of perch on his cork stump deal. If a cricket or super worm gets down in the dirt he digs them out in a hurry.
I don't mind him being aggressive and pretty much constantly active. It'll make cleaning his cage a little trickier but it is super fun to watch him do his thing.
Any advice or really anything someone might like to contribute will be very much appreciated as I know virtually nothing about these awesome little critters!
Thanks!!!