Are you a Tarantula hobbyist? If so, we invite you to join our community! Once you join you'll be able to post messages, upload pictures of your pets and enclosures and chat with other Tarantula enthusiasts. Sign up today!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 120039" data-attributes="member: 4199">each T is different <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />  but my son's A. genic isn't a pet rock.  It will sit for a while in one place, but also responds to movement around it's enclosure.  It is very territorial also.  She won't let you fill or move the water dish, or move anything else in her enclosure, she'll slap the tongs, not climb up them.  We have to distract her to the other corner of the enclosure with food to do her water <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />  She's only once tried to climb the tongs, but that was when the roach my son was going to drop in for her decided to run up the tongs also <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" />I don't have an N. chromatus anymore, but my N. coloratovilosus is like [USER=3458]@Enn49[/USER] describes.  He/she has a great feeding response and a temperament similar to the genic, but is almost always on the move.  He's coppied Redrum recently and flipped his hide upside down to use as a lounger.  She finally let me put her's back right (Redrum),  but Duke won't, he keeps flipping his over.</blockquote>

Verification