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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 56112" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>GBBs are often found in the branches of large bushes, with burrows down near the base, if that helps. ( I read up on them a bunch when I fell in love with the species <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ) You can keep her any way you please and she'll do fine, but I've found that lots of plastic plants seems to make them happy, I'm sure she likes the log you described as well. And natural cover seems to make them bolder about coming out for a stroll, many times in the highest areas, like the top of the plants. The haunted forest also looks awesome after a year of webbing. I have two females but I plan to get 2 or 3 more, this is hands down one of the best species in the hobby. Mine have taken to hiding lately though, for some reason..I thought it was premolt, but I'm wondering if it's the winter weather affecting them. Just started having to heat the room here in Texas, so maybe they'll come back out in the drier, warmer air. One thing about them, the only time I've ever had a spider with a molt problem was my little one, she got her leg stuck once and I had to put warm water on it, and she eventually pulled it out the next day. So when this happened I started reading about this, and it seems like it happens to GBBs more often then you might think. (That doesn't mean it happens all the time though). Since then, If I know one of mine is molting, or obviously fixing to, I make it rain on one side of the enclosure, just in case, and just enough to dampen things a bit for a few days. They're a dry species, but occasional rain can't do any harm, as long as they're not sitting in a wet, moldy enclosure for a week. The rest of the time it's bone dry. Hope this helps <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

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