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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 129171" data-attributes="member: 27677"><p>The sphagnum moss was still very damp in the shipping tub luckily, although there would be no free water to drink dehydration should have been minimal. I know the guy wheels and deals, he gets stock in and ships it off the next day sometimes, so it might have been a while between feeds for this guy. It was lively enough when unpacked so I sprayed a bit of the decor and walls for easy access to water, the substrate was very dry on top so it needed it anyway. Then instead of a medium cricket we added a few small crickets so it would find one quickly. All good now though , it's had 7 crickets already! It's the 'zoomiest' tarantula yet, even in the larger tank I worry that it'll bolt before I can close the door, which is more of a flap really, I'm sorta glad I didn't use one of the smaller tanks now! When it moults the tank it's in will seem a more suitable size , so I'm saving on rehousing really.</p></blockquote><p></p>