Hi all,
As the title suggests I'm new here and a new T owner (a juvenile female A. Geniculata) - just the one for now. Typically, I have many queries that, for sure, you have already answered many times. Knowing this I have tried to search for answers but some remain rather elusive. I would be very grateful therefore for any light anyone could shed on the following;
1) Many conflicting recommendations on temp and humidity have left me a little uncertain. I have her tank in a draft free spot at room temp only which varies between 65-72F but mostly in the 68-70F range (our usual room temp). Humidity I attempt to control (by overfilling the water dish, occasional misting) but mostly fail with the result that is varies widely between 55-85%. I did read somewhere to ignore this and just make sure the water dish is topped up but this seems hit and miss for a species indigenous to Brazilian rain forests. In any case do I need to worry about any of this? Or am I typical old duffer worrying unnecessarily?
2) Leftovers (bolus?) - where are they!? Yes, my Geniculata is true to form and violently attacks the cricket offerings. But she runs off into her hide with it, no scrape of the cricket(?) ever to be seen again? I look down her hide (cork bark sunk in substrate) but can see nothing, though I don't really know what I'm looking for. This is still the case after 3-4 weeks and quite a few crickets! Moreover I have seen no spider 'droppings' from her. Should I be concerned about any of this?
3) Crickets, yes, but how many, how often? I follow the rule of keeping prey size equal to, or less than, that of the her abdomen (though this measure seems problematic too as crickets are long relatively skinny things compared to the bulbous abdomen of a T). But what I'm really unclear about is how many crickets to feed at a time? She is about 5-6cm in size (I think, just an estimate, she might be a little larger) and I feed her 2-3 crickets twice a week at present. Is this ok? I suspect she will eat much more if offered.
Sorry for the lengthy first post but I do hope someone can help. Thanks in advance.
Geoff
As the title suggests I'm new here and a new T owner (a juvenile female A. Geniculata) - just the one for now. Typically, I have many queries that, for sure, you have already answered many times. Knowing this I have tried to search for answers but some remain rather elusive. I would be very grateful therefore for any light anyone could shed on the following;
1) Many conflicting recommendations on temp and humidity have left me a little uncertain. I have her tank in a draft free spot at room temp only which varies between 65-72F but mostly in the 68-70F range (our usual room temp). Humidity I attempt to control (by overfilling the water dish, occasional misting) but mostly fail with the result that is varies widely between 55-85%. I did read somewhere to ignore this and just make sure the water dish is topped up but this seems hit and miss for a species indigenous to Brazilian rain forests. In any case do I need to worry about any of this? Or am I typical old duffer worrying unnecessarily?
2) Leftovers (bolus?) - where are they!? Yes, my Geniculata is true to form and violently attacks the cricket offerings. But she runs off into her hide with it, no scrape of the cricket(?) ever to be seen again? I look down her hide (cork bark sunk in substrate) but can see nothing, though I don't really know what I'm looking for. This is still the case after 3-4 weeks and quite a few crickets! Moreover I have seen no spider 'droppings' from her. Should I be concerned about any of this?
3) Crickets, yes, but how many, how often? I follow the rule of keeping prey size equal to, or less than, that of the her abdomen (though this measure seems problematic too as crickets are long relatively skinny things compared to the bulbous abdomen of a T). But what I'm really unclear about is how many crickets to feed at a time? She is about 5-6cm in size (I think, just an estimate, she might be a little larger) and I feed her 2-3 crickets twice a week at present. Is this ok? I suspect she will eat much more if offered.
Sorry for the lengthy first post but I do hope someone can help. Thanks in advance.
Geoff
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