Hottentotta hottentotta tips?

[Stugy]

Going to be getting one in a day or two and would like to know how to care for it. I assume this is a desert species. I already know they are all females (though there are some reported but super rare males) and they are parthenogenetic. Should I keep these dry or moist? Bleh xD Everything besides feeding lol. I can handle the feeding

 

[Rugg the bug man]

Keep them dry and you can keep them on either straight sand or cocofiber/sand mix. I keep all my Hottentotta species on straight sand but others use mix. Keep temps around 85f-90f and lightly mist 1 side of the enclosure 1x every other week. All mine seem to thrive like this. 1 of my franzwerneri just molted to 7i last night

Good Luck with yours

 

[Stugy]

Do you think a sand/cocofiber/clay mix will do fine? I stupidly mixed all my sand and clay together as I was expecting to be only obtaining digging species for a while. I've already kind of set up the enclosure with mostly that mix and then pure cocofiber on 1/3 or 1/4 of the enclosure so I can put a small bottle cap for water without too much of a worry of the water spilling on the clay mix and turning everything hard lol. I'll post a pic in a bit.

 

[Stugy]

The enclosure:

 

[TheScorpionMan]

The enclosure:

Looks good to me as long as you keep it dry.

Keep them dry and you can keep them on either straight sand or cocofiber/sand mix. I keep all my Hottentotta species on straight sand but others use mix. Keep temps around 85f-90f and lightly mist 1 side of the enclosure 1x every other week. All mine seem to thrive like this. 1 of my franzwerneri just molted to 7i last night
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Good Luck with yours

I keep my franzwerneri and other hottentottas the same way. Accept i use bottlecaps for water dishes and fill them about once every other week

 

[Rugg the bug man]

The enclosure:

That should be fine
Like the Scorpionman said just keep it dry

 

[Stugy]

Thanks guys. How large do they tend to be as adults?

 

[RTTB]

Be very careful is my advice.

 

[Rugg the bug man]

Thanks guys. How large do they tend to be as adults?

They're about 3" as adults
I haven't seen any too much bigger than that