Forgot to answer you question about cage cleaning Inny, when cleaning out the spider enclosures, I usually get a takeaway container ( usually an ex-cricket container) and I put in a serviette that is slightly damp. I than use a paintbrush and find the spider in the tub - usually it shoots up the paintbrush - sometimes it stays on there, sometimes it crawls up your arm and sometimes it trys to jump off - kamikaze style. I usually clean the tanks out on the floor, a drop for a spider can be quite fatal to it - they're actually really fragile! Once the spider is in the takeaway container with the lid on top. I take out a bit of a tunnel and the film cannister from the old enclosure and keep these for the clean enclosure (the familar smell of things from their old enclosures helps to settle them in), take the fake plants out and than throw the rest away. - I usually take my time doing that as I like to check out all there old tunnels! After cleaning the enclosure I dampen some peat moss and put in the tank - the edges have to be gently packed down - otherwise as the peat dries out a little it comes away from the sides (and crickets love to hide in there). Put the plant back in, the film cannister and the tunnel part. - I than mist a little with spray bottle and than put the spider back into his now clean enclosure. i usually don't feed the spider untill he's setup a few tunnels etc, than I know he's happy and ready for a feed.
Anyhow got some pics today. My big fella, was obviously hungry today, so he sat out where I could see him waiting for food. - I'd drop a cricket in and instead of taking it down into one of his chambers - he grabbed and killed it in front of me! Than he kinda just pushed the dead cricket down the tunnel with his back feet and waited for another 1! Super cool! Its really amazing watching how fast they grab the cricket, and sink their fangs in! anyhow he did it 5 times - the crickets were a bit smaller than normal. - I love Aussie T's!
And finally here's the pics!
And my preggie scorpion finally ate today, since she's been rather obviously pregnant she barely eats. I offer her food every couple of days anyhow though. - Yesterday i offered her mealworms which she didn't want and today she's going the munch down on 2 crickets! She was on her water dish drinking and I misted her and her cage for her and decided to drop in 2 partially stunned crickkets. She kinda kept drinking and than she kinda swivelld around and found the first cricket which she was started munching on, and than she found the second cricket and kept than in her claw for seconds!
