Any advice On taking care of an Eresus walckenaeri?

[Setsunadiava]

Right. I don’t need anymore advice on this forum that has been nothing but unhelpful and critical and kinda useless. Except a few nice welcoming individuals. You lot just judge and gate keep.

 

[Smotzer]

Right. I don’t need anymore advice on this forum that has been nothing but unhelpful and critical and kinda useless. Except a few nice welcoming individuals. You lot just judge and gate keep.

It has nothing to do with you as a person so theres no need to take it personally, it was a suggestion for the well being and care of the spider..

 

[Setsunadiava]

It has nothing to do with you as a person so theres no need to take it personally, it was a suggestion for the well being and care of the spider..

She’s doing very well, all webbed up, eating well and is never skittish. I’ve asked two questions on this forum so far, and have mostly been bombarded with a bunch of judgmental comments. It’s really annoying.
I like constructive criticism well enough. But I will find and shake the next person who brings up making the enclosure look natural, the spider doesn’t care. Enclosure aesthetics are purely for the keeper. As long as the spider's-basic needs are being met, that’s all that matters. We are keeping them in acrylic enclosures, feeding them feeder insects bought from insect farms, there’s nothing natural about this situation. Anyway. In short, I just wanted to show off my pretty spider and her pretty enclosure, and went off on an annoyed rant instead. I’ll post this on the other board where I’ve been getting far better advice.
jeeze this board is so annoying I can’t even delete my damn account and keep getting notifications.

 

[CRX]

She’s doing very well, all webbed up, eating well and is never skittish. I’ve asked two questions on this forum so far, and have mostly been bombarded with a bunch of judgmental comments. It’s really annoying.
I like constructive criticism well enough. But I will find and shake the next person who brings up making the enclosure look natural, the spider doesn’t care. Enclosure aesthetics are purely for the keeper. As long as the spider's-basic needs are being met, that’s all that matters. We are keeping them in acrylic enclosures, feeding them feeder insects bought from insect farms, there’s nothing natural about this situation. Anyway. In short, I just wanted to show off my pretty spider and her pretty enclosure, and went off on an annoyed rant instead. I’ll post this on the other board where I’ve been getting far better advice.
jeeze this board is so annoying I can’t even delete my damn account and keep getting notifications.

Just curious, what is the other board? Some board on reddit where everyone agrees with each other and any dissenting thoughts get eliminated? If its not reddit I'm genuinely curious as to what cuz I wanna join there.

 

[gorybmovie]

It has nothing to do with you as a person so theres no need to take it personally, it was a suggestion for the well being and care of the spider..

This species is kept bone dry. They burrow and can be hard to find. Most substrates are not recommended. Coco fiber can work, but I use a paper towel to find my spider easily. This is the advice I got from the breeder and mine is thriving. Many keepers have lost their velvets to high humidity. You really should do your research on the species before being so critical and offering one-size-fits-all advice.

 

[Smotzer]

This species is kept bone dry. They burrow and can be hard to find. Most substrates are not recommended. Coco fiber can work, but I use a paper towel to find my spider easily. This is the advice I got from the breeder and mine is thriving. Many keepers have lost their velvets to high humidity. You really should do your research on the species before being so critical and offering one-size-fits-all advice.

This is a 3 yr old thread, and my recommendation was to use a natural material, I don’t recall saying to keep anything moist you can use dry substrate/moss/sticks/bark/etc. I still don’t agree with using paper material even years later. Also it is normal for spiders to want to hide and not giving it that option isn’t always the best choice. But what exactly did I offer for suggestions that is a one-size-fits-all advice, I am curious to know. Thanks.

 

[gorybmovie]

This is a 3 yr old thread, and my recommendation was to use a natural material, I don’t recall saying to keep anything moist you can use dry substrate/moss/sticks/bark/etc. I still don’t agree with using paper material even years later. Also it is normal for spiders to want to hide and not giving it that option isn’t always the best choice. But what exactly did I offer for suggestions that is a one-size-fits-all advice, I am curious to know. Thanks.

You told her to use substrate. Yes, most spiders do require substrate but it is very easy to lose velvet spiders so with slings that is not recommended. Plus most substrate holds moisture and velvets must be kept bone dry.

 

[Smotzer]

You told her to use substrate. Yes, most spiders do require substrate but it is very easy to lose velvet spiders so with slings that is not recommended. Plus most substrate holds moisture and velvets must be kept bone dry.

Yes I know I said substrate but like a lot of spiders you can keep them on, for example, peat substrate, or dry top soil, or coco-fiber completely dry (regardless of depth), and for their webbing use dry moss/sticks/dry leaves/etc, like dry sphagnum moss compared to using paper products. I don’t feel this is poor advice for Eresidae. We used to think the same thing about many exotics, like keeping snakes or lizards on paper, and while they may survive it doesn’t mean the bare minimum is what the hobby should aim for. I hope this makes sense

And if you’re having issues with losing them make sure you start with small enclosures and ventilation holes that are no bigger in diameter to their carapace size.