Worried about T

[csshepherdgirl]

So, last week (Tuesday) I bought a Chilean rose. The next day I took her to the vet and he sexed her as female and said she was healthy, albeit a slightly thin but hydrated.

She has a hide and a bowl of water. She lives in a Sterilite tub with holes punched out of the top. Daytime temp stays around 75F and drops to about 68F at night. Humidity stays at about 55-61% on dry EcoEarth bedding.

Anyway, she last ate that Tuesday at the store. I personally saw her munching on a cricket. I tried feeding her again yesterday, and she refused food and I removed it after 24h. She hasn't really moved from the same spot in a couple of days. She spun a web in her critter keeper that they gave me to take home.

I am a first time T owner teying to do ecerything right. Am I worrying for nothing? I think she.might possibly be pre-molt but I haven't seen the bald spot or anything. I am gonna leave her be for a couple of weeks and then try feeding again. I know Rosie's go off their feed a lot of times.

Edited to add: she is definitely not in a death curl. She stays in the exact same spot, just outside her hide, highly perched on her legs.

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Hello
Chilean Rose hair tarantulas are known to go on for weeks even months without eating, so I'd say no worries. Also,not very well known for tarantulas that move around a lot. This is the same for my chaco golden knee, its from the same genus. So again, I'd say no worries.

 

[Tongue Flicker]

As long as she is not in a death curl, infested by mites or dehydrated then i wouldn't worry at all. I have some Ts that stay in the same spot for weeks without moving

 

[csshepherdgirl]

Well she moved today, and is now perched high on top of her hide. Silly girl! Thanks for the replies.

 

[hopeful_tarantula]

By the sounds of it and I'm no expert on this (especially as I currently haven't even got a T yet) that it could be that her substrate could be slightly damp still and that's the reason why she was on her tiptoes and now up on her hide. I'm really not sure about this though and I could be totally wrong, but thought I would at least try to give a suggestion to help.

Julia x