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<blockquote data-quote="jon ross" data-source="post: 20145" data-attributes="member: 2237"><p>Hi people. My names jon and im new to the site and spider ownership. Ive had a massive facination with spiders and recently thought is was about time i owned a proper one.</p><p>I have a mexi red knee typicly called smithi, she/he is a young spider and just awesome,</p><p></p><p>Ive joined this site mainly because im a little worried about smithis health. Nothing appears to be wrong but ive seeked advise to make sure im not doing anything wrong but ive found that there are so many different opinions. </p><p></p><p>One thong is i was told by the shop i bought smithi from that you hardly ever need to change the substrate but found that i should do it around every 3 months,</p><p></p><p>Also to never handle them but also told that if you handle them once every one or two weeks they will learn that my hand is not a threat and will be ok. Ive handled smithi a hand full of times and has been fine every time. Ive also been told that they can feel your pulse in your hand and think its food and bite</p><p></p><p>Ive found that the humidity levels will be right if i have a water dish and mist the substrate with water once a week</p><p></p><p>With feeding i was told one cricket per week and ive heard that you should feed young ones a couple or few times a week</p><p></p><p>Please can someone tell me whats true or not and if you have any other advise that would be great, also id like to find out wether smithi is male or female.</p><p></p><p>Heres a lil pic. Ill post more later</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s232.photobucket.com/user/fiestafrenzy/media/20521F3A-E06B-4428-BF8A-11AED0F19498_zps1sglmult.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/fiestafrenzy/20521F3A-E06B-4428-BF8A-11AED0F19498_zps1sglmult.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s232.photobucket.com/user/fiestafrenzy/media/3497B3E1-AB4F-4295-ADDD-D4AD7CEFBBCC_zpsgfvpixnm.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/fiestafrenzy/3497B3E1-AB4F-4295-ADDD-D4AD7CEFBBCC_zpsgfvpixnm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s232.photobucket.com/user/fiestafrenzy/media/84EC0B34-2B4C-4B59-940B-F0C410ED1867_zpswzipyjcr.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/fiestafrenzy/84EC0B34-2B4C-4B59-940B-F0C410ED1867_zpswzipyjcr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://s232.photobucket.com/user/fiestafrenzy/media/0D1EF7E7-EB9A-4DCB-8DEF-F2F8F5555831_zpskva2ytbo.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/fiestafrenzy/0D1EF7E7-EB9A-4DCB-8DEF-F2F8F5555831_zpskva2ytbo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jon ross, post: 20145, member: 2237"] Hi people. My names jon and im new to the site and spider ownership. Ive had a massive facination with spiders and recently thought is was about time i owned a proper one. I have a mexi red knee typicly called smithi, she/he is a young spider and just awesome, Ive joined this site mainly because im a little worried about smithis health. Nothing appears to be wrong but ive seeked advise to make sure im not doing anything wrong but ive found that there are so many different opinions. One thong is i was told by the shop i bought smithi from that you hardly ever need to change the substrate but found that i should do it around every 3 months, Also to never handle them but also told that if you handle them once every one or two weeks they will learn that my hand is not a threat and will be ok. Ive handled smithi a hand full of times and has been fine every time. Ive also been told that they can feel your pulse in your hand and think its food and bite Ive found that the humidity levels will be right if i have a water dish and mist the substrate with water once a week With feeding i was told one cricket per week and ive heard that you should feed young ones a couple or few times a week Please can someone tell me whats true or not and if you have any other advise that would be great, also id like to find out wether smithi is male or female. Heres a lil pic. Ill post more later [URL=http://s232.photobucket.com/user/fiestafrenzy/media/20521F3A-E06B-4428-BF8A-11AED0F19498_zps1sglmult.jpg.html][IMG]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/fiestafrenzy/20521F3A-E06B-4428-BF8A-11AED0F19498_zps1sglmult.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s232.photobucket.com/user/fiestafrenzy/media/3497B3E1-AB4F-4295-ADDD-D4AD7CEFBBCC_zpsgfvpixnm.jpg.html][IMG]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/fiestafrenzy/3497B3E1-AB4F-4295-ADDD-D4AD7CEFBBCC_zpsgfvpixnm.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s232.photobucket.com/user/fiestafrenzy/media/84EC0B34-2B4C-4B59-940B-F0C410ED1867_zpswzipyjcr.jpg.html][IMG]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/fiestafrenzy/84EC0B34-2B4C-4B59-940B-F0C410ED1867_zpswzipyjcr.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s232.photobucket.com/user/fiestafrenzy/media/0D1EF7E7-EB9A-4DCB-8DEF-F2F8F5555831_zpskva2ytbo.jpg.html][IMG]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/fiestafrenzy/0D1EF7E7-EB9A-4DCB-8DEF-F2F8F5555831_zpskva2ytbo.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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