I've had her (?) from a tiny sling, I rehoused her a month (or more) ago and she's settled in well, but today she's really active. Crawling and webbing all over her enclosure at least since I walked in here at 8am. Is that normal? Could she be stressed over something? Is she just having a wander for fun?
Included a photo of big booty Judy herself
Sorry for terrible pic quality. I got a velvet for my bday not too long ago. I’m not sure what instar it is. The internet is saying slings need to eat every 1-3 days? I fed it 4 days ago (2 fruit flies) and I feel like the abdomen is still way too big to feed again. But I’m worried that it’s not getting enough hydration since I’m not supposed to mist the enclosure like with jumpers. Do I base feeding on the abdomen or do I follow a schedule?
I’ve had jumpers for a couple years
I have a velvet spider that is well over a year old. She (assuming she because of age) molted a couple of weeks ago. She had her old enclosure webbed up entirely, and i just moved her into a new, larger one today. I put a lot of dry branches in this one so she could move around easily (she seemed to prefer that in her old enclosure) but several hours later I've found her at the bottom of the new enclosure, barely moving 😭 when I first put her in she was moving around and exploring, so I'm not sure what happened.
Is it not advised to move adults into new enclosures? I thought it would be fine because I'm used to jumpers and Ts, but now I'm worried the shock was too much for her 😭
For context I put my juvenile velvet spider (Gloom) in a new enclosure last night, from a 3x3x3 to a 3x3x6 and she was making her webs all over the place in the new enclosure and kept falling (I think because she normally just climbs her webbing in her old enclosure) and I noticed this orange liquid??? WHAT IS IT? It wasn’t there before I put her in. I’m really worried she’s hurt or something. Also she fell like 3” when transferring her to her new enclosure and I’m not sure how sensitive these guys are to short falls?🙁
I can’t get over how tiny it is 😭 so precious.
i have a jumper right now but i’d love to have a velvet spider too. i can’t find any places that sell them though and their care is hard to find a guide on, could anyone help me out? thanks!
So excited to join the velvet spider community, they are so cute!! Still unsure of sex for this one but I’m using she/her for now, she’s so cute! Eresus sp. cinnaberinus complex. Very excited to watch her grow up!!
If anyone has any tips on their care besides the basic stuff online (no water, melanogaster fruit flies for food at this size) I’d really appreciate it!
This is Dionysus my baby Eresus Walckenaeri 🥹