On Wednesday when they arrived, I placed them in to their temp homes, filled with substrate and wrapped in the gauze they were shipped in. I left it in there until today (Friday) because they were using it as shelter. I know I shouldn't have done that. They're too moist and probably, a wicked bacteria trap. They looked like they were using the gauze as a "security blanket." I felt bad taking it out.
As mentioned, I removed the gauze. I also put more substrate in there with them, and poked some holes with the end of a pen, around the side of the viles, as a starter burrow.
Smithy seemed a little freaked out at first. I suspect she quite enjoyed her gauze home. She's a pretty chill little spider though. I was patting down substrate near her, and she seemed to be okay with my presence. I seriously love her. *squeee*
I can't find any of her insect debris. I'm suppose to be cleaning out the leftovers but I can't find any! Either she's eating the whole thing, or burying the remains.
The Black and white hasn't eaten anything yet. I killed the live cricket that was in there. I'll see if it will eat it dead by tonight, if not, I'll pull it out and try again in a couple of days.
I took some pictures today. I'll post them soon!
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My two tarantulas (pinktoe and rosehair) have different eating habits. The pinktoe will eat most of the cricket and leave some leftovers that she will never touch again, but the rosehair will eat the entire thing.
ReplyDeleteI think the Smithi eats the whole thing. The crickets are a little small for her. They're probably bite sized like, McCrick Nuggets.
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