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How much/often do I feed my Brachypelma albopilosum?
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<blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 126308" data-attributes="member: 26980"><p>Spiders don't have a central brain or a cerebral cortex. This probably means they can't form long term memories or assess the behavior of others. Basically they're nature's living robots. </p><p></p><p>I've observed that when people handle, THEY become aware of the tarantula's quirks not the other way around. In any event, in my opinion, a catch cup and a paint brush are your friends, emergencies exempted of course!!</p><p></p><p>There are of course spiders that walk upon you without being guided. Chances are that they are cold and just looking for a warmer location. A large warm blooded object with a 98.6 internal temperature will do nicely!!</p><p></p><p>There's also a dirty trick that is going around with some unscrupulous individuals. They'll show you a "tame" animal that is really just chilled.</p><p></p><p>Example: the "selfie scorpion" which was at repticon just before I got it, winter and about maybe 63-65 degrees inside of the Baltimore fair grounds.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]28115[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p></p><p>Here she is in a proper enclosure at about 80 degrees where she needs to be.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]28116[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Do you see the difference? Strictly in my opinion, one should look but not touch. Besides, their natural behavior is fascinating. The same of course applies to spiders!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitelightning777, post: 126308, member: 26980"] Spiders don't have a central brain or a cerebral cortex. This probably means they can't form long term memories or assess the behavior of others. Basically they're nature's living robots. I've observed that when people handle, THEY become aware of the tarantula's quirks not the other way around. In any event, in my opinion, a catch cup and a paint brush are your friends, emergencies exempted of course!! There are of course spiders that walk upon you without being guided. Chances are that they are cold and just looking for a warmer location. A large warm blooded object with a 98.6 internal temperature will do nicely!! There's also a dirty trick that is going around with some unscrupulous individuals. They'll show you a "tame" animal that is really just chilled. Example: the "selfie scorpion" which was at repticon just before I got it, winter and about maybe 63-65 degrees inside of the Baltimore fair grounds. [ATTACH=full]28115[/ATTACH] Here she is in a proper enclosure at about 80 degrees where she needs to be. [ATTACH=full]28116[/ATTACH] Do you see the difference? Strictly in my opinion, one should look but not touch. Besides, their natural behavior is fascinating. The same of course applies to spiders!! [/QUOTE]
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