Last night I held my little spider Ivy, just about 200g. I put her away after about 15 minutes and did my normal stuff and went to bed. Today was feeding day so I defrosted her f/t rat pup and went to feed her. But as I opened her little tub I noticed the front side wasn't clipped on and even before I opened her tub I knew she wasn't there! I didn't panic, but I probably looked like this --> while telling myself I'm an idiot for not double checking her cage. (I'm usually almost obsessive about double, triple and sometimes even quadruple checking cages I've opened recently )

So I started digging aroung the nearest most likely places (I've had my adult male crested gecko get out twice {my mom's cat is the culprit there...}and I just have this instinct on where to find them). Well 5 minutes later I find her coiled up in a mesh tarp that is bunched up under my bed- so she had only gone about 6-7ft from her cage. I was incredibly relieved, she only spent the night outside her cage.

And to make me feel better, I put her in her tub and offered her the f/t rat pup just to see, and she took it like nothing had even happened She seems perfectly fine so I'll just keep an eye on her and be thankful for my good luck!

- I must admit: I was really scared, she is so small it would be easy for her to get into something. I kept worrying about having her get crushed or if I couldn't find her soon that she'd get a RI or get injured/killed by one of our 3 cats.