2" G. Pulchra, put some new substrate in and it looks moist in corner, should I even bother with pipette in corner?

[poodude289]

Hello, I put some new substrate in (peat sphagnum moss substrate), and it looks moist in the corner and I guess the substrate also felt that way, if you look at the picture it looks moist. With my G. Pulchra now being close to 2 inches or already 2 inches, and people saying it's fine with a water dish and dry substrate - should I even bother, and could this actually be an issue?

 

[poodude289]

When I said it looks moist, you can clearly see on the right half, it's mostly just that area.

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

As long as your spood has somewhere dry to go this should be no worry. Your spider will let you know if it likes the moisture. It will gravitate more to the drier or damper side of the enclosure and husbandry can adjusted accordingly. Example: My Harpactira Pulchripes when I would overflow her water dish would go to the opposite side the enclosure every time. I stopped the overflow and this behavior stopped. My male Genic is the exact opposite. When I overflow,fill his dish he will be found in ,around the dish. So he likes his moisture and she don't! Your spider will let you know.Happy Spoodering!

 

[Ratmosphere]

Should be good but you could always remove damp spots with a spoon and replace it with dry substrate. Pretty big portion of damp substrate for a species that likes it on the drier side.

 

[poodude289]

Should be good but you could always remove damp spots with a spoon and replace it with dry substrate. Pretty big portion of damp substrate for a species that likes it on the drier side.

It's not actually wet to touch, it's just because it's new substrate

 

[poodude289]

I actually took the old substrate out because I felt it was maybe a bit too wet (it already looked like this and I had been putting water onto it) so I took it out and replaced it and figured I'd be better off probably just keeping it like this and keeping the water dish full.

 

[poodude289]

It was deeper into the bag so I guess that's probably also why it's like this.

 

[poodude289]

Should be good but you could always remove damp spots with a spoon and replace it with dry substrate. Pretty big portion of damp substrate for a species that likes it on the drier side.

If it's that much of an issue, should I just put loose coco fibre on top of most of that?

 

[poodude289]

I normally use peat sphagnum moss substrate

 

[poodude289]

I added a bit of loose coco fibre on the very top, but to be honest I don't think it even minds the substrate. It's even gone so far as to burrow in its hide and it must not mind the substrate if it's okay with staying on it underneath. I've never caught it climbing the walls and acting adverse to it.

 

[poodude289]

The closest thing to acting adverse I've seen is it spends 99% of its time inside of its hide, but I've just attributed that to it being a sling because it'd be on the walls if it hated it.

 

[poodude289]

What is some good properly dry substrate that allows for burrowing?

 

[Ratmosphere]

As long as where he is burrowed is dry, the damp sub shouldn’t be an issue. You don’t need to overflow the dish for a while now.

I’ve used coco for years with no issues, never had a burrow collapse.

 

[poodude289]

As long as where he is burrowed is dry, the damp sub shouldn’t be an issue. You don’t need to overflow the dish for a while now.

I’ve used coco for years with no issues, never had a burrow collapse.

Ok I'll keep that in mind, maybe I'll just use loose coco fiber in the future enclosure instead of my peat moss since it's the way it is now that I am near the bottom of the bag. I mean not even my loose coco fiber is dry in the bag it's in, so Idk.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Yea I know what you mean, that happens often.

 

[poodude289]

As long as where he is burrowed is dry, the damp sub shouldn’t be an issue. You don’t need to overflow the dish for a while now.

I’ve used coco for years with no issues, never had a burrow collapse.

I've just been keeping the water dish full and manually dampening a corner in the past, just easier for me.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Whatever works for you.

 

[poodude289]

Whatever works for you.

What about a syringe in the corner? Also, when should I do it again since the substrate looks like that?

 

[Ratmosphere]

Syringe could work.

I don’t think it’s necessary for another week or more though.

 

[poodude289]

Syringe could work.

I don’t think it’s necessary for another week or more though.

Ok thanks