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<blockquote data-quote="spodermin" data-source="post: 163641" data-attributes="member: 29048"><p>A few notes</p><p></p><p>As Enn said, fake plants are just fine. I'll add a pic of my P. Regalis enclosure which I added a huge bushy fake plant to make her come out more, she took the corner behind it and webbed dirt to seal it off making it into a hide.</p><p></p><p>Don't try to watch her eat. If you know she hasn't eaten since the molt, put 2 or 3 appropriate sized crickets in there and leave her alone for a few days somewhere pitch black. My metallicas ate one species that will never eat in front of me.</p><p></p><p>The dropped leg seems unrelated so long as she's otherwise healthy, and it will grow back.</p><p></p><p>[USER=27444]@Arachnoclown[/USER] OP said the spider is 5 or 6 cm so there's no way it's a mature male </p><p></p><p>Just make sure everything is optimal and then stop disturbing her. She will eat when she's ready. As for the dirtiness, clean it if you can, but if it were me I'd want to see her eat first. Old molts being webbed in aren't a huge problem</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spodermin, post: 163641, member: 29048"] A few notes As Enn said, fake plants are just fine. I'll add a pic of my P. Regalis enclosure which I added a huge bushy fake plant to make her come out more, she took the corner behind it and webbed dirt to seal it off making it into a hide. Don't try to watch her eat. If you know she hasn't eaten since the molt, put 2 or 3 appropriate sized crickets in there and leave her alone for a few days somewhere pitch black. My metallicas ate one species that will never eat in front of me. The dropped leg seems unrelated so long as she's otherwise healthy, and it will grow back. [USER=27444]@Arachnoclown[/USER] OP said the spider is 5 or 6 cm so there's no way it's a mature male Just make sure everything is optimal and then stop disturbing her. She will eat when she's ready. As for the dirtiness, clean it if you can, but if it were me I'd want to see her eat first. Old molts being webbed in aren't a huge problem [/QUOTE]
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