Hello! My local reptile shop had a g. pulchra in their tarantula case for the first time and I had to get it- I've been wanting one for ages. It's 1 - 1.5 in long and I was wondering if it's possible to sex at this size, and if so, what the guess would be on it's sex.
Thank you! I'm currently manifesting all my energy into praying that it's female, wish me luck lol.
Also, since this is the first tarantula I've had for a number of years and my first pulchra (I noticed that you own one as well), are there any threads/info sources for their husbandry you'd recommend? I'd love to learn more about the best way to care for my new T!
Thank you! I'm currently manifesting all my energy into praying that it's female, wish me luck lol.
Also, since this is the first tarantula I've had for a number of years and my first pulchra (I noticed that you own one as well), are there any threads/info sources for their husbandry you'd recommend? I'd love to learn more about the best way to care for my new T!
Good luck to you. If the praying works I may ask you to consider a couple of my unsexed ones in the future...
I've actually got 2 G. pulchra, although I only bought one. The second one was purchased as a plain, brown Nhandu chromatus sling, and I discovered it was actually a G. pulchra only after it molted following a 6 month long premolt period - I ended up with a shiny black baby rather than a red one with white stripes...
As far as their care is concerned, it's pretty typical new world terrestrial T husbandry. Read through this sticky post for a refresher on some of these methods - Tarantula Care Tips. The only things that are kind of unique to the Grammostola species that I can think of are their penchant for digging and fasting. They tend to be bulldozers, so be sure to give them enough substrate to work with. I keep the substrate in their enclosures a little more moist than most of my other NW terrestrial species by overfilling the water dish about once a week so that around 1/2 the sub is moist. They will also eat voraciously until they don't - then they won't eat at all for extended periods of time. My sling that had the 6 month long premolt didn't eat but maybe twice in that entire period. It's fine, they can go months and even years sometimes without food, but just make sure to keep a water dish full for them. I feed mine sparingly and have found them to be much more active that way - a hungry pulchra is usually an active pulchra.
That's about all I can think of. Feel free to message me if you have any other specific questions and I'll be happy to help!
Good luck to you. If the praying works I may ask you to consider a couple of my unsexed ones in the future...
I've actually got 2 G. pulchra, although I only bought one. The second one was purchased as a plain, brown Nhandu chromatus sling, and I discovered it was actually a G. pulchra only after it molted following a 6 month long premolt period - I ended up with a shiny black baby rather than a red one with white stripes...
As far as their care is concerned, it's pretty typical new world terrestrial T husbandry. Read through this sticky post for a refresher on some of these methods - Tarantula Care Tips. The only things that are kind of unique to the Grammostola species that I can think of are their penchant for digging and fasting. They tend to be bulldozers, so be sure to give them enough substrate to work with. I keep the substrate in their enclosures a little more moist than most of my other NW terrestrial species by overfilling the water dish about once a week so that around 1/2 the sub is moist. They will also eat voraciously until they don't - then they won't eat at all for extended periods of time. My sling that had the 6 month long premolt didn't eat but maybe twice in that entire period. It's fine, they can go months and even years sometimes without food, but just make sure to keep a water dish full for them. I feed mine sparingly and have found them to be much more active that way - a hungry pulchra is usually an active pulchra.
That's about all I can think of. Feel free to message me if you have any other specific questions and I'll be happy to help!
I'll likely rebuild the spiderling terrarium that came with it and give it more substrate to burrow in then; they gave it maybe an inch to play with. I'll definitely read up on that post and watch husbandry videos for my (hopefully) new girl, thank you so much!
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