Arboreal + Humdity

[Valael]

Well, I'm misting and covering the top with a wet rag and yet my P. Regalis (About an inch and a half) STILL insists on hiding on the ground in a burrow. (I've got it in the smallest critter keeper.. Probably too big yet, but it still shouldn't be hiding..)

 

[Vayu Son]

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actually... spiderlings of many species are prone to burrowing. In my experience Poecilotheria, Heteroscodra, and Psalmopeus do so.

 

[MrDeranged]

Vayu's right. I have a few pokes that are in the 4" + range and they still stay semi burrowed most of the time. When they were younger I was lucky if they were semi out. Don't worry about it, they'll start to come out more and more as they get older.

Scott

 

[atavuss]

Originally posted by Valael
Well, I'm misting and covering the top with a wet rag and yet my P. Regalis (About an inch and a half) STILL insists on hiding on the ground in a burrow. (I've got it in the smallest critter keeper.. Probably too big yet, but it still shouldn't be hiding..)

had the same thing happen with my regalis......it had a hide built right at the bottom of the enclosure up against the background and a silk plant. I gave it a long (13" or so and about 2" i.d.) cork tube and it happily took up residence in that.
Ed

 

[Valael]

Yeah, just NO one around here sells cork bark.. I've searched at just about every place I can think of.

 

[MrDeranged]

use the search function and type in cork bark. I posted in some other thread about an online source for it. Too late for me to remember where though.

Scott

 

[Wade]

I read once that pokes often make use of tree holes and will burrow into the debris in there, hence they can be considered to be "aboreal burrowers"

I think the humidity needs for them is often over stated, at least when compared to Avicularia.

Wade

 

[Gail]

Could this be the cork store you were speaking of

http://corkstore.com/cgi-bin/webcar...&OCATS=virgin+cork+bark&DOSEARCH=YES&CODE=148