B.smithi behaviour

[Matt C]

Hi all,

I was just wondering if anyone could possibly shed some light on something my red knee did a couple of days ago.

I noticed that there was a small globule of white liquid just under the entrance to her shelter. The only thing I can think of that this liquid looked like is like PVA glue. I know this might sound a bit strange but that's what it looked like to me! And I've never seen anything like it before.
About 2 hours later, a friend noticed she was having a dig, upon observation, we could see her collect the substrate that this glue-like liquid was on and push it to the near wall of the enclosure. There is now a little mound there.

Can anyone explain this?
Is it good? Or not good?!

Hope to hear from people soon,
take care all.

Matt

[Daniel Richardson]

Just sounds like spider poo to me!!! spiders are very clean and thats why it tidy'd up after itself,it was strange to do it near its burrow anyway and thats probally why it moved it.

[Matt C]

Thanks Daniel,

I just wanted to check in case it might of been something a little more serious.
I left the mound she moved in there in case it wasn't poo!
I'll remove it from her enclosure tomorrow.

Cheers mate,
Matt