Club Avicularia/Avics

[Martin Oosthuysen]

When do avicularia's start making webs in their home after being transitioned?

Hello
That's Dependant on the T, since I have an Avic Avic female that didn't spin at all for 3 months yet ate etc. While I've housed another Avic Avic, she spun within a day or two same room etc. This is the same with all my other Avic species, I haven't had like a general behavior where I could say all the Avics did exactly the same thing.

 

[ryan johnson]

Hey

So what your saying is that it could be spun by tomorrow or in a month. Just depends on how she wants to do things. And I transitioned her in to a ten gallon tank

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Hey

So what your saying is that it could be spun by tomorrow or in a month. Just depends on how she wants to do things. And I transitioned her in to a ten gallon tank View attachment 4864View attachment 4865

Well in all these I have,which are of different Avics, I haven't observed a set behavior so far. Like I said my Avic Avic female, who is very healthy and eats regularly took 3 months to spin a visible web. As for the other Avic Avic, it was within days. This also applies to the others I have, like my multiple Purpurea specimens and so on.

 

[ryan johnson]

Ok. How often should I feed my avic? I tried to feed her today, but she Dident do anything. And I took it out. What should I do?

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

This is by my own choice, I do not leave feeders in longer than a day or so. I then remove them while they are still alive, smaller Avics I crush the crickets head etc so with those I take them out within hours. I usually try and feed my Avics once a week, if they are healthy no worries meaning a good looking abdomen movement etc.

 

[ryan johnson]

So I should leave a cricket in there over night?

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

As long as you feel the cricket is small enough,that it can't injure the T. Since crickets do bite, that's why I always give smaller crickets in ratio of my T. Or I feed them roaches, depending on what you have to feed. Especially with slings, I'm careful with them that's why I said I crush the crickets head.

 

[ryan johnson]

I have what I think is a Juvenile avic. But I bought large crickets today. What should i do. Wait till morning or put one in there now

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Look for the smallest cricket within the tub, and put that in there. Some Avics in a new enclosure could take a few hours up to or even longer than two weeks to take prey, yet again its up to the T.

 

[ryan johnson]

Ok

 

[entomology]

What size is ur avic ?

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Remember I spoke of my Avics I got, within those 4 new ones 2 ate instantly one took 2 days the other a week. Hows that for inconsistent ?

 

[ryan johnson]

 

[ryan johnson]

 

[ryan johnson]

And that's my leg

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

3-4 inch specimen ? 7.5 cm - 10 cm DLS ?

 

[ryan johnson]

I'd say almost three inches

 

[ryan johnson]

Measured up next to my hand

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Ah okay, looks pretty healthy to me by the looks of the abdomen.

 

[ryan johnson]

Yay