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<blockquote data-quote="tapkoote" data-source="post: 156041" data-attributes="member: 17661"><p>Tschorm</p><p> 2 1/2 years ago I got my first T, a 5 gallon tank and a wire mesh top (for reptiles) and too little substrate. Pretty much the same set up you have. Immediately got chewed out, on another forum, but their advice was correct. IMHO, your T was injured in a fall. They have tiny claws on their feet, but not retractible. So if they hook one in those mesh screens on the top, they’re stuck there hanging by one leg. If they fall they’re exoskeleton can crack like a fragile egg.You can look that up there’s threads on it, ask me how I know, once i read those threads I made changes. My two tanks have plexiglass tops, the T’s climb but can’t get to the holes in the tops, and can’t seem to climb the horizontal plexiglass.T’s aren't not made to jump or drop much distance, they don’t have “flying silk” like smaller spiders. Reduce the distance of a fall and tape up the mesh or replace the top with plexiglass, with holes drilled for air circulation.Spiders and insects move by hydraulic pressure, (like a backhoe ditch digger), that break in the leg, allows fluid to leak out when the pressure is applied and the pressure in that leg is reduced, thats why it’s dragging behind.I hope all goes well, I’d feed it as much as it wants to eat to speed up molt. </p><p> My tank and what I'd do with yours, but I'd wait till after molt to disturb him/her, it's got enough to deal with now.</p><p>[ATTACH]39342[/ATTACH][ATTACH]39343[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tapkoote, post: 156041, member: 17661"] Tschorm 2 1/2 years ago I got my first T, a 5 gallon tank and a wire mesh top (for reptiles) and too little substrate. Pretty much the same set up you have. Immediately got chewed out, on another forum, but their advice was correct. IMHO, your T was injured in a fall. They have tiny claws on their feet, but not retractible. So if they hook one in those mesh screens on the top, they’re stuck there hanging by one leg. If they fall they’re exoskeleton can crack like a fragile egg.You can look that up there’s threads on it, ask me how I know, once i read those threads I made changes. My two tanks have plexiglass tops, the T’s climb but can’t get to the holes in the tops, and can’t seem to climb the horizontal plexiglass.T’s aren't not made to jump or drop much distance, they don’t have “flying silk” like smaller spiders. Reduce the distance of a fall and tape up the mesh or replace the top with plexiglass, with holes drilled for air circulation.Spiders and insects move by hydraulic pressure, (like a backhoe ditch digger), that break in the leg, allows fluid to leak out when the pressure is applied and the pressure in that leg is reduced, thats why it’s dragging behind.I hope all goes well, I’d feed it as much as it wants to eat to speed up molt. My tank and what I'd do with yours, but I'd wait till after molt to disturb him/her, it's got enough to deal with now. [ATTACH]39342[/ATTACH][ATTACH]39343[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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