Pink toed T????

[Simon Batten]

a question about my pink toed T I have had her 2 days and was wondering when she will build a web I apologise if its a stupid question but im not sure at the moment she has climbed to the top of the glass and hasnt really moved I know they build webs and was wondering how she will catch food without one???

[Adam Smith]

Chances are she is getting used to the area of the tank, if shes under the lid chances are she spin a we b in no time.

[Simon Batten]

yeh she is up under the lid I havnt really given her a chance to settle yet because unfortunately I had to take her out again yesterday and fix the tank because it cracked so she hasnt been left alone for 24 hours yet anyway thanks for the fast response mate

[Phil Rea]

They can sometimes take weeks to start webbing, so don't worry too much about it

[Simon Batten]

thanks Phil one more question though what about feeding her if she has no web??

[Phil Rea]

She should still eat without a web. They don't use their web to capture prey, as such.

[Simon Batten]

as I just thought if she doesnt venture on to the floor much she would not be able to catch it also the bloke in the shop told me she will eat moths if you put them in??

[Ray Gabriel]

Hi,

Firstly how big is your Avic?

What species is it?

What size tank is it in?

Ray

[Daniel Carpenter]

Yes moths are good.

One of the problems of collecting your own food is that you always have the risk of introducing some parasite or unwelcome guest.

Although one of the benefits of using wild caught ( live ) foods is that they are full with naturally acquired minerals an vitamins.

You will have to be careful however that you do not catch the food in areas where fertilisers or pesticides are used.

Hope this helps you,
Dan

[Simon Batten]

Hi,

Firstly how big is your Avic?

What species is it?

What size tank is it in?

Ray

it is a pink toed Tarantula and is 2inches she is in a tank which is 18 long 12 high and 12 deep

[RUSS DEAN]

hi
i've had mine a while now and mine still has'nt webbed she mostly sits at the top of a lump of bark or on the mesh bit of her viv but i've noticed she's more active since i swopped to thick layer of vermiculite and capped off with chip bark..
wat i did notice other day which freaked me out was i went in room and put light on to see her face down in her water bowl, as you can imagine i ran over, lifted lid sharpish cos i thort she was dead. which she was'nt too impressed about coe she freaked out big style..
i was a bit strange to see a T upside down with it's head in a water bowl..

just thort i'd share that with you....

[Ray Gabriel]

Hi,

Firstly how big is your Avic?

What species is it?

What size tank is it in?

Ray

it is a pink toed Tarantula and is 2inches she is in a tank which is 18 long 12 high and 12 deep

Hi Simon.

12" high is good enough, give her a piece of Bamboo tube or cork bark tube around 3" diameter to hide in, she will start to web this up no probs (or rehouse her into a 5L cerial container).

Heating and lighting should be supplied by a light bulb overhead which is on for 12 hours of for 12 hours, this gives the night time drop for keeping Avics and the humidity rise in the evening.

I used 3 foot wide heated cabinets for all my Avics and Psalmopoeus (and Tapinauchinus) with no other heating than a 2 foor strip light (with power unit) for heating and mine were fine. I realise you might not be able to do this, but for me it was the best way to get the job done.

leave her alone for a few weeks, with the tube the crickets will crawl up it and the spid will get the food, also at 2" a moult is probably due so i would live the spid alone (with her tube) and not feed her but give her a water dish she can get to, and see what happens.

Ray

[Simon Batten]

thanks Ray I have been using a heat mat to heat the tank I have a humidity moniter and it says about 85% humidity most of the time should I scrap the heat mat and use a light??? she is in a light room all day and its dark at night so would that be sufficient with the mat??

[Ray Gabriel]

The mat should be fine if you switchit of at night.

The problem arises with winter and colder nights, you would really need to have the mat on a stat set at around 74C for the winter night time drop.

The good thing about cabinets (one of the good things ) is that they hold thier heat.

Ventilation is the next concern, Avics like good ventilation, depending on what youare using as a lid for the tank we can work out how to ventialte the enclosere.

Humidity should be low during the day and higher at night, this is achieved by lowering the temperature at night time, thus the heating is switched off.

So next questions what is the lid (or if the tank is on its end) the open side made off?

Ray

[Simon Batten]

again thanks for all your help, for the lid I am using a piece of acrilic (I dont think thats how you spell it) plastic I havnt put the T in this tank yet I am still setting it up I was planning on drilling small holes through the plastic for ventilation