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Fluffy is intricate

TheFlash

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He's got an intricate series of tunnels under the substrate. I wonder if he will ever come up other than for the split second to eat.
I get to see him very briefly for a split second for feeding... But.. I kinda was hoping I'd get a huge amount of webbing all over the place and it would look cool as.... But barely a strand of Web...
Is it a juvie thing? BTW I'd never stick my hand in there with the speed he. Moves to grab the food. Fastest I've ever seen anything. Once it's near him.... Boom its in the burrow
 

Enn49

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Don't worry Fluffy is webbing, that's what is holding those tunnels together.

OBTs are semi-arboreal so give them a bit of height in their container with a piece of wood and plant up the back and not too much substrate and it will web glorious web tunnels. My girl webbed all the way up the back corner of a 12"x12"x18" ExoTerra. Although I could go months without seeing her it was such a joy when she did appear.
 

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He's got an intricate series of tunnels under the substrate. I wonder if he will ever come up other than for the split second to eat.
I get to see him very briefly for a split second for feeding... But.. I kinda was hoping I'd get a huge amount of webbing all over the place and it would look cool as.... But barely a strand of Web...
Is it a juvie thing? BTW I'd never stick my hand in there with the speed he. Moves to grab the food. Fastest I've ever seen anything. Once it's near him.... Boom its in the burrow
You probably don't realise but most likely the surface of the substrate is covered in webbing, little trip wires that are barely visible. Touching one of them can result in a bite first ask questions later situation!
 

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