Buying a pet jumping spider soon, how the fuck am I supposed to feed pic related to it?
>>5170474Put them in the fridge until the stop moving, then pour a bit into the spider terrarium then put them back in the fridge.
>>5170477>Put them in the fridge until the stop movingLiterally 10-30 seconds. These fucks die with the quickness. Perhaps OP should diversify his container of flies so they don't die enmasse if he fucks up. Also>buying a pet jumping spiderIt's not illegal to look under your bed for a new spider fren.
>>5170474they're bred to be flightless, you just tap the container to knock them off the top so they dont escape, and shake a bunch into the enclosure. the spood will get them itself.
>>5170474Don't bother. Get some micro roaches like Compsodes, Nocticola or little Kenyan roaches and culture those instead. Much easier to breed and you don't have to keep creating new cultures
>>5170474mmmmmh, the cursed frapuccino
>>5170494Why aren't they more popular? Roaches are icky, but fruit fly cultures are disgusting.
>>5170509roaches are literally fine and actually quite fun bugs to care for, they have a lot of personality. its when they are loose and shitting all over your furniture when it gets grotty, otherwise they are quite amazing little critters
>>5170494>>5170510Are they good food for my spider though? This is the first I've heard of feeding roaches to them. The spider I'm going to adopt has been raised on fruit flies so I figure continuing that would be best for it. Beyond that I was looking at mealworms but if roaches are viable I'm not opposed.They would be more fun to raise anyway, even if just for food.
>>5170474Oh man jumping spiders are fun if you like watching tiny things. To answer your question directly, you can even transfer some from that container to a smaller one and then dump from the smaller one into the spider enclosure. I had a male that was pretty small but I was able to start feeding him the mini crickets right away. They can kill things 2-3x their size. If you go crickets early and they’re similar in size, just cripple the crickets’ back legs with your fingernail. That way they can’t injure your spider.Anyway, I had one called Duncan Idaho that I kept on my desk. I was absolutely shocked the first time I watched him hunt a cricket. I guess he was pretty fuckin’ hungry because he did this flying leap thing, caught the cricket mid air, immediately did a warp thing with all 8 legs to keep the cricket tucked, and then tumbled over and over with the cricket to the ground before presumably biting the fuck out of it. It was absolutely crazy how fast, precise, but also VICIOUS it was. There was some genuine impact when Duncan hit the cricket. If it had been scaled up, I swear I would have heard a THWACK as he caught it and tumbled.
>>5170509>why aren't they more popularPeople don't know they exist>>5170614Jumping spiders are not picky at all. If you are worried it won't recognise roaches as food then you could also just get the flies to start with and see what else it eats later
>>5170614>This is the first I've heard of feeding roaches to themWhat sort of jumping spider? If its a big species like a regal/bold jumper or some other Phidippus then they only need fruit flies when they're tiny babies. They get large enough to eat full grown crickets and roaches very quickly
>>5170619This guy. His name shall be Regal Ricky.Instar i4/i5/i6 is how they are listed as shipping. Is that big enough for roaches?
>>5170621Forgot pic
>>5170622That’s a nice looking gentleman! Mine was plain black and white but he got fairly large as was a good friend.
>>5170623He looks awesome. The cliff decoration looks great too. Can I ask where you got that from? I picked up the basic starter kit here but wouldn't mind adding a little more personality to the enclosure as well.
>>5170624That was a 5-6 inch piece of terrarium wood that either came with the enclosure or I just got at a local pet shop. It’s super lightweight so it’s definitely not driftwood or anything. Really cheap but really useful. Eventually I added this “moonstone” obelisk to his enclosure which was an awesome decision because he perched on top and made it look really cool sometimes. Wish I had a picture of that but I can’t find one presently.
>>5170622> klarna for a jumping spiderWhy do i want to do that
>>5170625Very cool. Quartz and the like would probably fit in nicely I'd imagine.Another question, how did you fix the thermometer/humidity gauge to the inside of the enclosure? Thinking about hot glueing a magnet to it and having another magnet on the outside but I'm not sure if there is a better method.
>>5170627The gauges I used just had suction cups. Hot glue is fine as long as you really dry and air it out before spider goes in. A lot of people hot glue the decorations in place to keep everything stable in there. I’m not sure I ever had to adjust temp/humidity from ambient. There might be a more ideal way to do it but since jumping spiders can already live in my house just fine, there wasn’t much to change. A heating pad is a good thing to have though just in case things get chilly. Obviously their metabolism depends on their environment like that.Interesting thing I noticed while owning him, his presence drew in other jumping spiders that would be in my house during the spring/summer. I’d come back to my desk and see the two looking at each other through the glass. I always wondered what they were thinking about.
>>5170628>Interesting thing I noticed while owning him, his presence drew in other jumping spiders that would be in my house during the spring/summer. I’d come back to my desk and see the two looking at each other through the glass. I always wondered what they were thinking about.That is so cool.
>>5170494>Much easier to breedthis is a bad thing btw do not get bugs that can breed in your house if they get out
Don't jumping spiders feed on ground insects, because they don't make webs?
>>5170642They climb up. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a jumping spider crawl directly across the ground. Outside I find them on the side of the house waiting, in opportune spots on the rose bush, and frequently even lurking inside of flowers. Also the one I had in the tank frequently hunted by jumping side to side. Being up high plus the ability to jump extends the type of prey they can hunt by a lot.
>>5170625Is that a japan steel ruler?Jesus Christ, anon…
>>5170645It is not my fault that your measurements have no bushido
>>5170625>>5170624fyi that appears to be cork bark. very lightweight as previously stated, and highly resistant to molding. Also pretty cheap, especially if you only need a small chunk for a jumping spider enclosure. get a small tube, break off a chunk, and you're golden.
>>5170479I always find them on spigot.Got a cool type out here thats black with a white heart shaped mark on their back
>jumping spider
>>5170644>spiders jump good!
OP here, wound up not buying one.Riki wound up finding us at a pumpkin patch (on Halloween no less).
>>5170615that post is magical .. keep up the good work fren
>>5170622>>5170623Pet SPIDER??"A good friend"??WTF? Grow up. Insects are pointless as pets.
>>5170474>paying for a spider you can find outside>paying for more bugs you can get by leaving rotting food lying around
>>5172024>insects
>>5170474We had a minor fruit fly infestation for a bit and somehow a nice little jumping spider found his way into one of our windows.When I would see them buzzing against the window, I would open it and let some in to feed him for a while. They must have been pretty nutritious, because he lived in there for nearly two weeks with only a few at a time for a meal and survived molting. I took him outside a few days after, fearing he wasn't getting enough food.
>>5170851I fell for it...
I accidentally bumped the top of the enclosure off (where she was sleeping) and I think I freaked her out. She's just sitting in the top corner now not moving much at all. I feel bad, will she be ok?
>>5172392Yeah you probably just spooked her really bad. That’s what spiders do outside when they catch a spook as well. Since it was big and near where she sat, she might hide for a while longer than usual this time but otherwise you should be all good. It’s just her defense mechanism, sort of like a snail going into its shell.
