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What to do/not do when I bring home my first T
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<blockquote data-quote="Tgotty90" data-source="post: 125145" data-attributes="member: 8413"><p>Just make sure you have everything ready in advance. Get your enclosure set up before you get it, so you can get it into its new home as soon as possible. Make sure you know a rough size of the animal your getting so it's as comfortable as possible in it's new home. After you have the appropriate size enclosure. Get your substrate ready, I just use ecoearth coconut fiber in the bag with a little sphagnum moss mixed in. Make sure you have a hide and full water dish. Any extra decore is up to you but I'd recommend adding a few plants or something, gbb like to web and the more stuff there is around the more they like to web it up, just nothing sharp or with jagged edges of course. Be some what cautious when getting it out, smaller gbbs are quite fast, I underestimated mine when it was a small juvenile and I ended up chasing it around my living room for a half hour<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> So make sure you have a catch cup handy. I'd give it a day or so to settle in before feeding, but other than that you should be good to go. Great choice for your first T, enjoy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tgotty90, post: 125145, member: 8413"] Just make sure you have everything ready in advance. Get your enclosure set up before you get it, so you can get it into its new home as soon as possible. Make sure you know a rough size of the animal your getting so it's as comfortable as possible in it's new home. After you have the appropriate size enclosure. Get your substrate ready, I just use ecoearth coconut fiber in the bag with a little sphagnum moss mixed in. Make sure you have a hide and full water dish. Any extra decore is up to you but I'd recommend adding a few plants or something, gbb like to web and the more stuff there is around the more they like to web it up, just nothing sharp or with jagged edges of course. Be some what cautious when getting it out, smaller gbbs are quite fast, I underestimated mine when it was a small juvenile and I ended up chasing it around my living room for a half hour:D So make sure you have a catch cup handy. I'd give it a day or so to settle in before feeding, but other than that you should be good to go. Great choice for your first T, enjoy! [/QUOTE]
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