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B. Smithi (Redknee) Spiderling Filling Water Dish
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<blockquote data-quote="kwikness" data-source="post: 21658" data-attributes="member: 2514"><p>I just got my first tarantula. It's an unsexed B. Smithi. I've had it for about 3 weeks on the money now and still haven't seen it molt, so from what I've read, it's coming to about that time.</p><p></p><p>This is my little bud in it's home:</p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/I28T1xu.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>In all the time I've had her, I've never seen her do what she did last night. She must have been pretty busy throughout the night because when I woke up this morning, I noticed that it had completely filled up its water dish:</p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/MODwqq1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I use a little piece off of an egg carton as her hide. When I first came over in the morning, I could see her moving around a bit in there. My guesses as to what she could have been doing include preparing a silk mat for molting, digging for fun, or grooming-- or something else. You tell me!</p><p></p><p>After a while of watching her, she came out and started kind of rotating around on top of the vermiculite-covered cup. I've watched a Youtube video ([media=youtube]IsBJaohdFwo[/media]) of a B. Smithi preparing a mat, and the movements were similar to what mine is doing, although mine seems to be doing it at a more relaxed pace and without the abdomen kicking in the video.</p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/lsdO0AP.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I'm new to tarantulas, but I'm pretty confident she's just getting ready to molt. But why in her water dish? I want to provide a place for her to get some water, but now I'm not just going to go in there and ruin all the work she's potentially put into making a molting bed.</p><p></p><p>What do you guys think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kwikness, post: 21658, member: 2514"] I just got my first tarantula. It's an unsexed B. Smithi. I've had it for about 3 weeks on the money now and still haven't seen it molt, so from what I've read, it's coming to about that time. This is my little bud in it's home: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/I28T1xu.jpg[/IMG] In all the time I've had her, I've never seen her do what she did last night. She must have been pretty busy throughout the night because when I woke up this morning, I noticed that it had completely filled up its water dish: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/MODwqq1.jpg[/IMG] I use a little piece off of an egg carton as her hide. When I first came over in the morning, I could see her moving around a bit in there. My guesses as to what she could have been doing include preparing a silk mat for molting, digging for fun, or grooming-- or something else. You tell me! After a while of watching her, she came out and started kind of rotating around on top of the vermiculite-covered cup. I've watched a Youtube video ([media=youtube]IsBJaohdFwo[/media]) of a B. Smithi preparing a mat, and the movements were similar to what mine is doing, although mine seems to be doing it at a more relaxed pace and without the abdomen kicking in the video. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lsdO0AP.jpg[/IMG] I'm new to tarantulas, but I'm pretty confident she's just getting ready to molt. But why in her water dish? I want to provide a place for her to get some water, but now I'm not just going to go in there and ruin all the work she's potentially put into making a molting bed. What do you guys think? [/QUOTE]
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