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He really has zero moisture needs....you can keep him dry with a water dish...doesnt get any simpler.Gomez is a curly hair
Tarantula moving his substrate?
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Hi n welcome to ab,
don't worry your floofer will come out when ready either with new clothes or when they are done looking into the abyss, there is no time frame on this it could be a few days it could be a year it just depends on your spoods body clock so we can't help with a time frame really, just make sure the water dish is full and pour some water into the sub now n again to try n make sure if they aren't coming up they can still burrow to moisture, apart from that all you can do is be patient and wait for your t to emerge.... its usually why we end up with more, you get one floofer, floofer burrows and us impatient humans get another t so we can at least see 1 and so the cycle goes.
But I do suggest you do more research as @viper69 said all be it rather bluntly (its why we love him he doesn't mess about
) research is your best friend with these magnificent creatures and the more you do the more you are prepared and know what things like shutting the door means, it will also help with your confidence with your t and give you a much better appreciation for the floofer you keep.
Gl to you both
don't worry your floofer will come out when ready either with new clothes or when they are done looking into the abyss, there is no time frame on this it could be a few days it could be a year it just depends on your spoods body clock so we can't help with a time frame really, just make sure the water dish is full and pour some water into the sub now n again to try n make sure if they aren't coming up they can still burrow to moisture, apart from that all you can do is be patient and wait for your t to emerge.... its usually why we end up with more, you get one floofer, floofer burrows and us impatient humans get another t so we can at least see 1 and so the cycle goes.
But I do suggest you do more research as @viper69 said all be it rather bluntly (its why we love him he doesn't mess about
) research is your best friend with these magnificent creatures and the more you do the more you are prepared and know what things like shutting the door means, it will also help with your confidence with your t and give you a much better appreciation for the floofer you keep.Gl to you both
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Good- keep reading, you need to
When I see one of my tarantulas burrow out of nowhere I consider the following scenarios:
It's just being a tarantula
It's looking for shelter, either from the elements or light
It's seeking moisture
It's looking for a safe place to prepare for a molt
If any of those things I can control, I correct them and then continue observing. I don't intervene unless I see a dire need to (like a death curl). Just have to trust the process.
It's just being a tarantula
It's looking for shelter, either from the elements or light
It's seeking moisture
It's looking for a safe place to prepare for a molt
If any of those things I can control, I correct them and then continue observing. I don't intervene unless I see a dire need to (like a death curl). Just have to trust the process.
LilithArachne
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Tarantulas just need privacy sometimes, he will come out when he is ready
He's probably watching TV
He's probably watching TV
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Dream of dreaming of when they finally eat again. The only thing that ever worried about when they shut the borrow they leave occasionally for water.?Hi, and welcome!
Itās good that youāre using the boards to ask questionsācaring for these animals can certainly be confusing because theyāre not commonly kept, there arenāt usually any veterinarians to tell us if our animals are in good health, and our spidersā health and happiness depends mostly on how diligent their keepers are about actively seeking knowledge about them!
The forum can be a great resource when we run into new challenges, but thereās also the āyou donāt know what you donāt knowā challenge that leads a lot of people to only start getting important information after thereās already a problem, so with that in mind, I highly recommend you read through the beginnersā thread posted above, and also check out Tom Moranās website called Tomās Big Spiders (that will lead you to his blog, YouTube channel, and podcast, all of which are great). He should have information about the Tlitocatl albopilosus (curly hair) species, but much of the general information you find about New World terrestrials will apply to this species too. Iāve also found Daveās Little Beasties (YouTube) to be reasonably helpful as Iām learning.
You can also Google Tarantula Heaven. She has a fairly extensive eBook on tarantula care, though use some caution with that one. Some of the information seems a bit outdated, so donāt use it as a single source of truth, but it provides a decent overview to help you get some of the basics covered so you can better see what gaps you might need to seek more targeted advice with.
Itās good that youāre using the boards to ask questionsācaring for these animals can certainly be confusing because theyāre not commonly kept, there arenāt usually any veterinarians to tell us if our animals are in good health, and our spidersā health and happiness depends mostly on how diligent their keepers are about actively seeking knowledge about them!
The forum can be a great resource when we run into new challenges, but thereās also the āyou donāt know what you donāt knowā challenge that leads a lot of people to only start getting important information after thereās already a problem, so with that in mind, I highly recommend you read through the beginnersā thread posted above, and also check out Tom Moranās website called Tomās Big Spiders (that will lead you to his blog, YouTube channel, and podcast, all of which are great). He should have information about the Tlitocatl albopilosus (curly hair) species, but much of the general information you find about New World terrestrials will apply to this species too. Iāve also found Daveās Little Beasties (YouTube) to be reasonably helpful as Iām learning.
You can also Google Tarantula Heaven. She has a fairly extensive eBook on tarantula care, though use some caution with that one. Some of the information seems a bit outdated, so donāt use it as a single source of truth, but it provides a decent overview to help you get some of the basics covered so you can better see what gaps you might need to seek more targeted advice with.
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A little update
As mentioned before it was well over a year since Gomez ate anything. Iām happy to say heās eating again! Many of you were right - he was fasting, I just got worried because people commented that was a very long time to go without food. I bought him a new box of locusts two weeks ago and Iāve been feeding him 1-2 every two days. Heās almost cleared the box now. Iāve taken your advice and done a lot more reading up about him as Iāll admit I wasnāt very well prepared to have a tarantula. I feel rather silly that I kept posting here for every little thingā¦Iāve also noticed that he does a little dance and spins around in a circle before finishing his locust which is quite funny.
As mentioned before it was well over a year since Gomez ate anything. Iām happy to say heās eating again! Many of you were right - he was fasting, I just got worried because people commented that was a very long time to go without food. I bought him a new box of locusts two weeks ago and Iāve been feeding him 1-2 every two days. Heās almost cleared the box now. Iāve taken your advice and done a lot more reading up about him as Iāll admit I wasnāt very well prepared to have a tarantula. I feel rather silly that I kept posting here for every little thingā¦Iāve also noticed that he does a little dance and spins around in a circle before finishing his locust which is quite funny.
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It's good that he's eating again, but 2 locusts every 2 days is a great way to get him started fasting again in short order. An adult specimen like that might need to be fed once a week, but more like once every 10-14 days. Remember, a hungry T is an active T - when you feed them loads in a short period, they will stop eating and sit in their burrow for months until they feel like they need to eat again. Even if you don't overfeed them, they can still go on a hunger strike... My female hasn't eaten in 9 months and I fed her sparingly before she went on strike.
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this absurd feeding schedule is precisely why it went on the super long hunger strike...there is no reason to feed that often....feed him one every 1-2 WEEKS not days.
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Once a month is more reasonable plus it looks fat.
wish the sub adult I got at pet shop was healthy rip.
all I got left is a sling from the pet shop, weāre did you get yours?
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Isn't it odd that the longer I keep spiders, the more I start to think it's human beings that are the aliens. The spider has no agenda, no opinion...they're remarkably genuine creatures just going about their day being spiders. Human beings on the other hand...Centipedes, rats and scorpions are pretty alien!!! Precisely why they do it. Often theyāre fasting or in pre-molt.
The danger for me in keeping spiders is not physical, but rather social apparently.
~N