Staying Hydrated

[BigTGirl93]

I have never seen my T by his water bowl, or even on the substrate in his tank, Aragon is always up high (I expected that since he is a tree T) should I be concerned since Iv'e never seen him drink? He's eating great and looks good and healthy, I know they can also get hydration from crickets but still. I saw a couple videos on how to hydrate your T, just wondered if its absolutely necessary in my case.

 

[Nada]

as long as water is available, don't worry about it.

 

[Sabeth]

Arboreal Ts learn where the water dish is usually. It's very possible that yours is only drinking at night...tarantulas can be very secretive.

 

[Bast]

I've had Karina since Nov, never seen her drink, ever. She's 100% fine. I leave her a water dish, just for my piece of mind

 

[BigTGirl93]

Thanks guys for the feedback, I didn't think it was a huge deal but you never know. I feel like Aragon knows when I posts threads about him because literally right after I posted this, I looked in his enclosure and there he was with his front fangs in the water dish lol also what do you guys think about feeding him live meal worms?

 

[Bast]

If he'll take meal worms there's no reason why you can't. However they can and will burrow into the substrate, so it's very easy for them to get away.

 

[BigTGirl93]

That's what I thought too, when I feed him I am usually very close by so I can keep an eye on the cricket or meal worm in his enclosure, just so they don't burrow or hide in his tank.

 

[Scoolman]

Tis a rare event when you catch a T drinking from their dish; but they do.

 

[Sabeth]

You can put the mealworms in a small, shallow dish and put the T in the dish with them. You can also temporarily move the T to a container with no substrate and put the mealworms in with him.

 

[BigTGirl93]

You can put the mealworms in a small, shallow dish and put the T in the dish with them. You can also temporarily move the T to a container with no substrate and put the mealworms in with him.

I never thought of doing that I might try that. I tried feeding him a mealworm and cricket yesterday but he showed no interest in eating haha

 

[Bast]

Moving him back and forth will just stress him out unnecessarily. Just leave a cricket in there for 24 hours, take it out if he hasn't eaten it and then try again in a few days You could put the worms in a dish that they can't crawl out of too. I just feed crickets because I find them easier to deal with since I don't tong feed.

 

[BigTGirl93]

Hes been just acting really slow and irritated, I thinks its because he isn't used to his new enclosure, or he may be in pre-molt.