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<blockquote data-quote="jackys" data-source="post: 120792" data-attributes="member: 26341"><p>Wow, he REALLY walled himself in there! Still don't think it's unusual... My B. hamorii loves moving substrate around, though she actually did the opposite and completely dug out the half-buried log I gave her initially. It's been a couple months and she's only recently started to slow down on the dirt-moving (I guess she finally arranged things the way she likes them).</p><p></p><p>Not seeing your spider since you got him sounds super frustrating <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> None of my 3 girls have done that so far, so best guesses are either an upcoming molt, or he's just trying to redecorate his new home and it's still a work in progress. Maybe both? They do a lot of stuff that doesn't seem to make sense in human terms. On the bright side, at least you know he's alive as long as he's moving stuff!</p><p></p><p>As for whether they require daylight: I learned from "The Tarantula Keeper's Guide" that they do benefit from seeing the light change between day and night. The author even suggests that wild-caught rosehairs might be really sensitive to it if they can't tell the seasons are changing (shorter days in winter, longer in summer). So I probably wouldn't keep them in a place that always has the same lighting... But I don't know if it's cool to substitute ALL artificial light for sunlight. I have mine in a room that gets both sunlight and artificial light during the day and dark at night, though the T's are never in *direct* sunlight because that's supposed to be bad for them too.</p><p></p><p>TKG is a really great book and I often flip through it when I find myself wondering "why are they doing that???" lol You should definitely pick it up if you can find a copy.</p><p></p><p>I don't have any of the species on your "next T's" wishlist myself, but based on what I've heard here and from my friend who has one I *think* the GBB would be the most active? Watching them web up the enclosure sounds very cool for sure. But there are other good "beginner" species that can be pretty active too. For example, [USER=3458]@Enn49[/USER] suggested N. chromatus to me as a more active species (someday I'll have one of my own!). Have also heard A. seemani can be pretty active, but again no experience with them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jackys, post: 120792, member: 26341"] Wow, he REALLY walled himself in there! Still don't think it's unusual... My B. hamorii loves moving substrate around, though she actually did the opposite and completely dug out the half-buried log I gave her initially. It's been a couple months and she's only recently started to slow down on the dirt-moving (I guess she finally arranged things the way she likes them). Not seeing your spider since you got him sounds super frustrating :( None of my 3 girls have done that so far, so best guesses are either an upcoming molt, or he's just trying to redecorate his new home and it's still a work in progress. Maybe both? They do a lot of stuff that doesn't seem to make sense in human terms. On the bright side, at least you know he's alive as long as he's moving stuff! As for whether they require daylight: I learned from "The Tarantula Keeper's Guide" that they do benefit from seeing the light change between day and night. The author even suggests that wild-caught rosehairs might be really sensitive to it if they can't tell the seasons are changing (shorter days in winter, longer in summer). So I probably wouldn't keep them in a place that always has the same lighting... But I don't know if it's cool to substitute ALL artificial light for sunlight. I have mine in a room that gets both sunlight and artificial light during the day and dark at night, though the T's are never in *direct* sunlight because that's supposed to be bad for them too. TKG is a really great book and I often flip through it when I find myself wondering "why are they doing that???" lol You should definitely pick it up if you can find a copy. I don't have any of the species on your "next T's" wishlist myself, but based on what I've heard here and from my friend who has one I *think* the GBB would be the most active? Watching them web up the enclosure sounds very cool for sure. But there are other good "beginner" species that can be pretty active too. For example, [USER=3458]@Enn49[/USER] suggested N. chromatus to me as a more active species (someday I'll have one of my own!). Have also heard A. seemani can be pretty active, but again no experience with them. [/QUOTE]
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