A. Seemani

[Neophyte]

This was my first T and he never seems to be happy. I could understand at first, because I had him in a few inches of substrate with hides, instead of giving him a place to burrow. Well, when I found out he was burrower I gave him an enclosure appropriate for just that.

Well, he's tipped his water bowl and is sitting on top of it, he's pooped a bit, moved the substate around a bit and doesn't seem to be getting comfortable at all. I know that it may take a while for him to do so but I want to make sure I'm doing everything ok.

If someone could give me a decent care sheet or something?!

Thanks :3

 

[arachnidgirl]

This helped me a lot when I got my A. seemanni

http://arachnophiliac.info/burrow/caresheets/aphonopelma_semmanni.htm

hope it helps you

 

[gumby]

dont feel bad my A. seemani played this fun game called stir the cage once a week. At keast once a week it would rearrange everything.

 

[arachnidgirl]

My A. seemanni likes to play protect the enclosure every time I feed her or give her clean water, etc. She gets so upset that she throws a threat display and falls on her back and stays in that threat pose for about 5 minutes. Its kinda funny to watch, but sometimes a little nerve racking.

 

[Julia]

Mine seems to have a rosea-type personality, as far as weirdness goes. She won't burrow or hide, prefers super-dry substrate (climbs the walls if I add moisture to the substrate), a full water bowl (as she will spend hours standing over the water), also a full water bowl to bathe in, "dances" in circles a lot, cleans herself all the time, and is skittish to the max (that part is normal).

Maybe yours is happy but is just acting weird?

 

[testdasi]

A. seemani is known for rearranging everything in the cage all the time. There is no need to worry about that.

 

[Travis K]

as long as you have plenty of substrate your A. seemani will be very "happy" even if it fills, tips, or moves items inside it's enclosure.

 

[gumby]

My A. seemanni likes to play protect the enclosure every time I feed her or give her clean water, etc. She gets so upset that she throws a threat display and falls on her back and stays in that threat pose for about 5 minutes. Its kinda funny to watch, but sometimes a little nerve racking.

mine did that once I laughed my head off for about an hour. You should try giving yours a ping pong ball I read once that someone had an A seemanni that used to push a ping pong ball around the cage all the time

 

[somethingbig]

Mine seems to have a rosea-type personality, as far as weirdness goes. She won't burrow or hide, prefers super-dry substrate (climbs the walls if I add moisture to the substrate), a full water bowl (as she will spend hours standing over the water), also a full water bowl to bathe in, "dances" in circles a lot, cleans herself all the time, and is skittish to the max (that part is normal).

Maybe yours is happy but is just acting weird?

it prolly stands over the full water bowl because it doesn't really prefer "super-dry" substrate..

 

[Widowman10]

it prolly stands over the full water bowl because it doesn't really prefer "super-dry" substrate..

mine does this until i give my super-dry sub some water. i prefer dry sub for most of my critters, but mine doesn't like it super-dry. they would prob enjoy a bit of humidity and moisture.

 

[Julia]

it prolly stands over the full water bowl because it doesn't really prefer "super-dry" substrate..

Well, I do watch her carefully for any signs of not being happy. I've experimented a lot, and it's simply that when i add any moisture to the substrate, she either climbs the walls or huddles in the one spot that didn't get dampened. She's been in my "family" for over 3 years now and has always exhibited this behavior. Don't know what else to say. She's just an oddball, I guess.

 

[ph0bia]

Well, I do watch her carefully for any signs of not being happy. I've experimented a lot, and it's simply that when i add any moisture to the substrate, she either climbs the walls or huddles in the one spot that didn't get dampened. She's been in my "family" for over 3 years now and has always exhibited this behavior. Don't know what else to say. She's just an oddball, I guess.

Spiders don't like the rain. She's huddling to keep herself dry. Best thing to do here is a little experiment. Carefully take her out, then mist the entire enclosure (including the walls) just not so wet you mould it up.

Pop her back in and see how she goes. A.Seemani don't like super-dry, hence she'll stand over the waterbowl if you dry it all out. The reason she seems not to like moisture is because spiders hate getting themselves wet.

My view with any tarantula (wild caught or captive bred) is that to keep it happy, the easiest method is to emulate it's natural environment as much as possible. This goes to extremes on my behalf, as I then do research into the mix of substrate and the type of plants found in the area.

As an example, my B.Auratum has a mix of about 70/30 peat moss/sand, a large shallow water bowl at one end that's covered partially by a scrub-ish (fake) plant. She also has a heat-lamp pointed over the entrance to her burrow (where she basks on a piece of cork bark) rather than just using heat mats or ceramic heaters. She loves it in there. =)

 

[Neophyte]

Well I woke up this morning to a pleasant surprise, my Seemanni has started digging and my OBT molted =)

 

[arachnidgirl]

mine did that once I laughed my head off for about an hour. You should try giving yours a ping pong ball I read once that someone had an A seemanni that used to push a ping pong ball around the cage all the time

I think there would be nothing left of the ping pong ball....lol
She can be brutal. I have heard her attack my wooden tongs and she hits really hard. She is just an out right meanie and just doesn't care if she has to be fed or watered.

 

[Buckshot]

Mine doesn´t move, or rearrange the interior.
Maybe because i have a leaking waterbowl :?
The humidity must be pretty high.