So as Phil now has his share of the Ts I unfortunately had to give up I thought I'd give a little update on the 3 I was able to keep.
Homoeomma Chilesis (I think?)
Anyone that has a sling knows exactly what's happening with this dude. It's a small sling that gets smaller everyday and stays buried. Pretty standard stuff
Eupalaestrus Campestratus
She has either buried herself to molt. Or just hiding up over winter. Not too sure but I am considering getting her a heat mat as I do find it gets abit nippy sometimes. Mum always looks into her enclosure out of curiosity but sees nothing.
Grammostola Pulchra
This is the one that makes me laugh and honestly makes me happy. Only around 2" maybe but is always out and visible. Mums always looking into the enclosure and the other day during a feeding she did start asking a few questions. One of them was "what's that on its head". So I got out my little torch and started explaining stuff. While sitting there in his small hairy blackness my mums words were "he's actually quite cute".
I think she's starting to come around to the idea that they aren't all massive hairy brown spiders that bolt around be aimlessly everywhere and want to attack everything. I've shown her a few different Ts to show the variety available and how pretty some of them are.
Just thought I'd share this story as it backs up my idea that fear is learnt and most of the animals people are petrified of is through lack of knowledge and not actual fear. Who knows
Homoeomma Chilesis (I think?)
Anyone that has a sling knows exactly what's happening with this dude. It's a small sling that gets smaller everyday and stays buried. Pretty standard stuff
Eupalaestrus Campestratus
She has either buried herself to molt. Or just hiding up over winter. Not too sure but I am considering getting her a heat mat as I do find it gets abit nippy sometimes. Mum always looks into her enclosure out of curiosity but sees nothing.
Grammostola Pulchra
This is the one that makes me laugh and honestly makes me happy. Only around 2" maybe but is always out and visible. Mums always looking into the enclosure and the other day during a feeding she did start asking a few questions. One of them was "what's that on its head". So I got out my little torch and started explaining stuff. While sitting there in his small hairy blackness my mums words were "he's actually quite cute".
I think she's starting to come around to the idea that they aren't all massive hairy brown spiders that bolt around be aimlessly everywhere and want to attack everything. I've shown her a few different Ts to show the variety available and how pretty some of them are.
Just thought I'd share this story as it backs up my idea that fear is learnt and most of the animals people are petrified of is through lack of knowledge and not actual fear. Who knows
