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Ah I see! Thank you, I'll be sure to pay higher attention to my future deco and hides, right now I have a juvie B. Smithi that refuses to ever be in her hide, but as I've learned with tarantulas...patience is one of the most needed virtues .
So you know how in reptile expos some people will try to sell tarantulas off as calm, but they're only lethargic because of being kept in cool temperatures? Now I would never practice or even attempt this if I know any part is bad, but wouldn't doing that make it easier to rehouse say...
Yes very much so! I had a T. Cupreus for a while and she was always coming out of her hide when I opened the cage, it was amazing to see her so calm! (Not calm, just not bolting at mach ten cause she didn't feel somethings vibrations from across the room.)
This thread is a little old but I'd like to add something XD Honestly my favorite thing in a T is curiosity, I absolutely adore T's that come out when they know the lid is opened, this is why I had wanted an C. Versicolor for so long cause I've heard they are quite cheeky!
This is nothing bad ahead of time, I stay as serious as I can when rehousing, or doing maintenance but I can't help but make funny moments in my head when they act strange, today I fed my Aureotibialis, and she doesn't bite the roach but picks it up and puts it on the edge of her enclosure, as...
Can I put multiple? The most common one is if I keep them all together XD. I think the strangest encounter someone gave me about my tarantulas though was this one person in town who is known to be a liar interrupted me talking about rehousing my O. Aureotibialis said if I ever needed help I...
So I was searching around another forum and found someone claiming that centipedes are in contrast to tarantulas, able to be trained to tolerate handling? I'm sure this may be false but if true I thought it'd be fascinating!