Family growth, another petco rescue, and happenings! So I've been "doing" and not "writing" lately. I've added several additional members to the T-family. Here's the whole gang: Ahh, Petco. I will be avoiding this store, as everytime I go in, I end up rescuing yet another T. Their corporate policy is to wet the substrate daily…
Noob-keeper post: So after a ton of reading and researching, the general conclusion I'm seeing about arachnid intelligence is...all over the place. Recently my G. rosea sling "Iskierka" managed to squeak out of an air-hole that was just a tiny bit big and go on "walk-about" in my office bedroom. I found her on the…
Sometimes there is too much information absorbed too quickly. For instance, in my reading of "sling care", I interpreted my Grammostola pulchripes [the Chaco Golden Leg's real name] behavior as "pre-molt" (what they do before shedding the old exoskeleton). Instead, it uses the bark hide and burrows below it normally. Badass hunter, probably 2nd only…