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Doing it right? - G.pulchripes
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<blockquote data-quote="Phototoxin" data-source="post: 191755" data-attributes="member: 36320"><p>I have some basic questions about <em>G.pulchripes </em>as I want to make sure I'm doing the best I can for them.</p><p></p><p>I keep their plastic cages with cross ventilation with about 3cm of substrate on heat mats to hold them around 20-25C/70-75F as I live in ireland and we're not exactly warm! I try to ensure that a portion of the cage is not on the mat lest they wish to be cooler. They always have a topped up water dish that I slightly overflow to add a minimum of humidity.</p><p> </p><p>When I initially housed them they seemed to explore and climb walls and things, I assume this was getting the 'feel' of their new enclosures.</p><p>One went straight into the hide and dug down a little but seemed to explore later.</p><p></p><p>However a week later all 3 seem to be camping in their hides, lurking in the shadows - is this normal/ok?</p><p></p><p>There hasn't been much bulldozing of substrate although 1 has moved some small clumps of substrate in front of her hide.</p><p></p><p>I have fed them twice - once on Monday and again today (thursday) with an abdomen length black cricket (approx 1cm). None of them have refused and pretty much pounced straight away.</p><p></p><p>Is 2/weekly feeding of 1 cricket correct or should I limit them to 1/week or either 1 or 2 crickets?</p><p></p><p>What I want to know is are they 'happy' or should they be 'out and about' a bit more? Is there anything I'm not doing that I should /could be doing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phototoxin, post: 191755, member: 36320"] I have some basic questions about [I]G.pulchripes [/I]as I want to make sure I'm doing the best I can for them. I keep their plastic cages with cross ventilation with about 3cm of substrate on heat mats to hold them around 20-25C/70-75F as I live in ireland and we're not exactly warm! I try to ensure that a portion of the cage is not on the mat lest they wish to be cooler. They always have a topped up water dish that I slightly overflow to add a minimum of humidity. When I initially housed them they seemed to explore and climb walls and things, I assume this was getting the 'feel' of their new enclosures. One went straight into the hide and dug down a little but seemed to explore later. However a week later all 3 seem to be camping in their hides, lurking in the shadows - is this normal/ok? There hasn't been much bulldozing of substrate although 1 has moved some small clumps of substrate in front of her hide. I have fed them twice - once on Monday and again today (thursday) with an abdomen length black cricket (approx 1cm). None of them have refused and pretty much pounced straight away. Is 2/weekly feeding of 1 cricket correct or should I limit them to 1/week or either 1 or 2 crickets? What I want to know is are they 'happy' or should they be 'out and about' a bit more? Is there anything I'm not doing that I should /could be doing? [/QUOTE]
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