Hello Folks
This might be a stupid question but I would still like to hear some opionions.
The thing is that my L. Parahybana is a one bad-ass T. Generally it is quite difficult to find her in good mood so that I can clean the enclosure, she goes into a threat posture as soon as I open the lid. If I still continue disturbing her
surroundings, she goes into a beast mode and runs around attempting to bite anything that moves. Definitely not one to be handled. I always try to cover her by to plastic tub, as gently as possible. Throwing the tub on her would
surely work, But I am afraid of hurting her. Last time I had to keep trying for several weeks to find the right time for her so she would tolerate being covered by a tub, and I could work on her enclosure. She is about 4,5 inches in
legspan, and It is going to be "fun" doing this once she reaches full size.
Last week she was redecorating and for some reason, I think she did it on purpose...I was watching her...She was making small balls about 1,5inch in diameter out of webs and dirt, and she kept droping them into her water dish. And she
just does not let me clean it It is not possible to move her away from them, and nudging her gently with a paint brush will only result in the brush being bitten.
I tried to expain to her that she is a NW species and her primary defence should be kicking bristles and running away, but obviously she forgot to read the manual. Bristles are bad enough but still relatively easy to deal with. The plastic
bottle trick does not work, since she doesnt know that she is supposed to run into it, not attack it.
Did any of you have any experience with Ts being less defensive by e.g. by turning the temperature of the room down, or exposing it to light.....or anything?
This might be a stupid question but I would still like to hear some opionions.
The thing is that my L. Parahybana is a one bad-ass T. Generally it is quite difficult to find her in good mood so that I can clean the enclosure, she goes into a threat posture as soon as I open the lid. If I still continue disturbing her
surroundings, she goes into a beast mode and runs around attempting to bite anything that moves. Definitely not one to be handled. I always try to cover her by to plastic tub, as gently as possible. Throwing the tub on her would
surely work, But I am afraid of hurting her. Last time I had to keep trying for several weeks to find the right time for her so she would tolerate being covered by a tub, and I could work on her enclosure. She is about 4,5 inches in
legspan, and It is going to be "fun" doing this once she reaches full size.
Last week she was redecorating and for some reason, I think she did it on purpose...I was watching her...She was making small balls about 1,5inch in diameter out of webs and dirt, and she kept droping them into her water dish. And she
just does not let me clean it It is not possible to move her away from them, and nudging her gently with a paint brush will only result in the brush being bitten.
I tried to expain to her that she is a NW species and her primary defence should be kicking bristles and running away, but obviously she forgot to read the manual. Bristles are bad enough but still relatively easy to deal with. The plastic
bottle trick does not work, since she doesnt know that she is supposed to run into it, not attack it.
Did any of you have any experience with Ts being less defensive by e.g. by turning the temperature of the room down, or exposing it to light.....or anything?