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A quick question. I am currently cleaning my spiders terra by sifting and heating the dirt/sand mix to sterilize it. When I mix it back up, could I increase the overall amount of substrate by adding in some corncob grain?
I guess what I am asking is this: Would granulated corncob have any adverse affects in a mygalomorphs terrarium?
P.S. She is a G. Rosea
>> spiderman !!Q+JluTncCte
i don't know of any bad things that can result from it. why don't you just add more of what you are already using as substrate?
>> Ace Ninja, General at Law !6ts7WxNHwc
i don't have any more? A friend of mine said that corncob is a cheap substrate for snakes, but since this is a spider I want to make sure. I just don't want mold or pests drawn to it.
>> Anonymous
>>188260
Lots of people use it, so you should be fine.
>> Anonymous
I think it is fine, and is that a pic of your G. Rosea molting? Mine just did today and it's a great feeling to see a molted one. It's all shiny and huge now.
>> Ace Ninja, General at Law !6ts7WxNHwc
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>>188270
Indeed that is her. She molted 2 days after I bought her. It was thrilling as a newbie when it comes to this stuff to see that.
>> spiderman !!Q+JluTncCte
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>>188274
yea, i love watching them molt. kinda nerve racking in a way hah.
>> Anonymous
>>188365

Oh I got a question. Am I supposed to wait a week before feeding it again? It looks pretty skinny now and I could easily get some fat crickets, but I heard somewhere you need to wait a week after they molt.
>> Ace Ninja, General at Law !6ts7WxNHwc
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>>188673
I know that spiders are vulnerable for awhile until their cuticle hardens, but I am not sure how long it takes. I would wait a week just to be on the safe side, as I am sure he wont starve in that time.
>> Anonymous
>>188673

I think the reasoning for this is that it can take several days for the fangs of a larger T to "harden" properly - see how they're white in the OP's pics? Just make sure that you've got the water dish topped off in the meantime, it's more important to make sure the spider has plenty to drink at the moment.
>> spiderman !!Q+JluTncCte
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>>188700
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these anons are right. wait a week or so. the exoskeleton and fangs need to harden up first before the t will be interested in feeding. it may not take a week, but as one of them said, it's just an amount of time that will allow it to harden while not being dangerous since it won't be eating anything.

just make sure water is available and it should be alright. smaller Ts harden up a little faster, but i'd still just wait a week. if the spider doesn't eat the food, remove the food and try again a couple days later.
>> Anonymous
>>188365
That pic looks ...kinky in a grotesque way.
Brrr...
>> Anonymous
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Put one of these fun little bugs in with her so they can be friends and dance together.
>> By-Tor
>>188721
Even when those are hardened up, if the sucking stomach isn't hardened it won't eat, even worse when that part of the molt goes wrong and it can't eat for that entire molt.

>>188940
Fuck your pepsis wasp!
>> Anonymous
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Pepsis Wasp Fuck Ugly Spider.
>> Anonymous
I highly encourage not feeding for at least a week with a larger tarantula. It will not hurt them either. They can go up to two years without eating and not have too many problems; however, that isn't recommended, obviously. A week or few without crickets is not a big deal though. It is better to have a slightly hungry spider than an injured one. One of my research tarantulas hadn't hardened enough before it was fed, the cricket attacked it and split open part of the exoskeleton on the carapace. It now is having fungal problems on the wound. Not good. Let the spider harden first!
>> spiderman !!Q+JluTncCte
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does it really take longer to harden? i always figured by the times the fangs were done, the rest of the spider was ready to go. i've just never heard any mention of the sucking stomach.