Tarantulas and Spiders

[carlson]

Awesome carlson!!
98% on their back its a molt. Keep us update. Man she has been busy :p and thanks for the like.

Meph, look for someone that looks like he/she knows what's going on. Some reptile guys only have spiders from a trade and don't know much about them.

O she has been beyond busy that goes down to the big opening I can see into where eatting happens lol then there is a small tunnel going to who knows where an thats where she normally chills. Likes to hide so was a suprise seeing her molt there.

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[Mephibosheth1]

Are terrestrial species usually kept in a solid block of substrate like that??

[3skulls]

That Chaco has a degree in engineering

[Mike41793]

Are terrestrial species usually kept in a solid block of substrate like that??

Yea you wanna give them plenty of dirt. I gave my C. meridionalis like 6" of dirt in her 7" cube. She made her burrow in a corner all the way to the bottom.

[Mephibosheth1]

Are red-knees terestrial too??
The one at the pet store only has about 1" of dirt in the bottom, and a dried piece of leaf material...

And versicolors are arboreal??

[Mike41793]

Are red-knees terestrial too??
The one at the pet store only has about 1" of dirt in the bottom, and a dried piece of leaf material...

And versicolors are arboreal??

Not all terrestrials burrow tho. Some make their own burrows, some use what's available. It depends on the species but also on the individual T's too sometimes.

Versis are 100% arboreal. I've never seen mine touch the floor of its vial. They're great webbers.

EDIT: there are arboreals, terrestrials, and fossorial. Arboreals don't really touch the ground much, fossorials don't really climb and are obligate burrowers, terrestrials are kinda in between. They burrow/use what's available. If u give a red knee a leaf, it might web it as a hide. It also might decide that it hates that leaf and wants to build itself a burrow into the dirt. You never know lol.

While were on this topic, the Epephobus genus were supposed to be burrowers i thought? My blue fangs and emeralds are terrestrial and just chill on top of the substrate which they webbed up. What's up with that?!

[Mike41793]

B. vagans and B. boehmei are both terrestrials and from the same genus. My vagans used the burrow i made for it in the cup. Didn't really expand on it too much except added some webbing. Just chilled in a hole that i made for it lol. My boehmei has built itself a ton of tunnels. I just put it in a cup with dirt and a water dish and he took it upon himself to do all the re-arranging and stuff. Same genus, two very distinct personalities lol.

[Coleslaw007]

So guys, I've recently started having some mold growth in some of my enclosures, especially my A. geniculata. I've scraped it out but it returns. There's a lot of ventilation. I know you guys have mentioned springtails and isopods, what would you guys recommend?

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[3skulls]

We can label them but they don't have to follow that label :p
My arboreal irminia live underground.

Coleslaw, how big is it?
I have one getting close to an inch and keep it on the dryer side. Mist it once a week and gave her a bottle cap.

If its smaller in a vial I would just change the whole thing out.
Springtails and isopods need it to be pretty wet to live.

[3skulls]

And Mike, the package is now in Louisville! I'm hoping it makes it here today.