Not Sure What to Do Here........

[Margritte]

Hi There!!
I have my relatively young male P. Regalis webbing up, I believe it may be a sperm web in front of the door. As you can see, he knocked over his water bowl last night, and I am not sure if I should disturb him and his webbing project in order to fill his water bowl. I was told that, from his past photo, he could be a male.
What is the best approach here?
Thankyou kindly.

 

[mrsoul1974]

Hi! I'd suggest just letting him be for now. Let him finish his buisness before disturbing him. If you are really concerned about the humidity, you can always mist one of the corners of the enclosure without disturbing him for now..

 

[Margritte]

Thank

Hi! I'd suggest just letting him be for now. Let him finish his buisness before disturbing him. If you are really concerned about the humidity, you can always mist one of the corners of the enclosure without disturbing him for now..

Thank you for your advice! Just didn't want him to be without water to drink.

 

[Heretic]

It appears to me its just making its entrance hole. It may take months for it to complete its den of death.

Wait a day or 36 hours, then open it up and make sure the enclosure is at its proper levels.

A word of caution on the P. Regalis, never leave it undisturbed for a long time. The less interaction gives the spider a sense that any interaction is a threat. P. Regalis are very smart spiders. If it gets used to you opening the door and doing stuff, it wont act as defensive. Just dont goof with the main entrance of its den unless you really need to.

A good rule of thumb is the enclosure door should be 2-3 times the length of the spider from the spiders den.

True story- A friend of mine mentioned having her adult P. Regalis run out of its enclosure almost every time she opened the door to feed it. She was told its a male and males run out because they want to find females. The seller sold her the spider in its enclosure. A 24" tall clear box that was only 10 inches wide. The tree stump was right up against the door! Of course its gonna run out, every time she opened the door she was ripping its den entrance apart. I made her a 24x24x24 acrylic and mounted it to a 24x24x24 oak coffee table. Anchored a tree stump to the back wall with a blacked out backing. Its never run out of the enclosure since. She says it hung out and watched her at her desk when she worked. eat every time and never again made a threat at her..it was happy and felt safe. She bought a female sling after it died and is raising that now. She cant wait to put it in the adult enclosure. I told her to keep the juvenile enclosures in the adult enclosure so it gets used to seeing the tree setting outside of its current enclosure.

 

[Margritte]

It appears to me its just making its entrance hole. It may take months for it to complete its den of death.

Wait a day or 36 hours, then open it up and make sure the enclosure is at its proper levels.

A word of caution on the P. Regalis, never leave it undisturbed for a long time. The less interaction gives the spider a sense that any interaction is a threat. P. Regalis are very smart spiders. If it gets used to you opening the door and doing stuff, it wont act as defensive. Just dont goof with the main entrance of its den unless you really need to.

A good rule of thumb is the enclosure door should be 2-3 times the length of the spider from the spiders den.

True story- A friend of mine mentioned having her adult P. Regalis run out of its enclosure almost every time she opened the door to feed it. She was told its a male and males run out because they want to find females. The seller sold her the spider in its enclosure. A 24" tall clear box that was only 10 inches wide. The tree stump was right up against the door! Of course its gonna run out, every time she opened the door she was ripping its den entrance apart. I made her a 24x24x24 acrylic and mounted it to a 24x24x24 oak coffee table. Anchored a tree stump to the back wall with a blacked out backing. Its never run out of the enclosure since. She says it hung out and watched her at her desk when she worked. eat every time and never again made a threat at her..it was happy and felt safe. She bought a female sling after it died and is raising that now. She cant wait to put it in the adult enclosure. I told her to keep the juvenile enclosures in the adult enclosure so it gets used to seeing the tree setting outside of its current enclosure.

It appears to me its just making its entrance hole. It may take months for it to complete its den of death.

Wait a day or 36 hours, then open it up and make sure the enclosure is at its proper levels.

A word of caution on the P. Regalis, never leave it undisturbed for a long time. The less interaction gives the spider a sense that any interaction is a threat. P. Regalis are very smart spiders. If it gets used to you opening the door and doing stuff, it wont act as defensive. Just dont goof with the main entrance of its den unless you really need to.

A good rule of thumb is the enclosure door should be 2-3 times the length of the spider from the spiders den.

True story- A friend of mine mentioned having her adult P. Regalis run out of its enclosure almost every time she opened the door to feed it. She was told its a male and males run out because they want to find females. The seller sold her the spider in its enclosure. A 24" tall clear box that was only 10 inches wide. The tree stump was right up against the door! Of course its gonna run out, every time she opened the door she was ripping its den entrance apart. I made her a 24x24x24 acrylic and mounted it to a 24x24x24 oak coffee table. Anchored a tree stump to the back wall with a blacked out backing. Its never run out of the enclosure since. She says it hung out and watched her at her desk when she worked. eat every time and never again made a threat at her..it was happy and felt safe. She bought a female sling after it died and is raising that now. She cant wait to put it in the adult enclosure. I told her to keep the juvenile enclosures in the adult enclosure so it gets used to seeing the tree setting outside of its current enclosure.

Hi, and thank you. This little boy curls up whenever I go in his house for filling water, or cleaning his enclosure. He seems to cower. Well, he tore his web down already, and I went in to fill his water and he cowered into the ground.