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ur so cute : ) --thanks so much! linda

well, there's now a sequel to my story. i don't let things go very easily and i inspected her underside again a few times and what looks like the hole that secreted actually seems to have another on her other side. they look symmetrically placed on the body but this one was more prominent and...

well, very, very sad news. yesterday i went in to check on her, give water. the paper towel she's on had dried fluid on it. i hoped it was a long overdue excretion but when i turned her over and cleaned it all off, it looks like there was an egg after all and it hatched and has bored inside...

thanks--as soon as i get the terrarium set up, i'll add a water dish. right now she's still in the strawberry container and i have several paper towels folded and damp under her with a porous barrier between that keeps her off it and i dampen 1 paper towel and cover the top before closing...

thanks so much for your reply (it also got lost in my email so sorry for responding so slowly). actually, it almost looks like she's even growing even though she's suffered a real trauma and hasn't eaten for over 3 weeks since i've had her. no, her body is completely good and intact, no...

sorry i haven't responded sooner. the email notification got lost in all my tons of emails. i really think it's cool you went to so much trouble for this. i guess i'm just afraid to overdo trying to take care of her and possibly make things worse. she's gaining so much movement daily, waving...

thanks for keeping on the thread with me. it's good to have some feedback. last night was a really monumental change in her. i turned her over to give her water and i used the paint brush to just stroke her lightly and when i did, i got so much response especially in her back legs. she's far...

thanks katelyn--actually, after you and tgirl gave me your valuable input, i modified everything and kind of came to the same conclusion so i've stopped bothering her except i can't help but check on her once a day even though the advice online was to give water every 3 days and i could...

thank you both--Tgirl1010 and katiekatelyn--for offering your expertise and valuable opinions. i had read somewhere that there was a big danger of a tarantula in this situation dessicating, i suppose because they can't drink or find suitable shelter for themselves that moderates their humidity...

i knew better than to save her but something came over me and i fought the wasp to save her. now i realize that she's missing one leg, probably from the attack, and i've tried giving her water like i saw on the internet but i don't see it go in, even when i break down the water tension. i'm...

hey josh--thanks for the welcome. ok. i actually think tarantulas are wonderful and i get really excited to see them, just as i do snakes, rattlers and non-poisonous ones. the thing is this: i can't bring myself to really handle them, maybe a non-poisonous snake and definitely lizards are ok...