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<blockquote data-quote="marmar2897" data-source="post: 220989" data-attributes="member: 39673"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I am new to tarantula keeping. I have a major dislike for roaches and found out years ago that spiders kill and eat roaches which started my curiosity about them. I've always wanted a tarantula so my brother bought me one this past Christmas. I brought her home on Dec. 27th and transferred her to an enclosure I had purchased for her when adopting her. It was so easy, she literally just walked right in with no trouble. </p><p></p><p>She mainly stayed in the hide. I tried feeding her twice, a week in between feeding attempts, but she refused. I tried to feed her crickets from the pet store. She mainly stayed in her hide and, one morning, I found that she had buried herself. I googled her burying herself and thought maybe she was about to molt. The guy at the pet store said she may be about to molt. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]69609[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I'm calling her a female because she has the colors and markings of the female Rio Grande Gold. The guy at the store said it is very likely she is a female. I wanted a female because I would like to have my spider for a very very long time.</p><p></p><p>My boyfriend did not like the enclosure because he said it looked like a shoe box so he bought a bigger enclosure. This new enclosure has a hygrometer, a thermometer and I am able to set the temperature. This was important since my boyfriend and I were burning up at night because we were scared to turn the air down too much for fear that Tuca (her name) might freeze. I got her a heating pad attached to the side of the enclosure so when it gets below 70 degrees, it will turn on and heat it back up. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]69610[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]69612[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I dug her out of her grave (I know you're not supposed to) to transfer her to this new enclosure. It stressed her out when I did.</p><p></p><p>She is not a climbing breed, but we chose an enclosure that is taller. I thought it might be okay since I saw that she climbed the wall. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]69611[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I went out a bought some moss and two light weight sticks for her to climb on but have decided to wait before placing them in.</p><p></p><p>The substrate is vermiculite and coco fibre. The coco fibre is new and came with the box. Humidity always stays optimal. </p><p></p><p>I put two hides in there for her but instead she has found a corner of the enclosure and has placed herself, basically, in time out for weeks now. I finally gently nudged her with my tongs. It scared her so I've left her alone since then, not even feeding her. It doesn't look like she has moved from her corner but her water bowl keeps needing to be refilled. I don't have a picture of her in the corner but she is facing the corner, her legs covering her eyes and is just nestled there. I will update with a pic this afternoon.</p><p></p><p>So my questions are: Is she okay? Is she in premolt? Does she not like her enclosure? Her substrate? Did I give her a stroke by digging her out?</p><p></p><p>She is also in the living room where the TV is on all day and our dogs bark. Could she be stressed from the noise? Should I move her to a back room? I put her there because so she can be seen. If I put her in a back room, it's look like we don't care about her. Why would we adopt a pet and put it in the back room? But, if that makes her happy, I will do it.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for anyone's help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marmar2897, post: 220989, member: 39673"] Hello, I am new to tarantula keeping. I have a major dislike for roaches and found out years ago that spiders kill and eat roaches which started my curiosity about them. I've always wanted a tarantula so my brother bought me one this past Christmas. I brought her home on Dec. 27th and transferred her to an enclosure I had purchased for her when adopting her. It was so easy, she literally just walked right in with no trouble. She mainly stayed in the hide. I tried feeding her twice, a week in between feeding attempts, but she refused. I tried to feed her crickets from the pet store. She mainly stayed in her hide and, one morning, I found that she had buried herself. I googled her burying herself and thought maybe she was about to molt. The guy at the pet store said she may be about to molt. [ATTACH type="full" width="203px"]69609[/ATTACH] I'm calling her a female because she has the colors and markings of the female Rio Grande Gold. The guy at the store said it is very likely she is a female. I wanted a female because I would like to have my spider for a very very long time. My boyfriend did not like the enclosure because he said it looked like a shoe box so he bought a bigger enclosure. This new enclosure has a hygrometer, a thermometer and I am able to set the temperature. This was important since my boyfriend and I were burning up at night because we were scared to turn the air down too much for fear that Tuca (her name) might freeze. I got her a heating pad attached to the side of the enclosure so when it gets below 70 degrees, it will turn on and heat it back up. [ATTACH type="full" width="300px"]69610[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="301px"]69612[/ATTACH] I dug her out of her grave (I know you're not supposed to) to transfer her to this new enclosure. It stressed her out when I did. She is not a climbing breed, but we chose an enclosure that is taller. I thought it might be okay since I saw that she climbed the wall. [ATTACH type="full" width="229px"]69611[/ATTACH] I went out a bought some moss and two light weight sticks for her to climb on but have decided to wait before placing them in. The substrate is vermiculite and coco fibre. The coco fibre is new and came with the box. Humidity always stays optimal. I put two hides in there for her but instead she has found a corner of the enclosure and has placed herself, basically, in time out for weeks now. I finally gently nudged her with my tongs. It scared her so I've left her alone since then, not even feeding her. It doesn't look like she has moved from her corner but her water bowl keeps needing to be refilled. I don't have a picture of her in the corner but she is facing the corner, her legs covering her eyes and is just nestled there. I will update with a pic this afternoon. So my questions are: Is she okay? Is she in premolt? Does she not like her enclosure? Her substrate? Did I give her a stroke by digging her out? She is also in the living room where the TV is on all day and our dogs bark. Could she be stressed from the noise? Should I move her to a back room? I put her there because so she can be seen. If I put her in a back room, it's look like we don't care about her. Why would we adopt a pet and put it in the back room? But, if that makes her happy, I will do it. Thanks for anyone's help! [/QUOTE]
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