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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eighth Eye Blind" data-source="post: 239540" data-attributes="member: 49683">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.</blockquote>