2 Spiders, 2 Problems...

[jcbeck23]

Ok... I own two T's a mature female Chille Rose and a juvenille P. Regalis.

My first problem is with Cynthia the Chile Rose. Since her recent moult she has taken up glass climbing as a hobby. Something i've never seen her do before. 'What's the problem?' i hear u ask, well, she's rubbish at it! She scales the glass walls of her tank quickly because if she stops she will slide down and then more often than not will fall off the roof of her tank. The worst part is, after a fall of 35 cm she will sit still for a bit then do it again! How she is still in one piece I don't know. Should i worry about her suicidal tendancies or does she know wot she can and can't handle?

The next problem is Boris my regalis, he has also recently moulted, about 10 days ago. Before his moult he was a ferocious beast that would tare apart anything i put in with him. Now he's scared sh*tless! i left it a week after his moult until he was a bit more active and put a fat juicey locust in with him. This i a BIG spider the locust is a snack he jumped towards it, stopped, and then legged it. Is he not ready to eat or has he gone soft on me?

Any tips would be very helpful. Also am willing to accept any other spiders with psychological problems into the Beck Spider Asylum.

[Chris Sainsbury]

Problem one-
Try raiseing the substrate so she doesn´t have so far to fall if she carrys on with her wandering.She may just settle down in the end but until she does this should pervent any major injurys.BTW are you sure its a female and not a mature male as these will wander alot in their search for a mate.

Problem two-
Is Boris a mature male now? If so his appetite will most likely not be the same as it was.Males do tend not to take on larger pray items and don´t eat as offen as they once might of.
If its a female or indeed a juv its also nothing much to really worry about. Maybe just give it more time to harden up or feed her smaller pray items to start of with , then once you see it eating again try the locust.
I´m sometimes a little weary of feeding locusts to tarantulas on account that they can give a good hard kick with their back legs so unless I feel the spider is large enough and hungary enough I won´t feed them these.
Hope this is of any help.