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  • #1

    Arboreal Question(s)

    Hello to you all.
    I am new to this forum, but not to T fever.....
    I have tried to scour the threads here for the possible suggestions to my questions, but cannot see anything that covers.
    Up until earlier this year I had kept terrestrial
    species. I then purchased a beautiful A.avicularia adult and a P.regalis sling along with some more terrestrials.
    I have read articles and books over the years about care and I was hoping to clarify some of the finer points……

    I was watching Pinkie (original?? ) earlier and noticed that s/he was perched on the glass at the top of his/her home. S/he was facing downwards (which I am aware is apparently how most arboreal species prefer to stay).
    However on this occasion, s/he was on tip-toes holding his/her abdomen at a 90 degree angle, pointing away from the glass. S/he stayed like this for a few hours. No food was being digested; no excreta or silk being produced either. Just seemed a strange position to assume as s/he usually lies flush to the glass/cork.
    Has anyone else seen similar in their T’s????

    Also, my P.regalis (2.5 cm sling) has a lovely arboreal cereal jar set up: Vermiculite and 15 cm of cork to use. However s/he spends 99% of the time at the point where the cork is buried in the substrate, squeezing in the gap. S/he has been in this set up for over a month and does not appear to have produced any silk or attempted to make a retreat in any of the suitable crags in the cork further up the house. S/he appears fine and well, taking crickets like there’s no tomorrow!

    Any suggestions from anyone please ?????
    I look forward to any replies received.

    Mike
    Leve fit quod bene fertur onus.
    Tags: arboreal, questions
  • #2
    I honestly dont know for sure but my A.Avic just sat on the glass for ages and didnt web and I was wondering what to do, after a few months I decided, (just this week actually) to have a change around I got two long pieces of bark and put them together to make a circle with a small gap down the sides if you see what I mean? well the next day I came down and she had started to web now she has a big web so my assumption was that there was no sutible place before, also my A.Avic is called Pinkie as well
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    • #3
      Arboreals can be more fascinating to watch than terrestrials in some ways and webbing up is one of them making really cool tue like silk webs. Even cooler is when they jump and catch an insect in mid air dont see it that often but its one of those rare chances. Your pokie will be at the base of the cork near the substrate, my adult female spent numerous hours and days sat at the base of the cork as it was arched she sat under and spun web around it. They will be getting adjust to their environment

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      • #4
        Poecilotheria webbing

        Exactly. From what I gather Poecilotherias profer hollows in trees in the wild so in captivity they either will live in bark tubes or make their own 'hollow' at the base of the bark, where it is darkest. Most of mine have done this, creating a cave or tube like structure out of web and moss at the base of cork bark slabs. The ones of mine which haven't live in bark tubes, except for the silly one who has expanded her web cave into a burrow (there's always one). I don't know if this is true of all Pokies but I've noticed with mine that when they are small they are not as physically flexible as adults, so web spinning involves the whole body. It looks like one of those dances that bees do. Watching a baby P. metallica dancing like that is a joy to see (mind you, she is the one who dug the burrow).
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        • #5
          Hi
          any chance of some pics of the pokie(Poecilotherias) setups, was thinking about doing one in jan next year.gonna dig around the forum for a pic if i can find one. Along with a geenbottle blue setup.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by BarryL View Post
            Hi
            any chance of some pics of the pokie(Poecilotherias) setups, was thinking about doing one in jan next year.gonna dig around the forum for a pic if i can find one. Along with a geenbottle blue setup.
            Got a camera to use post Christmas. I'll capture some pics of my T's once done. My sling (Pokie and C.cyaneopubescens) set ups are v.basic, but I'll capture my A.avicularia's set up for you!
            Leve fit quod bene fertur onus.

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            • #7
              arborial setups

              I'm having a little difficulty uploading pictures at the moment but give me a couple of days and I'll sort some out for you.
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              • #8
                Hi,

                Thanks, gonna try and sort some pics of my little guys and girls ot to post. thanks again for replying so quick and offering to show some pics.

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