New and nervous!

[babybluespider]

Hi from Colorado! I am the relatively new parent of greenbottle blue. She is my first ever T and I love her! I got her from a shop so I can't be sure how old she is but she's definitely still growing. I have gone from feeding her one cricket a week to two or three after her last molt and I just want to make sure that she's a happy healthy girl. I figured I would appeal to the experts! If anyone has any advice about taking care of my girl it would be much appreciated (especially maybe about the unhappy little patch on her bum? I read that spiders do that when they're stressed, is there anything I can do for her? )

 

[Arachnoclown]

Welcome to the group. She looks great. I don't see a bald patch at all. Gbbs have urticating hairs that look goldish mixed in with the orange...maybe that's what your noticing. She may also be placing her hairs where she's comfortable or a spot where she's going to molt. It's a natural thing for them to do to discourage pests and predators.

 

[Tortoise Tom]

Hello and welcome. I've got three of these, but I've only had them a short time, so I'll be reading all the advice you get.

 

[Enn49]

Hi and welcome to the hobby and forum.

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome!

 

[Dave Jay]

Welcome to the forum!
That's a great looking spider you have there.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Sorry I took so long to send a picture...busy at work. You can see here in this breeding picture of mine these two are freshly molted and don't flick hairs yet they both look bald. If you look really closely you can see it's actually urticating hairs. I feed mine 3-4 crickets every 2 weeks...their adults though. Yours looks like a juvenile so 2-3 crickets a week is plenty...mine love to drink water so make sure you have a deep dish.

 

[LC72uk]

Welcome to the Group....................LC72UK

 

[Nunua]

Hello and welcome to the bunch