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Update - turns out the angle of the sun this time of year was bothering her, so I put a bandana over some of the top/sides and she’s back up to where she normally is!
Doesn’t explain the weird substance in her dish, but I’ll keep an eye on her.
Thanks! It’s a Vivarium Electronics enclosure I got at the East Bay Vivarium in Berkeley CA. I had to add a lot more ventilation, but since it’s acrylic it was pretty easy.
That makes sense, though it’s been a few weeks and this is a somewhat new behavior. I was a lot less worried before I saw the grainy material in the dish - does that sound like impaction in your experience?
Mittens is about 2.75” across, has always done well and up until a few weeks ago, was webbing the top of this enclosure like usual. I took the web down because she’d (I don't know if she's actually a she) molted and had a bunch of pieces scattered around (I waited a good few weeks before doing...
I’ve had Mittens since she(?) was a .5-.75” sling, and after 3 years, she’s only around 2.75.” Otherwise she seems healthy, takes prey down fast and furious, and has a pretty great little web treehouse.
She’s in a 4" x 4" x 7-1/4" AMAC enclosure with coco fiber on the bottom with a bottle cap...
Spinelli (A. seemanni) molted last week, and I haven’t managed to get a good post-molt pic yet, so here she is prepping for the big event.
She was 4.5” before molting, excited to see her new size! It’s been a WHILE.
Lol my seemanni has also only kicked hairs at her food. She’s more of an out in the open type, I think since she has a hide she’s just too lazy to make tunnels.
Compared to my other two (H. chilensis and C. versicolor), she’s by far the derpiest
I've played since I was 13 or 14 (37 now). I have a Maton acoustic (Australia's equivalent to Gibson), and a '65 Fender Mustang. (High School Me will always be mad that I'm a lefty but play right handed, so I don't play a left handed Mustang like a certain grunge icon). I haven't messed around...