Roosterbomb
Arachnopeon
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- Feb 18, 2014
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I ordered 2 hapolopus sp lg and added an h villosella onto the order. They seem pretty straight forward for an old world. Other than being pretty fast any thing else I should be aware of ?
I haven't given mine water dishes either just because everything ends up buried in a thick layer of dirt and silk. Instead because the silk is so absolutely thick I just pour water on to the web directly and it doesn't drain through. It just pools up in to a puddle that slowly evaporates over the course of a few days. The spider can still drink from it and the substrate never gets wet. Win-Win.I currently have an adult female heterothele villosella in my collection right now she was my 1st ow this time around, unlike the 1 storm had mine started a burrow the minute I put her in her enclosure I'd put an hide in there and she preceded to dig a burrow behind and underneath the hide. I agree these are 1 of the best ows to start with if you don't mind dwarf species. I may get burnt for this but I wouldn't recommend using a water dish with this species as the amount of webbing is really excessive they make a GBB seem lazy it's the only adult I have without a water dish as they tend to not like it humid. They come across really shy and alittle elusive all in all though they are beautiful,fascinating and I feel a must have if you like dwarf species. Here a quick picture of mine taken 2 weeks ago
I have to do that with my M.balfouri and avics, the latter have water dishes but they like to drink from their webI haven't given mine water dishes either just because everything ends up buried in a thick layer of dirt and silk. Instead because the silk is so absolutely thick I just pour water on to the web directly and it doesn't drain through. It just pools up in to a puddle that slowly evaporates over the course of a few days. The spider can still drink from it and the substrate never gets wet. Win-Win.
Bad idea. Avics need a big water dish to keep humidity up. And they still do use water dishes, I can personally attest to that.I have to do that with my M.balfouri and avics, the latter have water dishes but they like to drink from their web
See the word : latterI have to do that with my M.balfouri and avics, the latter have water dishes but they like to drink from their web
I don't think you read her post quite right.Bad idea. Avics need a big water dish to keep humidity up. And they still do use water dishes, I can personally attest to that.
Ahh my mistake. I thought she said she was going to remove the dishes from the Avic cages. I apologize for my incompetence:See the word : latter
as it refers to the avics, which HAVE water dishes...:wink:
I don't think you read her post quite right.
It's cool as a dyslexic I don't hold speed reading against people and I'm gone so much that waterdishes are a must for most of my spiders. Even the M.balfouri has a dish but it webs over it so I just let the water sit on the webbing.Ahh my mistake. I thought she said she was going to remove the dishes from the Avic cages. I apologize for my incompetence: