Anymore to add (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)

[Spidernoob2003]

Green Bottle Blue Tarantula Care
Scientific name: Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Lifespan: Males: 3-4 years Females: 14 years
Size: 4.5-6 though males tend to be smaller
Enclosure Type: Semi-Arboreal
Enclosure Size*: Adult: As big as 10 gallons Juvie: 3x’s it’s length horizontally and vertically Sling: Typical Sling enclosure
Enclosure Setup: 1. Fill up to 50% of the enclosure with substrate 2. Hide 3. Decor like long wood/bark pieces, vines, plants (real or plastic), leaf litter* 4. A water dish in the corner
Substrate Options: Cocofiber, vermiculite, peat moss, potting soil, Topsoil
Temp: 70*-76* F or Room temp
Humidity: Low-Medium*
Food*
Sling: Flightless fruit flies, confused flour beetles, pre killed crickets
Juvie: 1-2 medium crickets
Adult: 5-7 large crickets, a couple of dubias, Worms (larvae only),
Feeding Schedule
Sling: Every 5-7 days/As needed or 1-2x's a week
Juvie: Once a week
Adult: Every 1-3 weeks
Cleaning: Remove uneaten prey and spot clean, Every 6-12 month remove everything and clean thoroughly
Notes: When picking enclosures make sure they are at least 3x’s the spider’s length in horizontal space, Make sure there is plenty of decor for the spider to use as anchor points any prey about 2/3 the size of the spider is good or have the prey be about the size of it’s abdomen, if abdomen is smaller than head feed more if bigger feed less, Substrate must be dry, a water dish should do just fine for humidity

 

[A guy]

One look and I knew this is a caresheet from somewhere. Ignore everything, use this forum's search bar Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens care.

 

[Hardus nameous]

Don't feed by schedule, read the cautions about flightless fruit flies, don't worry about humidity and there are a few other errors.

Also it's a spider, not a plant; don't use potting soil.

 

[Brewser]

Gotta Luv GBB
If Keeping C. Cyaneopubescens, post a picture of specimen and setup.
Best Regards and Thanks for the info

 

[viper69]

Green Bottle Blue Tarantula Care
Scientific name: Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Lifespan: Males: 3-4 years Females: 14 years
Size: 4.5-6 though males tend to be smaller
Enclosure Type: Semi-Arboreal
Enclosure Size*: Adult: As big as 10 gallons Juvie: 3x’s it’s length horizontally and vertically Sling: Typical Sling enclosure
Enclosure Setup: 1. Fill up to 50% of the enclosure with substrate 2. Hide 3. Decor like long wood/bark pieces, vines, plants (real or plastic), leaf litter* 4. A water dish in the corner
Substrate Options: Cocofiber, vermiculite, peat moss, potting soil, Topsoil
Temp: 70*-76* F or Room temp
Humidity: Low-Medium*
Food*
Sling: Flightless fruit flies, confused flour beetles, pre killed crickets
Juvie: 1-2 medium crickets
Adult: 5-7 large crickets, a couple of dubias, Worms (larvae only),
Feeding Schedule
Sling: Every 5-7 days/As needed or 1-2x's a week
Juvie: Once a week
Adult: Every 1-3 weeks
Cleaning: Remove uneaten prey and spot clean, Every 6-12 month remove everything and clean thoroughly
Notes: When picking enclosures make sure they are at least 3x’s the spider’s length in horizontal space, Make sure there is plenty of decor for the spider to use as anchor points any prey about 2/3 the size of the spider is good or have the prey be about the size of it’s abdomen, if abdomen is smaller than head feed more if bigger feed less, Substrate must be dry, a water dish should do just fine for humidity

You think we are mind readers? Anymore to add for whom, what audience, for what purpose?

 

[Arachnophobphile]

Green Bottle Blue Tarantula Care
Scientific name: Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Lifespan: Males: 3-4 years Females: 14 years
Size: 4.5-6 though males tend to be smaller
Enclosure Type: Semi-Arboreal
Enclosure Size*: Adult: As big as 10 gallons Juvie: 3x’s it’s length horizontally and vertically Sling: Typical Sling enclosure
Enclosure Setup: 1. Fill up to 50% of the enclosure with substrate 2. Hide 3. Decor like long wood/bark pieces, vines, plants (real or plastic), leaf litter* 4. A water dish in the corner
Substrate Options: Cocofiber, vermiculite, peat moss, potting soil, Topsoil
Temp: 70*-76* F or Room temp
Humidity: Low-Medium*
Food*
Sling: Flightless fruit flies, confused flour beetles, pre killed crickets
Juvie: 1-2 medium crickets
Adult: 5-7 large crickets, a couple of dubias, Worms (larvae only),
Feeding Schedule
Sling: Every 5-7 days/As needed or 1-2x's a week
Juvie: Once a week
Adult: Every 1-3 weeks
Cleaning: Remove uneaten prey and spot clean, Every 6-12 month remove everything and clean thoroughly
Notes: When picking enclosures make sure they are at least 3x’s the spider’s length in horizontal space, Make sure there is plenty of decor for the spider to use as anchor points any prey about 2/3 the size of the spider is good or have the prey be about the size of it’s abdomen, if abdomen is smaller than head feed more if bigger feed less, Substrate must be dry, a water dish should do just fine for humidity

It's good you made a little effort to find some kind of care for tarantulas. Research begins before you ever get any animal.

Delete that care sheet it's worthless and start here instead:

Tarantula Information for Beginners (and More)

Below are some helpful resources. (Rather than having half a dozen or more pinned threads, which clutter the top of the board, we are pinning this index.) While the focus is on beginners, there are other threads on health and more advanced species that may be useful to more experienced keepers...

arachnoboards.com

Whatever animal I'm interested in keeping I do thorough research first even if it's on a particular dog breed.

Never get an animal first then wing it on actual care for any animal. The Humane Society is full of examples.

 

[Mustafa67]

Green Bottle Blue Tarantula Care
Scientific name: Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Lifespan: Males: 3-4 years Females: 14 years
Size: 4.5-6 though males tend to be smaller
Enclosure Type: Semi-Arboreal
Enclosure Size*: Adult: As big as 10 gallons Juvie: 3x’s it’s length horizontally and vertically Sling: Typical Sling enclosure
Enclosure Setup: 1. Fill up to 50% of the enclosure with substrate 2. Hide 3. Decor like long wood/bark pieces, vines, plants (real or plastic), leaf litter* 4. A water dish in the corner
Substrate Options: Cocofiber, vermiculite, peat moss, potting soil, Topsoil
Temp: 70*-76* F or Room temp
Humidity: Low-Medium*
Food*
Sling: Flightless fruit flies, confused flour beetles, pre killed crickets
Juvie: 1-2 medium crickets
Adult: 5-7 large crickets, a couple of dubias, Worms (larvae only),
Feeding Schedule
Sling: Every 5-7 days/As needed or 1-2x's a week
Juvie: Once a week
Adult: Every 1-3 weeks
Cleaning: Remove uneaten prey and spot clean, Every 6-12 month remove everything and clean thoroughly
Notes: When picking enclosures make sure they are at least 3x’s the spider’s length in horizontal space, Make sure there is plenty of decor for the spider to use as anchor points any prey about 2/3 the size of the spider is good or have the prey be about the size of it’s abdomen, if abdomen is smaller than head feed more if bigger feed less, Substrate must be dry, a water dish should do just fine for humidity

What’s the question?

 

[Gevo]

Welcome! Is this a care sheet that you are putting together, or is it something that you found and want some help vetting?

Here's the value of a species summary sheet: Reference sources (like dictionaries and encyclopedias) are very useful for finding a quick rundown of factual information to give yourself an overview of a topic or a starting point for further research. A quick reference guide about a tarantula species can be really helpful to someone who wants to know where a species is from; if it's arboreal, terrestrial, or fossorial; what size it's likely to grow to; its expected lifespan, etc. If I come across mention of a species I've never heard of before, this kind of reference source is a really great way for me to get an idea of what kind of spider it is.

The problem with many care sheets is that they use the format of a reference source to provide more information than a reference source can or should. An encyclopedia entry about a Siberian husky can give you a description of the dog's physical characteristics and common behaviours, and likely some brief information about its history and importance to Northern communities, but it can't possibly give you enough information to know how to train them, how to maintain a pack order if you have many of them, how to provide enough structure and stimulation so they don't get destructive in your home, how to optimize their nutrition, etc. That's not because the reference source isn't a good one; it's because that's not the function of a reference source.

Now, raising a tarantula is of course much less complicated than raising a husky, but the point is that the reason care sheets get a bad reputation and the reason you're seeing some of the feedback that you are is because they make generalizations about tarantula care that are actually contextual and that are best learned by doing more thorough research, by gaining first-hand experience, and by asking others who have experience. For example, saying that the enclosure should be filled up 50% with dirt is dependent on the height of the enclosure.

If this is something you are putting together, I would recommend calling it a Species Information Sheet instead of a care sheet, and I would stick just to the basic facts about the animal without providing information about the more context-dependent parts of its care.

 

[Spidernoob2003]

Welcome! Is this a care sheet that you are putting together, or is it something that you found and want some help vetting?

Here's the value of a species summary sheet: Reference sources (like dictionaries and encyclopedias) are very useful for finding a quick rundown of factual information to give yourself an overview of a topic or a starting point for further research. A quick reference guide about a tarantula species can be really helpful to someone who wants to know where a species is from; if it's arboreal, terrestrial, or fossorial; what size it's likely to grow to; its expected lifespan, etc. If I come across mention of a species I've never heard of before, this kind of reference source is a really great way for me to get an idea of what kind of spider it is.

The problem with many care sheets is that they use the format of a reference source to provide more information than a reference source can or should. An encyclopedia entry about a Siberian husky can give you a description of the dog's physical characteristics and common behaviours, and likely some brief information about its history and importance to Northern communities, but it can't possibly give you enough information to know how to train them, how to maintain a pack order if you have many of them, how to provide enough structure and stimulation so they don't get destructive in your home, how to optimize their nutrition, etc. That's not because the reference source isn't a good one; it's because that's not the function of a reference source.

Now, raising a tarantula is of course much less complicated than raising a husky, but the point is that the reason care sheets get a bad reputation and the reason you're seeing some of the feedback that you are is because they make generalizations about tarantula care that are actually contextual and that are best learned by doing more thorough research, by gaining first-hand experience, and by asking others who have experience. For example, saying that the enclosure should be filled up 50% with dirt is dependent on the height of the enclosure.

If this is something you are putting together, I would recommend calling it a Species Information Sheet instead of a care sheet, and I would stick just to the basic facts about the animal without providing information about the more context-dependent parts of its care.

Yes this is something I'm putting together for me.

 

[Spidernoob2003]

Yes this is something I'm putting together for me.

While researching other sources

 

[Gevo]

While researching other sources

If it's just for you, I think you have a good start. As I said, some things are going to be contextual and will come with experience. I don't have this species, but for example, sometimes I feed my juveniles once a week, and sometimes I feed them once a month or not at all for long stretches, depending on how big their abdomens are. Generally, spot cleaning is enough, and enclosures don't ever need to be completely cleaned and refilled unless there's a problem with mold or pests.

The notes you have are good.

If you want more feedback about your care, it's best to post pictures of your setup, and search the forums if you have specific questions. This is a much-loved species, and lots of people have them, so there's lots of info to help you with the parts that might not be so clear-cut.