Anyone know the life expectancy of Typhochlaena

[Gaherp]

As topic stated what is the life expectancy of Typhochlaena anyone have an idea maybe folks from Europe or anyone who has a few years involved with any of the sp.???

 

[viper69]

I don't know myself, haven't one YET. I wouldn't be surprised if females live 7-10 years.

 

[Gaherp]

I would love to think at least five years for them or more just was putting this out there to see if someone had an actual account on life expectancy.

 

[Gaherp]

No one over the one here know. Would love to know more about this subject. I am still leaning on five years. Out of all the years working with T's this would definitely be the smallest next to cyriocosmus and from the pics I see folks showing of seladonia they are smaller than many of them I have bred.

 

[Cassiusstein]

Usually a couple of months in captivity

 

[Venom1080]

Usually a couple of months in captivity

Is it really that bad?

 

[Cassiusstein]

Is it really that bad?

A lot of people have bad luck keeping them, a lot of the ones that came in last year aren't around anymore...

People got their tricks down now though, it was just the first chunk of time here in the US when people got them where no one knew what they were doing.

 

[Venom1080]

A lot of people have bad luck keeping them, a lot of the ones that came in last year aren't around anymore...

People got their tricks down now though, it was just the first chunk of time here in the US when people got them where no one knew what they were doing.

Do you know the actual way to keep them? They make a trapdoor on cork bark form what ive seen.

 

[Cassiusstein]

Do you know the actual way to keep them? They make a trapdoor on cork bark form what ive seen.

Yes, they do make trap doors on wood, there is one trick to actually encourage them to make the trapdoor, that being lichen. They appear to refuse to make a home without lichen.

 

[viper69]

Yes, they do make trap doors on wood, there is one trick to actually encourage them to make the trapdoor, that being lichen. They appear to refuse to make a home without lichen.

Interesting, where you'd see/read/hear this?

Also you wrote that many died here in the states. Question- what kind of experience did all these buyers have though?

 

[Cassiusstein]

Interesting, where you'd see/read/hear this?

Also you wrote that many died here in the states. Question- what kind of experience did all these buyers have though?

Simply speaking with owners of seladonia in the states.

The buyers had no experience with Typhochlaena, it was a learning process.

 

[Cassiusstein]

Like I said, now that the keeping is being done correctly I don't anticipate deaths to be so common.

 

[viper69]

I'm at the very least an acquaintance with most of the stateside seladonia keepers, good friends with a few.

The buyers had no experience with Typhochlaena, it was a learning process.

Let me ask again--- what type of experience did they have with similar tarantulas? It's a safe assumption they didn't have any experience with this species.

Where did you learn of this lichen requirement?

 

[Cassiusstein]

Let me ask again--- what type of experience did they have with similar tarantulas? It's a safe assumption they didn't have any experience with this species.

Where did you learn of this lichen requirement?

A lot of experience, the owners are experienced keepers, one of which is a huge lover of Avicularia.

 

[Cassiusstein]

The people I speak of informed me about the lichen need, they learned it likely through people in Europe who have owned seladonia, or they noticed that videos of seladonia in situ depicted trapdoors fashioned with lichen, having their seladonia refusing to make one of their own I'm sure they experimented. I'm certain that seladonia use lichen for the lids as it blends in with the wood and is much easier to collect than the bark itself.

 

[viper69]

The people I speak of informed me about the lichen need, they learned it likely through people in Europe who have owned seladonia, or they noticed that videos of seladonia in situ depicted trapdoors fashioned with lichen, having their seladonia refusing to make one of their own I'm sure they experimented. I'm certain that seladonia use lichen for the lids as it blends in with the wood and is much easier to collect than the bark itself.

Thanks for the info!

 

[Cassiusstein]

Thanks for the info!

My pleasure.

 

[Gaherp]

Now that some folks are starting to produce them here in the states( pretty sure it is a short list of folks) I am bumping this back up. Still would love to know an idea of life expectancy on them also how fast do the males mature?

 

[JohnDapiaoen]

Now that some folks are starting to produce them here in the states( pretty sure it is a short list of folks) I am bumping this back up. Still would love to know an idea of life expectancy on them also how fast do the males mature?

Oh? Who managed to produce them in the states? Haven't heard bragging (and you know they will) or seen a report on it.

-JohnD.

 

[Cassiusstein]

Now that some folks are starting to produce them here in the states( pretty sure it is a short list of folks) I am bumping this back up. Still would love to know an idea of life expectancy on them also how fast do the males mature?

Oh? Who managed to produce them in the states? Haven't heard bragging (and you know they will) or seen a report on it.

-JohnD.

No one has produced these in the states.