T. alb having a bath

[shaun]

Found him sat in the water dish, not sur why..

 

[Nurse Ratchet]

Mine does that too, a few times a week. Well, now she just sits on her egg sac and rolls it around. I thought they were an arid species, but mine loves her standing in her water dish or sitting at the base of freshly watered plants.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Found him sat in the water dish, not sur why..View attachment 64299

You really don't know why????

 

[Nurse Ratchet]

You really don't know why????

Ok. I'm curious. His looks like it's having a drink. Why does mine just stand next to her dish for hours with a 1 or 2 back feet in it? For extra humidity? Why not just drink or at least stand over it?
You have way more experience and I guess I'm searching the wrong things. (I thought mine was grievously injured or ill when she was only laying eggs, so I obviously am not phrasing some of my searches correctly)
I would love to hear (or read) your thoughts.

 

[Papaya]

You really don't know why????

Please tell us why Obi Wan Clownobi

 

[shaun]

Could be simply having a drink or Could be a "please moisten my substrate" request

 

[Arachnoclown]

Ok. I'm curious. His looks like it's having a drink. Why does mine just stand next to her dish for hours with a 1 or 2 back feet in it? For extra humidity? Why not just drink or at least stand over it?
You have way more experience and I guess I'm searching the wrong things. (I thought mine was grievously injured or ill when she was only laying eggs, so I obviously am not phrasing some of my searches correctly)
I would love to hear (or read) your thoughts.

His spider is drinking. Tarantulas are waterproof so it can't absorb humidity with its feet. (Check out the surface tension in the photos) A tarantula standing anywhere for a long period of time is not alarming at all and is basic behavior. It just happens to be at that place and that moment. A tarantula with one or two legs in the water is basically the same behavior. However since they hear with the hair on their legs maybe the soundwaves off the water may amplify?

 

[Nurse Ratchet]

Your P irminia on the bottom looks like me on my 21st bday.
Thanks for the insight. I found it odd that my "arid" gal always chose the two damp areas to chill; water dish and plant base. Just coincidence I guess.