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Old 14-04-2008, 08:01 AM
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Re: Latest pics of my Chile

I would take the sponge out of the water dish, a sponge is a breeding ground for bacteria. Just put a small pebble in the water bowl. The pebble is more to stop the crickets you feed her from drowning but will also stop any water getting into her book lungs if she should spread herself right over the dish. So long as she is 3" or longer she'll be fine with that. Is there a big dark patch on the abdomen? Usually the abdomen swells right up and goes very dark before a moult. Any chance you can take a picture of the web she has made? Having had my Chile for only four months I don't know what their moulting mats will look like but if you can take a picture I can find out from someone else if it looks like a moulting mat she has spun. Chiles will spin a web on the ground to sit and eat off, though but that usually happens once they have caught the prey. I put a cricket in for mine this morning and she just raised her legs and let the cricket run under her so she is'nt going to eat again today so when I can see the cricket again ( as she was in her hide at the time) I'll take it straight out. She hasn't eaten since the end of February.
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