Agitated P. Antinous

[spideyboy]

Hi everyone, for the last month or so my subadult female P. Antinous has been vigorously trying to escape its enclosure. Humidity is fine. Temp around 75. No mites. At first I thought its enclosure was too small so I moved it into a larger tank but it did the same thing. I'm not too experienced with P. Antinous. Is this normal for them?
Thanks,
Jared

 

[Munch]

Are you sure it is not a MM?

 

[spideyboy]

Ya I'm sure.

 

[Munch]

Is the substrate too wet?

 

[Curious jay]

Picture of the setup would be helpful.

 

[spideyboy]

No actually a bit on the drier side, but there's a water dish and i cover a good portion of the tank top for humidity. i have about 15 other spiders with similar setups that are fine. So I'm thinking it just may be a quirk.

 

[Munch]

Picture of the setup would be helpful.

I second that.

 

[spideyboy]

So I thought this enclosure was too small.

 

[spideyboy]

Here's another pic with top in place.

 

[spideyboy]

I'm trying to move all my spiders over to tarantula-cages.com type cages but couldn't get my hands on one recently so I settled for the standard fish tank.

 

[spideyboy]

The last pic is the one I put the Antinous into but it was still agitated and climbing the walls and walking on the top upside down...

 

[Munch]

It may be bugged by all the crickets in there (no pun intended)

 

[spideyboy]

Haha. It was behaving the same way without em.

 

[Munch]

Do you ever think they stretch before they start to go into premolt and turn reclusive?

 

[spideyboy]

I'm not sure what you're referring to

 

[Munch]

The T stretching.

 

[spideyboy]

I usually notice the T's stretching after molts. I doubt this spider is in pre-molt as it molted a couple months ago although I guess it's possible. Kicked off a ton of hairs and the bald spot is peach-colored, no signs of darkening.

 

[Munch]

It may climb just because it can, my g.rosea climbed her cage after she molted. Tarantulas are mysterious young jedi.

 

[spideyboy]

ya i hear ya. it tries to bite through the top with its fangs though. i guess i'll just give it some time, hopefully it is some pre-molt behavior. Thanks for your help.

 

[Munch]

You are welcome.