T gone astray

[Adam Smith]

Has anyone whos owned T's which all of do, ever gone over to tub, pot, tank whichever it is to clean out a spider put down new substrate and all only to find when you ready to catch the quick T and house it temporarily only to find that the T isnt there?
thats happened to me recentley I was in process of cleaning out a deli pot containing a C Schodeiti (Malaysian Earth tiger) only to find it not there. I removed the broken pot and bark peice from which it anchored webbing and expected a hyper spider. NO! right so its hidding in the soil, I slowly carefully turn the soil round emptying it gently into another container. NO! Still no sign of the spider which leads me to beleive it escaped. How? That is what im thinking, it is in a deli pot with secure lid and everytime I took the lid off to feed or spray im almost certain that I securely closed it after. If it had escaped then surely I would have seen it venture out from its hide in the bedroom, after all the bedroom floor is laminate wooden floor which everything is visible. his was a good few weeks back so its either its hiding well or has made it from the pot, out the bedroom, across the hall ad then through kitchen making it to the garden without anyone seeing it. Somewhat disapointed cos it was a really nice specimen and very shocked at how its escaped with no trace. Anyone else have an stories and memories of Ts gone astray

[mary walters]

I had one chew it's way out of the container recently, it was an orange fringe. We caught it up a corner after almost emptying the spider room to find it, those who know me will understand that I wouldn't go into the spider room alone till we caught it.
Hey, I've just found out how to use the smilies :P

[Adam Smith]

I never would ever imagined a T chewing its way out of a plastic container, heard of Locusts chewing through there bags. Its amazing just when you think you know what a T can do and what they cant then totally surprise u.

[Ian Metcalfe]

I think it was Phil messenger who gave me the advice not to keep a T in a cricket tub for too long as they can chew their way out. But it was definatley him who showed me a tank a couple of years back where the T had chewed its way through the metal ventilation mesh. I always check the mesh every time I feed my T's now.

[Neil Richardson]

Yeah, Layla had a Nhandu sp, that chewed through a metal grille to escape.

[James Metcalf]

wow lol but i didnt think tha t's had teeth but a mass of hairs and i dont think that they could do this with their fangs

[Adam Smith]

there fangs are surprisingly strong and cricket tubs arent the strongest or thickest and wire mesh can be chewed through I guess, never knew but now I do.

[nicola faux]

yeh my L parahybana has a mesh top to her tank and the holes she makes with her fangs is quite scary, she will hang from the mesh whenever shes doing a new silk run.....

[Daniel Carpenter]

wow I best start thinking about new homes!

[James Metcalf]

wow i best get my cricket tubs changed for summit stronger

[Adam Smith]

Not for small slings I wouldnt think, juveniles maybe, though I never use cricket tubs anyway

[Layla McInnes]

We had a Nhandu coloratovillosus female and a sub male B smithi chew their way out of tanks with mesh strips they had been in for a couple of years.

[Adam Smith]

Quite amazing what they capable of. Gotta beextra careul when choosing tanks now.