Worried about a stressed tarantula

[James1330]

Worried about my tarantula
I have a juvenile brachypelma albopilosum and recently she has been displaying some odd behaviour.
She has recently started climbing the walls of her enclosure and suddenly become very active. Then today I noticed her in a stress curl position. She has never displayed such behaviour and I'm unsure of what could be causing her to do this . Could she be stressed?
Please help

 

[sasker]

You have a Tliltocatl albopilosum

More information is needed for us to say what, if anything, is wrong. Could you post a picture of the entire setup for your tarantula? How long do you have it? Has anything changed recently in the way you keep your tarantula? Did it happen after a molt? Is it eating alright? Does it have a hide? Does it have access to water?

 

[James1330]

You have a Tliltocatl albopilosum

More information is needed for us to say what, if anything, is wrong. Could you post a picture of the entire setup for your tarantula? How long do you have it? Has anything changed recently in the way you keep your tarantula? Did it happen after a molt? Is it eating alright? Does it have a hide? Does it have access to water?

You have a Tliltocatl albopilosum

More information is needed for us to say what, if anything, is wrong. Could you post a picture of the entire setup for your tarantula? How long do you have it? Has anything changed recently in the way you keep your tarantula? Did it happen after a molt? Is it eating alright? Does it have a hide? Does it have access to water?

Nothing changed in the way I keep her. She has access to a Cork bark hide which she covered with eco earth and made it into a burrow. She has a small water dish, ventilation but refused to eat for the first time yesterday. She emerged a few weeks ago after molting in which she barricaded her burrow for 2 months. I don't know what may be causing her behaviour

 

[Ghost56]

Nothing changed in the way I keep her. She has access to a Cork bark hide which she covered with eco earth and made it into a burrow. She has a small water dish, ventilation but refused to eat for the first time yesterday. She emerged a few weeks ago after molting in which she barricaded her burrow for 2 months. I don't know what may be causing her behaviour

Sounds like it may have molted out as a mature male. Pics would be good.

 

[sasker]

As @Ghost56 said, your 'she' could be a 'he'. Does your tarantula now have hooks on the underside of his front legs? Are there a sort of boxing gloves at the end of his pedipalps? Did he make a web in the corner of his enclosure?

Mature males tend to climb and roam about in their enclosures in search for a female. They eat a lot less and are often not interested in food.

 

[James1330]

As @Ghost56 said, your 'she' could be a 'he'. Does your tarantula now have hooks on the underside of his front legs? Are there a sort of boxing gloves at the end of his pedipalps? Did he make a web in the corner of his enclosure?

Mature males tend to climb and roam about in their enclosures in search for a female. They eat a lot less and are often not interested in food.

She made no web in the corner of her enclosure and as far as I can tell there are no hooks on her front legs. Maybe she's just an active t because I can't find any logical cause for her behaviour

 

[sasker]

I can't find any logical cause for her behaviour

Could you post some pictures of your enclosure + spider? Perhaps others see something that you missed

 

[James1330]

Here are the pictures I have. Sorry if they are not the best quality

 

[Vanisher]

T albo males get hooks, so if it has no hooks its immature.

 

[James1330]

T albo males get hooks, so if it has no hooks its immature.

So is there a chance this "confirmed female" albopilosum may in fact be a male?

 

[Vanisher]

It van be a male, and it can be a female. Impossible to see in the picture

 

[Rigor Mortis]

I will say that I've noted a lot of users' spiders basically changing personalities after moults. It does sound like MM behaviour but I don't want to be so quick to say it's just that. OP, is your spider still crazy active?

 

[James1330]

I will say that I've noted a lot of users' spiders basically changing personalities after moults. It does sound like MM behaviour but I don't want to be so quick to say it's just that. OP, is your spider still crazy active?

I will say that I've noted a lot of users' spiders basically changing personalities after moults. It does sound like MM behaviour but I don't want to be so quick to say it's just that. OP, is your spider still crazy active?

Since my original post he/she has calmed down quite a bit. She is still climbing but seems a little more settled. Ive had a look and there are no hooks on the legs as far as I can tell. What confused me is that my albopilosum so sold to me as a "confirmed female" juvenile.
She has never displayed any dislike before to her living environment, food etc. So is it possible he/she may have changed personality after the molt?

 

[Vanisher]

Even females CAN have periods of some climbing. I have longterm pet tarantulas that have periods of climbing but very rarely. You can rearrenge the cage if it climbs more than can consider normal. A deeper more wellpacked substrate, a larger retreat and so on. Confirmed female you say. Sellers iften say this to sell tarantulas mote readily, and many wont or dont know how to sex a taranntula. It can be a female, but its no guarantie cos a seller says that

 

[Andrea82]

It's not a mature male, I see no tibial hooks or bulbous pedipalps. Just your spider being a spider. The substrate looks very dry though, she may benefit from keeping a corner more moist or overfilling the waterdish now and then

 

[Vanisher]

A T albopilosum should be kept on moist sub if you ask me. Those are no B hamorii

 

[Rigor Mortis]

A T albopilosum should be kept on moist sub if you ask me. Those are no B hamorii

I think many people just overflow their T. albo's water dishes but keep them otherwise dry with no issues.

 

[James1330]

It's not a mature male, I see no tibial hooks or bulbous pedipalps. Just your spider being a spider. The substrate looks very dry though, she may benefit from keeping a corner more moist or overfilling the waterdish now and then

How often would you recommend over flowing her water dish??

 

[Willa]

How often would you recommend over flowing her water dish??

I do mine once a week and keep that corner damp. Otherwise, bone dry sub. No molt issues or anything. Mine becomes an arboreal if the sub is any more moist than that.

 

[Andrea82]

How often would you recommend over flowing her water dish??

Once a week is often enough. Don't swamp it, just overflow it a little.
If you're worried about mould you could water a corner every week but rotate the corners. That way the spider has a moist corner every week but you're not dealing with a permanently damp spot.