Young female hugging waterbowl
The last week, I have noticed my 2012 female spider (265 g) pressing her belly against her water bowl. Actually, she is burrowing UNDER her water dish (1/2 of Cypress) and when I move it, she has her belly inverted pressing against the under side of her water bowl. Temps are spot on, humidity around 60%. She shed about a month ago. I know breeding females often wrap their water bowls when developing follicles, but she's only 265g and hasn't even seen a male. Is she going through puberty?!? (lol) Her last shed was about a month ago, but she has shed fine without pressing against her water bowl. She eats like a horse and ate every time she is offered every week...even through winter. I inspected her belly and there is no sign of injury or burn (yes, her flexwatt is thermostat regulated).
Just kind of a strange sight...Has anyone else see this behavior?
Re: Young female hugging waterbowl
I got a new girl last week and found her doing the exact same thing. I concluded that either her hides were too big or she hadn't found them yet. So today I put a big handful of sphagnum moss and some cypress bedding piled up in her hides. Hopefully she'll feel safer now.
Re: Young female hugging waterbowl
I've had her since last year and like I said, she sheds fine, eats very well, active, no health issues. Being a Spider the only hint of a wobble I have with her is during feeding..she gets VERY excited but always hits her rat first time...every time! Most of the time I just pass something "new" off as a snake just being a snake as each one of mine surprises me on a regular basis. This was just a real shocker when I lifted her bowl and saw her belly up...pressed against the bottom of the water bowl. She appears fine in every other way. SO I guess this is just her way of keeping me on her toes.