After hiding out under her half pot yesterday my G.rosea surprised us with her old skin tis morning!
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Yippee, a molt!
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bet she is looking a quite a bit bigger now
She is still hiding out under the pot till her exo hardens off fully
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I took the lid of her 'tank' last night to have a look, and she crawled out onto my hand! It didnt bother me but being so small I had to be careful in getting back in her home. She's too small to pick up in the conventional way so my partner suggested letting her walk onto a spoon, and lowering the whole lot into the tank. And she doesnt like spiders at all!
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Originally posted by Daniel CarpenterHow big is she? Cant relly tell by the pics...
I decided to feed her today, put ina couple crickets and she was backing away from them when one ventured into the pot. she was almost vertical on her back legs as if to say' get it away from me'!
Later she left the safety of the pot and is now in a strange position, in the top corner of the tank, head down.
(The 'tank' a small microwave container,is only about 2 1/2 inches deep)
No webbing yet, is that normal?
Heres her tank, pre molt:
(BTW, it looks quite damp in there, Ive since amended that and its much drier now)
The tank on top houses a veracious Tegenaria domestica, who had another molt tonight! Now he looks bigger and I say he as I can see his pedipalp bulges now
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Originally posted by Adam Smith (pe@nut)Ok setp but may want to remove that water bowl as its little big and could be hazard, a much smaller cap or lid, def sallower but the best water method at that size is just mist the tank every day to every other day and they can drink droplets
But its just a cap off a water bottle,couldnt find anything smaller!
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Originally posted by Daniel Carpenterin the top tank.. Thats a house spider right??? i'am not to good with the proper names yet but it does loook like one. And the webbing well mine as spun loads but i surpose it depends on the spider.
BTW, its name is Tegenaria domestica.
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Originally posted by James Metcalfwhy do people keep house spiders is there anything special bout them like there is with tarantulas ?
And its a voracious predator. You put a cricket or moth in there and BAM it pounces on it straight away!
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I suppose keeping a house spider would be good practice if you want a T but never owned one before i guess. Ive had house spiders in tubs when I was a kid cos taranutlas I was always going to have in life. I have kept yard spiders and wolf spiders too, cant remember the scientific names off top of head, the yard spider was a good size and was gestating cos she laid an egg sac which was cool. had a pair of wood lice spiders that found in garden kept out of curiosity and they have a real set of fangs on them.
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