Curly Hair Tarantula

[semmy juarez]

Brachypelma albopilosum

• semmy juarez
• Aug 21, 2018
• albopilosum brachypelma brachypelma albopilosum curlyhair tarantula

Hey

is this a good enclosure. Do I really need humidity for my curly hair T? It’s acting normal. Just my porteri is acting funny going into a corner and staying there for a while. I’m its in premolt but should I be worried?

 

[Nightstalker47]

No need to worry about humidity, just keep the sub slightly moist...an occasional overfilling of the water dish will do the trick.

Enclosure looks good enough, not sure what you have in the sub though.

 

[semmy juarez]

No need to worry about humidity, just keep the sub slightly moist...an occasional overfilling of the water dish will do the trick.

Enclosure looks good enough, not sure what you have in the sub though.

I have a mix of lagarti black and loose coco fiber, and I just threw the substrate it came with it into the enclosure. It’s like woodchips and sum type of dirt idk. The guy at store said it was ok with the sub it had. But I made its enclosure a little like my porteri Ts enclosure. Is this a bad idea?

 

[Nightstalker47]

I have a mix of lagarti black and loose coco fiber, and I just threw the substrate it came with it into the enclosure. It’s like woodchips and sum type of dirt idk. The guy at store said it was ok with the sub it had. But I made its enclosure a little like my porteri Ts enclosure. Is this a bad idea?

In the future, I would avoid the wood chips...everything else is fine.

 

[semmy juarez]

Ok. Should I take away the metal hide away? And is it ok if I keep a space heater in my room to keep the Ts warm? The thermometer on the enclosure says the walls are like 75 to 80 degrees. Is that ok for both. My gramostola porteri and my curly hair.

 

[Nightstalker47]

Metal can rust, and have sharp edges... so yeah, a cork bark hide would be better and as a plus look more natural.

Those temps are fine.

 

[cold blood]

Those temps are fine.

True, but they do not need to be that high. In fact, I see absolutely no reason to be using a space heater in August unless you live at the snowy top of a mountain. Space heaters are for winter...lol.

Your porteri can deal with temps to the 50's, and 60's is a fine temp...the albo only requires it slightly warmer. As long as temps are in the upper 60's, the ts will be fine.

B. albopilosum can deal with dry just fine, but tend to prefer an area of damp substrate...humidity isn't a requirement of tarantulas, they cannot get moisture out of the air.

 

[Ungoliant]

Ok. Should I take away the metal hide away?

I'd replace it with a slab of cork buried at an angle, so that most of the cork is buried with just a starter burrow at the entrance. (She'll excavate the amount of space she wants.)

And is it ok if I keep a space heater in my room to keep the Ts warm? The thermometer on the enclosure says the walls are like 75 to 80 degrees. Is that ok for both.

Those temperatures are fine, but yes, in the winter, you can run a space heater. (Heating the room, rather than placing heat mats on the enclosure, is generally what we recommend, as it's safer for the tarantula.)

 

[viper69]

is this a good enclosure. Do I really need humidity for my curly hair T?

No it isn't, and don't worry about humidity.

Should I take away the metal hide away?

YES!

the walls are like 75 to 80 degrees

No need for space heater at all.