shell i take out the hide and put more plants in

[scotttaylor]

i have a red Chile rose i have put in 3 different hides for it sorry not to sure of sex think male, but he never gos in it prefers the fake ivy i have moved the ivy and he sits under it most of the day will it be better for me to take out the hide and put more plants in as i have read they like floor space

[Elaine Ross]

Hi Scott
I would take out 2 of the hides from the tank and just leave the one plus the ivy and a water dish. My B. boehmei didnt use its hide for the first week but now uses it for some of the day and the rest of the time she is out in the open. Try not to change things too often for your T as they seem to get stressed by it and will take time to settle in again.
Mine are all setup with a hide, plant and water dish and decent depth of substrate and then left alone. I only disturb them for feeding and water.
Hope that helps.
Elaine

[scotttaylor]

i have the plant and a log i bort form the net wide enough and long enough the with of the tank my tank is 1 foot square and water in it have about 3 to 4 inches looks like hes move the soil around the log faces the plant and the water is next to the log on the side so i have as much room as i can give him thinking later on if need to cut the log down abit but that will be a lot later if he looks like he wonts more room

[Harry Armstrong]

I wouldn't worry about your G rosea not using her hide Scott, mine just wanders around her viv, she has never used the hide yet, though she might go in it of a night. I dont have any plants in with mine she seems happy. As long as you have water food and proper temp your rosea should be happy. Just follow elaine's advice and all should be well.

Regards.
H...

[Karin Mitton]

I put a lttle flower pot on its side for a hide, and put a little plactic tree next too it. In the almost 2 months I have had Rosie, she has used her hide once. She prefers to sit on top of the hide or the tree, and has covered both of them in a silk mat. I wouldn't worry if she doesn't use the hide.

[scotttaylor]

when do they put the silk down as that would be so cool to see i work form 6am to 11am so i might get to woch it, if it take a few mouths for them to start it i might get a bey cam and recode it as my cam is on my phone it only dose an hour lol

[Harry Armstrong]

My rosea lays web every time I feed her. She gets the Cricket then she goes round in a circle laying web then she lays the Cricket in the middle covers it with some web. I don't know why she does this because then she picks it up and eats it. Every time I feed her she lays a bit more web on top of the last.

H...

[scotttaylor]

so they lay the web fast i throt it be like spiders where they put it up and Waite i have put 2 crickets in that are big enough to eat i think any way lol i carnt see them so i guess they got in front and were eaten striate up lol or ready good at hiding and my tank is glass i think he likes to look out as hes always facing out lol under the fake plant

[Barbara Gittings]

Hi Scott

My G.rosea never uses the hide I put in for her. She prefers to be out in the open, ocassionally she will hide down between the pot and the wall, but thats all.

Barbara