Help Ive Really Screwed Up

[dobson]

Hi looking for help as i am absolutley gutted - bought my first spider and got delivery yesterday - a small spiderling ( mexican red knee) put it into a small plastic pot with mix of peat and vermicule for bedding with its film pot for comfort. This afternoon its nowhere to be seen and i have noticed a couple of small holes just under the rim ( which i would have thought too small for the spider to get out) i am now of the belief i have fekked up completley as i cannot see him in the tub at all , raked through carefully with chopstick to see if burried. Nothing !!! i am a responsible owner (ordinarily) and have lizards and other insects etc. My other half is going mad as there is a tarantula on the loose.

Any advice and can he live without being looked after by me ????

Help please

One devestated Simon

[Becky]

Look all around where the tub was. Look in dark, warm places. Is he only tiny?

[dobson]

Thanks becky, had a look around btu will of course continue, thing is he is so so tiny smaller about a 5pm in diameter, partner is going ballastic she hates spiders and dare not mention it to the girls !!!! im also so gutted , i was chuffed at getting one

[Becky]

Awww.. Well i doubt he'd go far and would look for a place thats dark and warm. Being a smithi it will be low down. Keep searching. Your best bet is to look at night.

[Young_Gun]

Unless he is in the tub still, then the chances of it surviving are slim.

[Incubuss]

If he was really tiny (as in 2mmish) then you should have kept him in the film tub. I have some that are months old and still in one. It will be really hard to find such a small T if he has got out. If he has got out he will most prob stay close to the tub, so look around there.

[pumpkinette]

Don't give up. My sis' friend lost a sling in the same room as his dog, and had given up on it. He went in room a day or 2 later and it was on the ceiling.

Don't know about it living without you, but I doubt it, especially at that size. Plus, it might not be warm enough.

[ferretlad]

I would double check your sling pot again... and look out for the little fella in case he is on the floor, hope you find him.

[dobson]

Thanks guys i really apreciate you responses , i am living in hope and as i said really gutted as i wanted a spider for so long.

Cheers
Simon

[Athravan]

Don't vacuum for a while!