Is my tarantulas’ behavior normal? (Murinus & GP)

[romedon]

Hi everyone,


I have two questions about my tarantulas’ behavior:

1. OBT (Pterinochilus murinus):
   My murinus is eating well and recently molted about 10 days ago. It’s currently at L6, around 4–5 cm. The thing is, it doesn’t seem to be webbing much. It only made a web in one corner of the enclosure, while in videos I usually see them covering almost everything with webbing. Before its last molt, it was webbing a lot more. Is this normal?
   
   
2. Grammostola pulcripes (GP):
   My GP just molted as well, had its first meal after molting, and then sealed off the entrance of its hide. It hasn’t been coming out at all. Is this also normal behavior for an L6?
   

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[Eighth Eye Blind]

1. Stick your finger into the OBT's enclosure. If it bites you, everything is fine. Webbing the enclosure is an OBT's second mission in life. Attacking its owner is always its number one concern. I wouldn't worry about it at all. Its probably just diverting the energy it would have spent on webbing into plotting new and devious ways to put a couple of fangs into you. (P.S. - Just in case you don't know this, that first part was a joke. Don't actually put your finger anywhere near an OBT.)

2. You can also completely relax about the G. pulchripes. I have one about the same size that just spent three weeks in self-imposed underground isolation. It then popped out a couple of days ago acting like nothing strange had happened. Some T's just seem to need a little alone time every once in a while. A solo vacation is always a nice way for a T to treat itself to something special.

 

[romedon]

1. Parmağınızı OBT'nin kafesine sokun. Sizi ısırırsa, her şey yolunda demektir. Kafese ağ örmek, bir OBT'nin hayattaki ikinci görevidir. Sahibine saldırmak her zaman bir numaralı endişesidir. Ben olsam hiç endişelenmezdim. Muhtemelen ağ örmek için harcayacağı enerjiyi, size birkaç diş geçirmek için yeni ve sinsi yollar planlamaya harcıyordur. (Not: Bilmiyorsanız, ilk kısım bir şakaydı. Parmağınızı bir OBT'nin yakınına bile koymayın.)

2. G. pulchripes konusunda da tamamen rahat olabilirsiniz . Benim de aynı büyüklükte bir tane var, üç hafta boyunca kendi kendine yeraltında tecritte kalmıştı. Birkaç gün önce hiçbir şey olmamış gibi davranarak ortaya çıktı. Bazı T'lerin ara sıra biraz yalnız kalmaya ihtiyacı var gibi görünüyor. Tek başına tatile çıkmak, bir T'nin kendine özel bir şey hediye etmesinin her zaman güzel bir yoludur.

Hahaha, cevabını çok beğendim! Detaylı bilgi için çok teşekkür ederim.

 

[romedon]

1. Stick your finger into the OBT's enclosure. If it bites you, everything is fine. Webbing the enclosure is an OBT's second mission in life. Attacking its owner is always its number one concern. I wouldn't worry about it at all. Its probably just diverting the energy it would have spent on webbing into plotting new and devious ways to put a couple of fangs into you. (P.S. - Just in case you don't know this, that first part was a joke. Don't actually put your finger anywhere near an OBT.)

2. You can also completely relax about the G. pulchripes. I have one about the same size that just spent three weeks in self-imposed underground isolation. It then popped out a couple of days ago acting like nothing strange had happened. Some T's just seem to need a little alone time every once in a while. A solo vacation is always a nice way for a T to treat itself to something special.

Hahaha, I really loved your answer! Thanks a lot for the detailed information.
Also, I accidentally wrote part of this in Turkish and couldn’t delete it, sorry about that!

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

Your T's behaviors can change after molting and that is typically normal. A lot of defensive T's with size seem to calm some but others are always knuckle heads..lol. Your Murinus will probably pick back up webbing again. Spoods can go quite a minute without eating as well. New worlders are apt to fast for long periods but this specie's dependent as well. My 2 Therophosa Apophysis females will eat,eat and eat. They are now on a involuntary fast cause they faaaaat!