T keeps disappearing

[Puffykitty1]

Hello. I am new to owning a tarantula. It is an avicularia avicularia. It keeps DISAPPEARING. Idk where she goes. I just see empty tank for a while and then she’s like right there. Does anyone know what she’s doing?

 

[Phil]

she is doing what spiders do. It's nothing to worry about

 

[m0lsx]

This is hopefully the result of a well set up enclosure. T's like somewhere to site behind plants or in a bark tube etc.

 

[Jeremy-psychonaut]

Mine do the same thing they’re good at hiding

 

[Gizalba]

She either owns an invisibility cloak or is time travelling It is a bit disconcerting as I worry what if they have escaped, but I try to reassure myself that the lid is on secure and that if there was an escape it would be off

 

[m0lsx]

She either owns an invisibility cloak or is time travelling It is a bit disconcerting as I worry what if they have escaped, but I try to reassure myself that the lid is on secure and that if there was an escape it would be off

You should try some really small slings, I currently have a couple of Cyriocosmus elegans slings, these are so small, that unless they move they look exactly like a grain of substrate. These are small, possibly about 3-4 mm at the most.

 

[Gizalba]

You should try some really small slings, I currently have a couple of Cyriocosmus elegans slings, these are so small, that unless they move they look exactly like a grain of substrate. These are small, possibly about 3-4 mm at the most.

I do have a Cyriocosmus elegans sling, not quite as small as that but she was about 5mm when she arrived. I have learned to accept the anxiety of sling enclosures looking empty I meant more when a larger tarantula keeps disappearing - that is extra disconcerting lol.