Well I've gone and done it now!!!

[Nicola Dolby]

Pics as promised


This is a front pic of the tank.


Close up of the burrow (she's almost buried her water bowl).


Another one

[Kain Prestwood]

Very nice setup you have there Nicola!

Kain

[mike halewood]

Very nice setup you have there Nicola!

Kain

+1 The only thing I dont have atm, and thats because I havent been able to find it any where local, is sphagnum moss. But I presume I could ad that later anyway, that way it wont get buried by the T!!!

[Nicola Dolby]

Mike, your nearest garden centre should have some, if not they should be able to order it for you. Its also quite cheap (you should be able to do 6-7 tanks like mine for £5.

[mike halewood]

I'll have alook next time Im out, cheers Nicola. Im just waiting for the little darling now!!

[Kain Prestwood]

I just bought some off Ebay for a couple of quid.

Looks like its a garden centres ebay shop.

Kain

[mike halewood]

Well what a little sweetheart she was, no really!!



Stage 2



I forgot all about the camera then, took the lid off and the tissue out and she came out rather gingerly.

And hid right behind one of the useless decorations of cork bark,



So I went out to get some hoppers, and put one in, and when it walked right in front of her WHAM!!!! (No not George Michael!!)





I will of course get some better pics once she comes out, then I wont see her again for months!!

[Kain Prestwood]

Nice one Mike.

Very well behaved, can't say the same for my regalis slings

Kain

[Nicola Dolby]

Its the same with all Poecilotheria, its like an inbuilt inquisitiveness. The trick is to get your enclosure set up, take the lid of the pot they came in and put the pot, spider and all, in the enclosure. Let the spider make his/her own way out. Give it an hour and I guarantee you they will (in the dark about 30 seconds).