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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blueberry Widow" data-source="post: 201202" data-attributes="member: 37698">Yeah, never listen to pet shop people. I was told to keep her on the damp side & that she was a burrower.Good thing they are tough critters who have been around since before the T-rex.  She's got a lovely coat of tiny fuzz, vibrant colours, is quite active and has a great appetite for fruit flies/micro crickets, so I figure we're not doing too bad. But guidance is always useful.  I noticed how she adores her little fake plant. Spins the most amazing funnel like webs across it & just hangs there. Darting between the leaves if startled, prowling across them when there's food. Reminds me alot of Tasha.Given how tiny she is, I was worried about sling dessication & difficulties moulting. However, I have spent the day with a candle, a nail & constructed this:[ATTACH=full]59508[/ATTACH] Still got bottle cap water bowl, small coconut shell to hide under & a larger plant to climb. I transferred her plant into it.Turns out it's opening was exactly the same size as the lid from the pot of Morioworms I bought, so this is the top:[ATTACH=full]59509[/ATTACH] Better?Oh this is her going in: [ATTACH=full]59515[/ATTACH]</blockquote>