My terrestrial tarantula likes to patrol the walls at night, but I caught her doing something interesting. It seems like she’s trying to anchor herself with her fangs but is failing. That’s my guess at least. Is this normal?
I have a Chaco Golden knee tarantula that is around 4 years old. I am a college student and I drive back home for the summer and obviously she comes with me. I safely transferred her in my car, the drive was about 4 hours. It was mostly highways but NY highways have poor roads and my car is so janky and old that you can feel even the little bumps so it was intense at times. She stayed in her den for the entire time. When I arrived home I set her enclosure in its new place and carried on with my day. when night time rolled around she left her den immediately, and goes about her usual night routine. She starts patrolling the enclosure, except I think she’s slightly more active tonight. I could just be paranoid because I worry that the drive is stressful and takes a lot of energy out of her but could she be unbothered? She usually gets pretty active at night but seems a bit more active than usual, she’s climbing the ceiling a lot tonight. (Not preset in the vid). I wonder if she’s slightly more active bc she’s patrolling for any signs of threat or maybe the drive DID knock a lot of energy out of her and made her extra hungry and determined to hunt. Idk but it’s interesting to think about. Maybe she is just her usual self. I guess I’m just surprised how fast she resumed to her normal routine. I thought she would be a bit shaken up after the drive. (This timelapse video was taken about 2 hours after we arrived home).