Jason wrote: I came back home and was checking on my T's and saw that my A.geniculata moved all his substrate to the corner as if it was looking to dig a borrow or something. Should I redo his home with a burrow or should I keep it the same ( just like levitate the substrate again) because he/she never did this behaviour since I got the T. ...
While everybody has their own opinion on cage size, it appears to me that the cage floor is about half what it should be. A spider that size is likely to feel a bit cramped, and that may be a factor in its odd behavior.
And, the cage is way too tall. The CIH (clear inside height) should only be about 1.5 X the DLS (diagonal leg span). In less esoteric terms, the maximum height between the top of the substrate and the top of the cage should not exceed 1-1/2 times the distance between the tip of one front leg and the tip of the rear leg on the other side when the tarantula is in a normal resting posture.
Don't be offended, but your question leads me to suspect that you haven't had a lot of experience with tarantulas. We can fix that! Here is a canned message that I try to send out to most new tarantula keepers. Maybe you aren't a newbie, but sometimes even experienced aficionados can use a little review. Read and enjoy!
Ah, ha! Did you hear that? That was the newbie alarm! :lol:
Please don't be offended. Tarantulas have been around for several hundreds of millions of years, and have been evolving and fine tuning their lifestyles steadily, seemingly almost forever. So, we're all playing catch-up here, and in a sense will be newbies for a long time to come.
I strongly urge you to go to the
Spiders, Calgary webtree
and start reading. At least scan through the entire website, picking out topics that catch your attention, but be sure to read the following webpages. (Even experienced aficionados can sometimes benefit from a little review.)
STAN'S NEWBIE INTRODUCTION
. No! You start out with the
RIGHT foot first.
STAN'S RANT
. Read as many of the books mentioned here as you can find.
MYTH WEBTREE
. How did we ever get into this mess?
CARE SHEETS: THE MOTHER OF ALL MYTHS
. How to avoid both going crazy and killing your spider at the same time.
TEMPERATURE
. You may suffer hot flashes or cold chills but your tarantula doesn't.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
. You've been lied to!
GROWING YOUR OWN
. No, we're talking about tarantulas here, not the other "stuff."
SUBSTRATE
. Getting to the bottom of it all.
The best news is that 90% of the questions you wanted to ask plus a lot,
LOT more that you didn't think to ask are all laid out for you for
ABSOLUTELY FREE if you read that website and take advantage of your friendly, neighborhood, public library! All you need do is read.
Best of luck. Hope this helps.
By the way, that's one gorgeous spider! :thumbsup:
