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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 128860" data-attributes="member: 27677"><p>The tiny crassipes were munching their crickets for two full days, one was still going back on the third day before wrapping up the remains, that ones butt is now almost a third bigger than the others, but I don't expect they'll need another meal until after they moult.</p><p></p><p>3rd April</p><p></p><p>Received 1 Phlogius rubiseta</p><p>7 Selenotypus sp.2</p><p></p><p>After 7 days in transit my other order finally arrived, the guy posted Tuesday rather than Monday and didn't realise it was easter with a four day weekend .</p><p>Luckily all 8 were okay, two of the Selenotypus sp. 2 had moulted on the way, one had the moult stuck to its butt, I rehoused it with it still attached and it dragged it around for a bit. I held the moult with the tongs as it was walking about and let the spider free itself without me pulling or tugging, just me holding the moult still and letting any sort of force come from the spider itself. Hopefully it is alright, I had no way of knowing it was moulting until I unearthed it and it started moving around, I just let it walk out of the tub into the new one.</p><p>The other that moulted had deposited the moult on the surface, I couldn't see the spider so I just put the whole tub into an enclosure without disturbing it.</p><p>The Phlogius rubisetta was supposed to be around 3" , but was only about 1.5", it was supposed to be our biggest yet so all we had ready was a small hexagonal fish tank I'd been hanging out to use. Being so long in the post, and not knowing if it was alive until we disturbed it, I didn't want to spend time preparing another enclosure so we put it in the one we had ready, but added several small crickets rather than one larger one to improve the chances of interaction. Food was added for the crickets so they wouldn't annoy the spider and to keep them gutloaded.</p><p>I have never seen such a thin abdomen on a spider, reflecting back now I wish I'd put it in a temporary tub to feed, but once disturbed it wanted out! I was half expecting it to be dead to be honest, but I bought it to be a special spider for my wife and she was doing the unpacking, so at that moment it seemed best to get it housed asap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Jay, post: 128860, member: 27677"] The tiny crassipes were munching their crickets for two full days, one was still going back on the third day before wrapping up the remains, that ones butt is now almost a third bigger than the others, but I don't expect they'll need another meal until after they moult. 3rd April Received 1 Phlogius rubiseta 7 Selenotypus sp.2 After 7 days in transit my other order finally arrived, the guy posted Tuesday rather than Monday and didn't realise it was easter with a four day weekend . Luckily all 8 were okay, two of the Selenotypus sp. 2 had moulted on the way, one had the moult stuck to its butt, I rehoused it with it still attached and it dragged it around for a bit. I held the moult with the tongs as it was walking about and let the spider free itself without me pulling or tugging, just me holding the moult still and letting any sort of force come from the spider itself. Hopefully it is alright, I had no way of knowing it was moulting until I unearthed it and it started moving around, I just let it walk out of the tub into the new one. The other that moulted had deposited the moult on the surface, I couldn't see the spider so I just put the whole tub into an enclosure without disturbing it. The Phlogius rubisetta was supposed to be around 3" , but was only about 1.5", it was supposed to be our biggest yet so all we had ready was a small hexagonal fish tank I'd been hanging out to use. Being so long in the post, and not knowing if it was alive until we disturbed it, I didn't want to spend time preparing another enclosure so we put it in the one we had ready, but added several small crickets rather than one larger one to improve the chances of interaction. Food was added for the crickets so they wouldn't annoy the spider and to keep them gutloaded. I have never seen such a thin abdomen on a spider, reflecting back now I wish I'd put it in a temporary tub to feed, but once disturbed it wanted out! I was half expecting it to be dead to be honest, but I bought it to be a special spider for my wife and she was doing the unpacking, so at that moment it seemed best to get it housed asap. [/QUOTE]
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