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<blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 132614" data-attributes="member: 26980"><p>A T stirmi.... Yes of course they do!! Honestly though they are an advanced species, more like keeping an OW or even some amphibians.</p><p></p><p>The hardest part is getting the enclosure and it's conditions right. It took me several hours for the initial setup and then I had to redo it and improve it.</p><p></p><p>She literally wouldn't come out of the enclosure so I resorted to using an infrared thermometer to monitor the temps of the T directly, one flash on the abdomen, one on the carapace.</p><p></p><p>Yes, you CAN take a spider's temperature of it's large enough.</p><p></p><p>Still, it's not impossible and she molted just fine. I think a 4th of July post molt feeding is about right unless she shows a strong feeding drive before that, eg attacking the water dish or the substrate when moistened or walking around digging around looking for feeders</p><p></p><p>For now, she's chilling out comfortably within her hide. I'm tempted to nudge her out to get some extra pics but I'm not going to. She should be hardening up nicely.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]30722[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>When I retrieved the molt many hours later, she looked like she just molted minutes ago. I think I can get a pic, crappy one though.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]30723[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, just a little bit crappy. At last!! I captured the true richness of the brown coloration. These guys are far more impressive then they mostly appear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitelightning777, post: 132614, member: 26980"] A T stirmi.... Yes of course they do!! Honestly though they are an advanced species, more like keeping an OW or even some amphibians. The hardest part is getting the enclosure and it's conditions right. It took me several hours for the initial setup and then I had to redo it and improve it. She literally wouldn't come out of the enclosure so I resorted to using an infrared thermometer to monitor the temps of the T directly, one flash on the abdomen, one on the carapace. Yes, you CAN take a spider's temperature of it's large enough. Still, it's not impossible and she molted just fine. I think a 4th of July post molt feeding is about right unless she shows a strong feeding drive before that, eg attacking the water dish or the substrate when moistened or walking around digging around looking for feeders For now, she's chilling out comfortably within her hide. I'm tempted to nudge her out to get some extra pics but I'm not going to. She should be hardening up nicely. [ATTACH=full]30722[/ATTACH] When I retrieved the molt many hours later, she looked like she just molted minutes ago. I think I can get a pic, crappy one though. [ATTACH=full]30723[/ATTACH] Well, just a little bit crappy. At last!! I captured the true richness of the brown coloration. These guys are far more impressive then they mostly appear. [/QUOTE]
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