she wont come down

[vincent winyard]

hi there everyone me again with a new problem. im now the proud owner of a beautiful mexican red knee adult female. i got her on tuesday 17th the problem is she went straight up in the corner of her tank behind a plant thats there and hasn't come down yet. you can normaly tell if someone's been walkabouts during the night there's normaly traces of substrate in the water dish but it's spotless plus everytime i check on her she's in the exact same place. should i just leave her to settle in her own time or try enticing her down somehow.

[Mrs Linda Street]

Hi Vincent, glad to see you've got a new addition, I'd leave her where she is, it's all strange to her, as long as the substrates not wet, as they don't usually like that, try her with some food and leave her to settle in. What sort of size is she?, what about a pic

[vincent winyard]

hi linda the substrates nice and dry for her and she's about five and a half inches tip to toe might be a little bigger. i tried to send photo's before but couldn't work out how to do it. my son will be home from his cruise work soon so he'll be able to heip me with this. as soon as i can i'll put some photo's of the gang on here. by the way if she dont take the cricket for 24 hours should i take it out or leave it for an extra day. cheers linda.

[Mrs Linda Street]

Hi Vincent, there's nowt so queer as the B. Smithi, as you probably know by now. The cricket won't do any harm as long as it's alive, or take it out and try her every other day. I've tried a few times to put pics on, but I think they need re-sizeing, not worked that one out yet.

[vincent winyard]

i'll do that linda and see how she goes hopefuly she'll be down soon. as for photo's im glad im not the only one who has problems. i will get it sorted though. thanks again linda.

[Nicola Dolby]

Contrary to a lot of things we read, Brachys do like to climb and sit on the side of the tank, I've heard of Grammostolas doing the same. If you give her enough substrate and help her to start off, she'll also dig a burrow as they do in the wild. Don't worry.

[vincent winyard]

thanks for the help and info nicola she did come down in the end and like you said she spends time on the side of the tank. thanks again.

[Andrew Ferguson]

Contrary to a lot of things we read, Brachys do like to climb and sit on the side of the tank, I've heard of Grammostolas doing the same. If you give her enough substrate and help her to start off, she'll also dig a burrow as they do in the wild. Don't worry.

I agree. Mine tends to spend equal amounts of time on the side (of the tank and low down) and on the substrate. Occasionally she will climb much higher and sit like a arboreal on the plastic plant I have attached to the top of the tank.