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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 224809" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>First, if you had a mold issue with the substrate for a Brachypelma smithi, then it is too wet. The substrate needs to be dry, other than around the water dish, where a little moisture is not an issue. And if you overflow the water dish & move every few weeks, allowing the substrate to dry out, then mold will never be an issue. </p><p></p><p>From what you say about size & the fact you say he.. Could it have matured at the last molt? Small hooks will be obvious halfway up the underside of it's front legs if it has matured, that would potentially explain a change in temperament.</p><p></p><p>Moving the location of a T's enclosure can affect them. I have a T that needs to be kept at the back of a shelf, with cover from the room activity in front of it & when I first got my big female stirmi, I had to put some boxes in front of her enclosure to allow her to get less stimulation & settle down. It really depends upon how much movement there is & on the temperament of the T. </p><p></p><p>One of my daughters Brachypelma's is known as psycho b-tch. She is constantly bald & will happily threat posture just for the fun of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 224809, member: 29323"] First, if you had a mold issue with the substrate for a Brachypelma smithi, then it is too wet. The substrate needs to be dry, other than around the water dish, where a little moisture is not an issue. And if you overflow the water dish & move every few weeks, allowing the substrate to dry out, then mold will never be an issue. From what you say about size & the fact you say he.. Could it have matured at the last molt? Small hooks will be obvious halfway up the underside of it's front legs if it has matured, that would potentially explain a change in temperament. Moving the location of a T's enclosure can affect them. I have a T that needs to be kept at the back of a shelf, with cover from the room activity in front of it & when I first got my big female stirmi, I had to put some boxes in front of her enclosure to allow her to get less stimulation & settle down. It really depends upon how much movement there is & on the temperament of the T. One of my daughters Brachypelma's is known as psycho b-tch. She is constantly bald & will happily threat posture just for the fun of it. [/QUOTE]
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