I’ve heard so many horror stories I was absolutely terrified to rehouse my first old world. I’m happy to report that both the T and I are safe! It went into hiding almost immediately and I don’t want to bother it, so here’s the only decent picture I have… a heavily edited one of it in the container it was sold to me in so it’s even a little visible. Not great but it’s what I have.
M balfouri has been my dream tarantula for a long time and I’ve been sitting on getting one for years now, ever since I got my first T it was on my list, but I wanted to wait the better part of a few good years with tarantulas before I even considered it.
My plan was to do the rehouse in my bathroom, place the containers in my shower and cover the drain (realistically, I don’t think the T could have squeezed through there, but you never know with these crafty guys) and handle the rehouse from there, just so any bolting would be in a pretty contained space with no true escape routes. The old container was too big to fit flush against any opening I made though, without leaving an unwanted gap, but clearly I was way misjudging my balfouri which blessedly became very passive when the lid was taken off and I was able to guide it into the new enclosure without any trouble. Thank god. No bolting. And now my new OW is in an enclosure it won’t outgrow for a while. Now to see what the appetite will be like in a few weeks… here’s hoping it’s nothing like my brachy that I have to constantly take rotted mealworm carcasses out of the enclosure of because it’s always ignoring food.
M balfouri has been my dream tarantula for a long time and I’ve been sitting on getting one for years now, ever since I got my first T it was on my list, but I wanted to wait the better part of a few good years with tarantulas before I even considered it.
My plan was to do the rehouse in my bathroom, place the containers in my shower and cover the drain (realistically, I don’t think the T could have squeezed through there, but you never know with these crafty guys) and handle the rehouse from there, just so any bolting would be in a pretty contained space with no true escape routes. The old container was too big to fit flush against any opening I made though, without leaving an unwanted gap, but clearly I was way misjudging my balfouri which blessedly became very passive when the lid was taken off and I was able to guide it into the new enclosure without any trouble. Thank god. No bolting. And now my new OW is in an enclosure it won’t outgrow for a while. Now to see what the appetite will be like in a few weeks… here’s hoping it’s nothing like my brachy that I have to constantly take rotted mealworm carcasses out of the enclosure of because it’s always ignoring food.
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