I've been googling madly to try to figure this one out, but it's been a few days now and I'm getting worried, so I thought I'd ask here
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It is not possible to tell the age of a tarantula by looking at it. Also G. rosea grow VERY slowly, so if yours actually looks like an adult and is of any decent size it is certainly much older than two.
not sure if this is normal behavior
She's just sitting. :) If she's completely up on the wall a lot then she might be upset with the substrate, which should always be bone dry as any dampness outside the water bowl tends to upset them.
she has yet to spin any webs in her cageShe probably never will. They don't really have much use for webs and definitely don't make big fancy things like true spiders do. You may see random strands of webbing and the top layer of substrate will eventually accumulate a layer of web as a "bed" to make her comfortable, especially after she's molted at least once
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Thanks so much for the info! I feel better now, though I need to look into a new pet store/source of information, because the clerk where I bought her told me that "he's not sure exactly how old she is, but she looks about two." He gave me some other information that later proved to be wrong too, so I think I'll be dealing with the pet store a little further away from now on.
I never realized that I wasn't supposed to remove the little mats she makes after eating either, thanks for letting me know. I was worried that if she was leaving little bits of dead cricket in there, they might attract mold or gnats, but I'll leave them where they are from now on.
Haha yeah, I figured the age thing came from a pet store guy. For some reason they LOVE to pull that one, as well as a lot of other crap info that's outdated or just plain wrong.
I wouldn't assume your T is female either, it could be either gender and ID'd as female based on something silly (or the fact that females sell better). ID'ing a tarantula's sex is difficult enough for experienced hobbyists sometimes. When your tarantula sheds (don't be surprised if this literally takes years), Swift's Inverts does free ID if you mail the exoskeleton to him. I had a link here but it caused my comment to be screened, Google will bring you the site though. :)
Or you can post a high-quality pic of the underside (specifically around the middle/abdomen) and internet hobbyists can take a crack at it. :)
they might attract mold or gnatsIf you see an obvious big chunk of cricket lying around you can remove it, but a properly dry G. rosea enclosure is pretty hostile to moisture-loving life like mold and gnats. A dry dead cricket basically just
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It is not possible to tell the age of a tarantula by looking at it. Also G. rosea grow VERY slowly, so if yours actually looks like an adult and is of any decent size it is certainly much older than two.
not sure if this is normal behavior
She's just sitting. :) If she's completely up on the wall a lot then she might be upset with the substrate, which should always be bone dry as any dampness outside the water bowl tends to upset them.
she has yet to spin any webs in her cageShe probably never will. They don't really have much use for webs and definitely don't make big fancy things like true spiders do. You may see random strands of webbing and the top layer of substrate will eventually accumulate a layer of web as a "bed" to make her comfortable, especially after she's molted at least once ( ... )
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I never realized that I wasn't supposed to remove the little mats she makes after eating either, thanks for letting me know. I was worried that if she was leaving little bits of dead cricket in there, they might attract mold or gnats, but I'll leave them where they are from now on.
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I wouldn't assume your T is female either, it could be either gender and ID'd as female based on something silly (or the fact that females sell better). ID'ing a tarantula's sex is difficult enough for experienced hobbyists sometimes. When your tarantula sheds (don't be surprised if this literally takes years), Swift's Inverts does free ID if you mail the exoskeleton to him. I had a link here but it caused my comment to be screened, Google will bring you the site though. :)
Or you can post a high-quality pic of the underside (specifically around the middle/abdomen) and internet hobbyists can take a crack at it. :)
they might attract mold or gnatsIf you see an obvious big chunk of cricket lying around you can remove it, but a properly dry G. rosea enclosure is pretty hostile to moisture-loving life like mold and gnats. A dry dead cricket basically just ( ... )
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been is saving them for a rainy day. Because rain means WATER FROM THE SKY END OF THE WORLD SPIDER GODS WHY DO YOU FORSAKE BEEN?!
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