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I have heard that with rosehair's so I'm hoping that's what is going on with mine. She looks perfectly healthy so I guess I'll just keep offering food and see what happens. Thank you so much everyone!
Thank you @Gizalba - that looks like a pretty sweet set-up! When I first did research on smithi's way back when, it sounded like they were pretty comfortable without hides, but that's good to know that maybe I do need one in there. Do you think that has anything to do with the lost interest in...
@Oursapoil I'll be the first to admit I don't have a lot of experience (at least in person) of distinguishing the pedipalps between a male and female, but it doesn't look like it (see attached pics). For the entire time I've had "her", I've fed crickets. And then like I said earlier, a few...
Yeah that's why I assumed I had a female. It's about 72 degrees F most of the time but never below 68 or above 75. I have her in a low, plastic enclosure (probably been in there about 4 years) with coconut husk and a driftwood log.
As the title implies, my B. smithi hasn't eaten since June-ish of 2019 and while I know there's a limit to what I can do, I would love any ideas or suggestions. She (not sure, but that's what I call her) is about 10 years old, and I've had her for 9 years (since she was smaller than a quarter)...