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Rehoused L Klugi Justina
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<blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 123278" data-attributes="member: 26980"><p>Update:</p><p></p><p>It's obvious that she didn't like the substrate and strongly favored the side of the enclosure where the water dish was located, even perching permanently upon the glass above the dish.</p><p></p><p>Therefore I added a layer of pure eco earth and reversed the locations of the hide and water dish. I gently sloped it down to the rear to create a little bit more privacy while still keeping her visible.</p><p></p><p>It appears successful. She immediately went into her hide after being reintroduced directly upon it.</p><p></p><p>I also did a hot side cold side arrangement with the heating because it was only getting up to 74 and she's used to 80 on the warm side of the enclosure.</p><p></p><p>The amount of substrate needed for a larger enclosure is quite a bit more then I thought.</p><p></p><p>I liberally moistened the eco earth as well. At least she's pretty easy to move into and out of a container without too much drama.</p><p></p><p>As much as I like seeing her hanging around outside, no one wants to see a morose spider!!</p><p></p><p>For some reason, she's aggressively attacking the tongs when feeding which means I have to drop food at a safe distance, even ran half way up them when I fed her last. It appears better to drop feeders right in front of her.</p><p></p><p>I guess "death from above" is the way to go. Up to this point, I would gently place feeders right in front of her.</p><p></p><p>She did eat a mealworm even when hanging out on the glass. I aimed it right above the fangs but that didn't appear to be the right thing to do.</p><p></p><p>The old enclosure will become resurrected when the balfouri gets big enough for rehousing. Heck, since they don't get bigger then 5", that enclosure should be just fine as a permanent one for that species.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitelightning777, post: 123278, member: 26980"] Update: It's obvious that she didn't like the substrate and strongly favored the side of the enclosure where the water dish was located, even perching permanently upon the glass above the dish. Therefore I added a layer of pure eco earth and reversed the locations of the hide and water dish. I gently sloped it down to the rear to create a little bit more privacy while still keeping her visible. It appears successful. She immediately went into her hide after being reintroduced directly upon it. I also did a hot side cold side arrangement with the heating because it was only getting up to 74 and she's used to 80 on the warm side of the enclosure. The amount of substrate needed for a larger enclosure is quite a bit more then I thought. I liberally moistened the eco earth as well. At least she's pretty easy to move into and out of a container without too much drama. As much as I like seeing her hanging around outside, no one wants to see a morose spider!! For some reason, she's aggressively attacking the tongs when feeding which means I have to drop food at a safe distance, even ran half way up them when I fed her last. It appears better to drop feeders right in front of her. I guess "death from above" is the way to go. Up to this point, I would gently place feeders right in front of her. She did eat a mealworm even when hanging out on the glass. I aimed it right above the fangs but that didn't appear to be the right thing to do. The old enclosure will become resurrected when the balfouri gets big enough for rehousing. Heck, since they don't get bigger then 5", that enclosure should be just fine as a permanent one for that species. [/QUOTE]
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