2 inch to 3 inch G Pulchripes always climbing enclo walls

[dennis123]

are they really active roamers? mine always climb its walls and stay there. sometimes its on the ground, but never really hides like my vagans. its not a new enclo. substrate is dry with a water bowl. whats wrong with her? or is this a common behavior for chacos? will she outhgrow this behavior? i dont want a wall climbing tarantula since my cat goes crazy whenever he sees a tarantula on enclosure walls.

im also in the process of choosing a display Tarantula. i want something that stays near its hide and not roamy, or roams but not enclosure walls.

photo taken when shes on ground after feeding her

 

[viper69]

Not enough info

sounds like a MM

no they don’t normally do this, mine didn’t

it might outgrow it it might not

maybe the cage is poorly designed - the image isn’t helpful

you picked the wrong animal for display- get fish

 

[Andrew Clayton]

No they are not active roamers, no tarantula is unless it's a Mature male.
The photo really isn't clear enough to see what's going on in there.
Looks to me like a large log at the right and a large water bowl at the left, no hide and minimal room to burrow.

IME If you want a Tarantula that is out nearly all the time get a Lasiodora Parahybana, they may be a boring spider but I've never had one disappear down a burrow for months at a time. The one I have currently hasn't even bothered to make a burrow it's just over 2 inches, got it at half an inch. It just chills in the middle of its enclosure.

 

[Gevo]

I don't have this species, but I have 3 other similarly sized NW terrestrials, and they all climb pretty regularly.

You can't control what they're going to do for you, and there will always be individual variation even if a species is usually known to be one way or another. If the cat is a concern, it's best to get a cabinet with doors on it or put your tarantula in a room that the cat doesn't have access to.

 

[viper69]

I don't have this species, but I have 3 other similarly sized NW terrestrials, and they all climb pretty regularly.

You can't control what they're going to do for you, and there will always be individual variation even if a species is usually known to be one way or another. If the cat is a concern, it's best to get a cabinet with doors on it or put your tarantula in a room that the cat doesn't have access to.

How many times we tell peeps about cats, and they never listen, and BOOM

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

If you can get some better enclure pics, someone might be able to see something to help. I’ve had terrestrials that climbed incessantly in one enclosure and then rarely in the next. My genic goes through periods of trying to be arboreal.

 

[Gevo]

Mine spent all winter being pet rocks sitting out beside their hides, and then in spring, they started climbing a whole lot. The two that are on the same shelf mirror each other, starting in the bottom left corner of their enclosures and moving to the top right at about the same time each day, which leads me to think they’re tracking the light. My GBB similarly makes her routine rounds around the top and bottom of her enclosure every day, but she’s on another shelf and doesn’t follow the same pattern as the others.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

My klugi sits on the wall 24/7 my cats never noticed my r room.

 

[TheraMygale]

Maybe you have to much space between substrate and top of enclosure.

we need more photos to better understand situation. Im sure you can also get photos of tarantula.

mine only do that if they cant touch the top of enclosure with hind legs on the ground. Plus i keep my g pulchripes in small enclosures.