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Poecilotheria Regalis Cowering
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<blockquote data-quote="Salatia" data-source="post: 225150" data-attributes="member: 38837"><p>Ah great! It looks good. Maybe if you added some black paper in the corner behind/around the bark it might feel more secure? Just a thought and up to you - could use a light tape or something so you can pull it back if needed. It may just feel there's not a solid hiding place, somewhere it feels totally secure, at the moment. Some are particular!</p><p></p><p>My regalis I had from a couple of inches and they have always retreated to a cork tube when disturbed. It was clear they'd settled into it because there was web everywhere within. Very useful when doing anything such as feeding etc, and when I rehoused that one I covered the tube with thick cloth both ends and left it in the new enclosure. Though the little bugger didn't shift to the new much larger one, so I ended up having to use some prompting so I could have the old one back </p><p></p><p>He might use the defensive posture if live crickets are annoying him, if he's leaving them alive some of the time and they're not being removed. I'll usually give them a day or so to eat and then remove, though crickets annoyed me too much for various reasons in the end. Tongs are the easiest way of getting good feeding video, they're handy for dropping food in ideal locations - I use them to drop onto webs etc - I just don't think it's worth risking the fangs by trying to give the food directly. Usually if the prey is still I'll use a paintbrush to either make it move a little or use super light strokes on the web nearby - usually enough to get the Ts attention if they're hungry, and I can tell by watching them now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salatia, post: 225150, member: 38837"] Ah great! It looks good. Maybe if you added some black paper in the corner behind/around the bark it might feel more secure? Just a thought and up to you - could use a light tape or something so you can pull it back if needed. It may just feel there's not a solid hiding place, somewhere it feels totally secure, at the moment. Some are particular! My regalis I had from a couple of inches and they have always retreated to a cork tube when disturbed. It was clear they'd settled into it because there was web everywhere within. Very useful when doing anything such as feeding etc, and when I rehoused that one I covered the tube with thick cloth both ends and left it in the new enclosure. Though the little bugger didn't shift to the new much larger one, so I ended up having to use some prompting so I could have the old one back He might use the defensive posture if live crickets are annoying him, if he's leaving them alive some of the time and they're not being removed. I'll usually give them a day or so to eat and then remove, though crickets annoyed me too much for various reasons in the end. Tongs are the easiest way of getting good feeding video, they're handy for dropping food in ideal locations - I use them to drop onto webs etc - I just don't think it's worth risking the fangs by trying to give the food directly. Usually if the prey is still I'll use a paintbrush to either make it move a little or use super light strokes on the web nearby - usually enough to get the Ts attention if they're hungry, and I can tell by watching them now. [/QUOTE]
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