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Hi everyone, I am astoundingly new to forums in general, nevermind this forum but I find myself in a little bit of a pickle regarding my Avicularia Versicolour T - Shelob.
I've owned her since November of 2013 and she has undergone 3 molts since. I'd originally received her in a dehli cup which was perfect for her arboreal needs until recently - she was around 3cm at the time. She has grown gradually since and about 3 weeks ago I rehoused her into a larger but appropriately sized terrarium equipped with some synthetic foliage in the hopes that she would web.
Since the rehousing she has not webbed - I did refer to some forums and found that this is common for avic. v's. A general solution was to place the old web in the new housing to encourage webbing, but this has seen little success.
She was eating for a few weeks after rehousing but yesterday declined a cricket. Thinking this is premolt behaviour, I'm a little concerned about how she will molt. Because I've never seen her EVER make contact with the substrate, without a web I'm not sure how she will molt? She spends her days clinging to the side of the glass and has made a little web but nothing substantial enough for her to live in.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am very worried about my little arachnocompanion.
I've owned her since November of 2013 and she has undergone 3 molts since. I'd originally received her in a dehli cup which was perfect for her arboreal needs until recently - she was around 3cm at the time. She has grown gradually since and about 3 weeks ago I rehoused her into a larger but appropriately sized terrarium equipped with some synthetic foliage in the hopes that she would web.
Since the rehousing she has not webbed - I did refer to some forums and found that this is common for avic. v's. A general solution was to place the old web in the new housing to encourage webbing, but this has seen little success.
She was eating for a few weeks after rehousing but yesterday declined a cricket. Thinking this is premolt behaviour, I'm a little concerned about how she will molt. Because I've never seen her EVER make contact with the substrate, without a web I'm not sure how she will molt? She spends her days clinging to the side of the glass and has made a little web but nothing substantial enough for her to live in.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am very worried about my little arachnocompanion.
I shall let you know how it goes
