Recent content by Zeirath

So I haven't done an update in a while, figured I'd chuck one up, this is Xena(T that was stuck in postage for 8-9 days and didn't seem to be settling in very well), I had to do a complete rehouse due to mites and bad ventilation on her old cage, no idea where she got the mites from but oh well...

Nope that's why the worm is there, spider is completely ignoring it, Little Azkwin molted while I was away found her molt webbed into the side of the entrance of her burrow when I got home, and my Phlogius is still in it's burrow which is completely sealed with web and substrate. So my pet holes...

That's spider poop right? I was away overnight visiting my parents and come back and find this thing. To me it looks like poop but up until now my spiders have been pooping on the sides of the containers not in their webs. Picture is blurry, somehow misplaced my phone while I was away and my...

I suppose I really shouldn't feel like a sucky spider mom until I lose one, then I have permission to feel sucky! haha.

So this morning we have movement, I was so excited to see her, only to..find her faceplanted against the corner of the container again, I don't know how to make this T happy, she has exited the burrow and caved it in so clearly she didn't like that much. Only thing I can think of is maybe wait...

Just watched the youtube videos of the paralyzed spider, she molted and completely recovered that's so awesome! She would have definitely died if he didn't have the patience to nurse her until she molted.

This is Lexa's enclosure, she completely ignored my pre-made starter burrow and tunneled down the corner behind it instead. And this is my larger T's enclosure the one who survived the 10 day postage ordeal, who is still unnamed it looks like she has completely sealed off the entrance to her...

This is one of my pet holes..I mean Azkwin in her burrow!

Haha okay, I'll try to resist, just cos I can't see her doesn't mean I should become paranoid! Unless it does start to stink ofc. It's good at night I turn all the lights off and sit my Phlogius' cage between my bed and the computer screen across the room and sure enough within 10-15 minutes she...

So haven't noticed any changes in the cage today, the water bowl was a little bit lower, not sure if just evaporation or she's been out to drink. How long do I leave it before I paranoid dig up her burrow to find out if she is okay, a week? a month? when the cage starts to stink lol? =p

I never had mite problems with crickets when I had my lizard a few years ago, I bought a pack of crickets with my baby T from the city and they ended up mite infested, they were only little tiny white things, which turned out to be like herbivorous mites, they annoyed my spider and made her try...

Haha don't worry about walls of text I enjoy reading your experiences, yeah I was a bit iffy when I read about the venom being so bad for pets because I have a Ragdoll cat and he is my baby I'd be devastated if something happened to him, so atm I have all my T's in plastic containers with...

Haha thanks, I'm sure once I start knowing the signs and normal behaviors of these T's I'll stress a lot less, my little T Azkwin molted within 3 days of me receiving her but I figure she's tiny they molt fairly often, but it makes sense if they haven't molted in a while the stress of being...

So went to feed her and noticed she's completely blocked up her burrow with webbing and substrate. Do they only do this when molting? I don't know if she'll even have room to molt down there can they molt in tight spaces? She's a pretty big spider I wouldn't have thought she'd be ready to molt...

I did try the other day but then removed it yesterday morning, I can try putting another one in there she might be more interested now she's got a little safe hidy hole of her own. I did read somewhere that bigger spiders take longer to recover from shipping shock than slings. Plus yeah 10 day...