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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 129656" data-attributes="member: 27677">17th AprilPhlogius crassipes 'kuttabul' found dead. It ate well on the 11th and seemed fine all week , although not as visible as the other. It still looked plump and full. Both are in identical enclosures, the only difference being I added slightly more water to the enclosure of the one that died on the 11th as it was hard to fill the tiny water dish. A bit too wet but not a swamp.19th AprilFed all spiders 1 cricket according to size. 'stents' number 1 given 2 small crickets, killed both and stashed them in it's burrow.Blue Legs 2 given a small cricket which it took immediately, I put a medium in a couple of hours later, it dropped what was left of the small one and took the medium down within a minute of it being there.Selenotypus sp.2 :Sp.2 number 1&2 not fed, volcano shaped burrows completely closed.Sp.2 number 3 has burrow closed. It is one that already moulted since I've had it. If it is moulting it has only had 1 small cricket and possibly a piece of mealworm. It was still very plump after moulting so maybe it didn't need much. No volcano, just a bump. The weather had cooled as is usual for the time of year, but the last week has been around 30c and sunny, maybe the weather encouraged burrowing.Number 5 burrow blocked, no volcano. Numbers 4 & 6 burrows open, but spiders not visible, each given one small cricket. Number 6 had a dead cricket in its enclosure, so has not eaten since moulting. Number 7 living under sphagnum moss and has not used burrow. Given one small cricket. Seemed reluctant to take it so I squished it a bit. Number 8 given small cricket. Number 9 blocked burrow. Number 10 given small cricket. Number 11 has burrowed to the very bottom of the enclosure, the only one to do so. Strangely , its enclosure is more moist above the substrate than the others. This could be due to it bringing the wetter substrate to the top, usually burrowing deeper would be a sign of the top drying out. Only 5ml of water added via syringe rather than 10ml. Burrow blocked. Number 12 given small cricket. Number 13 given small cricket.</blockquote>

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