It means that they don’t need a traditional water bowl to drink from and instead we can recreate the system they use in the wild, which is to drink from droplets of water that have formed on plant leaves and tree bark. Side note-never purchase a spider under L4/4th Instar as they are way too young, small and fragile at this stage, and any breeder/seller that allows their spiders to leave at this age then it raises many questions about their care, morals, experience, knowledge, and intentions. Jumping spiders are opportunistic feeders, and if they were in the wild, they wouldn't say no to an easy meal even if they only ate the day before. If you have a female spider and you know for sure that she’s never been paired with a male then don’t panic as the eggs will be infertile.

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You can also spray 1-2 pumps of the same water onto their enclosure substrate at the same time to aid with humidity. She will either eat or abandon them within a couple of weeks of laying them and go back to being her usual self. When using any type of electric heating equipment you MUST also get a thermostat to control the temperature. They have a fairly short life span but they do breed a lot and without any help from us providing they have a food source and a bit of warmth. Apply it to dry hair by opening and closing the palms of your hands (as if clapping) at a distance of 15 cm above the head so that the fibers fall on the hair.Were they to take a fall or a bump to their abdomen they can in fact rupture it, which is fatal to them. The only difference is more to do with their behaviour and if your female is laying an egg-sac(fertile or not), but ultimately as just companion pets, their care parameters are the same. Never force your spider to eat when it's in it's web hammock, that's their safe space where they go to chill out and be left alone. They do require an enclosure of their own as well as food and heat to make sure they're in prime condition to then feed to your spider, but I do find that they smell less than crickets, and they also don't chirp like crickets!

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Below is a basic rundown of some of the foods available for jumpers that I have fed to my gang along with some of the pro’s and con’s of each. So having a heat mat connected to a thermostat, even if it hardly turns itself on is a no-brainer in my opinion.

One of many cool things about jumpers is that they don't NEED to be handled or have physical interactions with us to live happy healthy lives. I have had myself, and also had people contact me for help with a spider showing signs of DKS, and sadly they have all died not long after showing symptoms. Another thing to consider is the temperature that the majority of Phidippus species need their habitat to be due to them being a non native tropical species not really suited to the natural climate over here in the UK, not our winters anyway. Their own brand of electrical products in particular are very purse friendly compared to the big brand names but with the same quality in my opinion.