I'm a bit worried that my B. Smithi may be dehydrated? the "bum" looks a bit small, then again I'm comparing to photo's that I've seen you people post. I got her last monday, (my first tarantula ever) and she molted friday. All success, but I've never seen her walk over to her water dish. I can see webbing around her cave, but around the water dish there is "no trace" of her. Is it reason to be worried?
To tell you the truth she is in the cave most of the time, but the last days she has started to come a bit more out, and I can see she is expanding her "web mat" to well outside the cave now.
Do you think I shall place a waterdish right infront of the cave?
I've included a VERY bad picture of her (she is hiding, I dont want to force her out for the picture ) but maybe some of you guys can get anything out of it.
Some of you may also want to check the webcam
mms://svenet.com:8081
One other question, what kinda lighting do you people use? For now I'm running on two lights, one for day, one for night. For day I use a Zoo-Med daylight BLUE reptile bulb. And for night I use a Zoo-Med nightlight RED reptile bulb, both 40w (temp is about right with these two).. The guys at the pet store said this would be fine, do you agree?
Again, thanks for all the help I can get. Since this is my first tarantula, small things can freak me a bit out
Regards
Sven
To tell you the truth she is in the cave most of the time, but the last days she has started to come a bit more out, and I can see she is expanding her "web mat" to well outside the cave now.
Do you think I shall place a waterdish right infront of the cave?
I've included a VERY bad picture of her (she is hiding, I dont want to force her out for the picture ) but maybe some of you guys can get anything out of it.
Some of you may also want to check the webcam
mms://svenet.com:8081
One other question, what kinda lighting do you people use? For now I'm running on two lights, one for day, one for night. For day I use a Zoo-Med daylight BLUE reptile bulb. And for night I use a Zoo-Med nightlight RED reptile bulb, both 40w (temp is about right with these two).. The guys at the pet store said this would be fine, do you agree?
Again, thanks for all the help I can get. Since this is my first tarantula, small things can freak me a bit out
Regards
Sven
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