snorkelling cobalt

[wayne randall]

hi ppl, been in the hobby for around a year now and have a varied selection, but 2 weeks ago i put quite a deep water bowl in with my h. lividum, checked on it a few hours later and the t was completely submerged, thinking it had drowned i moved into action and removed lid from enclosure, on doing this a leg flicked, so i took care and just touched the abdomen with long tweezers, it leapt out of the water and done the usual haplopelma intimidation, has anyone else seen a tarantula completely submerged like this?

[matthew spooner]

yeah, the most common reason is just to drink or wash. another possible reason which is not quite so harmless though is nematodes

[ralfkonen]

so what would you do against nematodes? and are there more specific nematodes symptoms

[Samantha Lewanewsky]

I've seen many of my spiders completely submerged, as far as I'm aware, Haplopelma species can remain submerged underwater for quite a while due to hairs that trap air on the spiders underside. Pretty cool stuff

[James Box]

nematodes: check the picture thread:

http://www.thebts.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=5420

why this isn't shouted from the rooftops, i don't know!!!

that is pretty cool behaviour from a Haplo, i know Hysterocrates do it, bus unaware of any other tarantulas that do it.