Brachypelma albopilosum sling tips.

[Michael Ortiz]

Just picked up a B. Albopilosum sling. Just hoping for som tips on how I should keep my substrate, and other tips would be helpful. Thank you in advance.

 

[Nightstalker47]

Slightly moist for slings, they can tolerate some dryness very well though, especially juvies and adults...they are quite the hardy spiders.

The setup should look something like this.

 

[nicodimus22]

I like to provide options to the slings...moist substrate in one place, dry in another. They choose which they like to hang out on better.

Congrats on your first T! B. albopilosum is a fantastic starter.

 

[Nightstalker47]

I like to provide options to the slings...moist substrate in one place, dry in another.

I do this with some adults as well. Mainly my lasiodora, phormictopus, and some of the brachys too.

 

[Michael Ortiz]

I like to provide options to the slings...moist substrate in one place, dry in another. They choose which they like to hang out on better.

Congrats on your first T! B. albopilosum is a fantastic starter.

It’s become the perfect hobby for me. I now have 3 T’s. A. Seemanni, G. Rosea, and now B. Albopilosum. I have wanted to have one of these animals ever since I seen home alone for the first time back in 1990. I take my care of these animals very seriously.... sorry about the small rant. Thanks for the reply.

 

[Chelbelle]

Slightly moist for slings, they can tolerate some dryness very well though, especially juvies and adults...they are quite the hardy spiders.

The setup should look something like this.

This is how I keep mine as well.

 

[KyleR2202]

Slightly moist for slings, they can tolerate some dryness very well though, especially juvies and adults...they are quite the hardy spiders.

The setup should look something like this.

Damn it’s soo black!... my B.albo sling is maybe a half inch now after a moult a few weeks ago and it’s still just a pale brown little thing. Patience is a virtue.

 

[cold blood]

FWIW, literally all NW terrestrial slings should be kept basically the same (as already described by nightstalker). GBBs can be dried out faster than the rest.

 

[WildSpider]

Just picked up a B. Albopilosum sling.

That's awesome! How big is it?

 

[Teal]

Be prepared to send as-of-yet-unborn children off to college before that B. albo matures They are a wonderful species, but grow like molasses in winter. My Ts seem to grow slower than a lot of other folks' because of my cooler temperatures, but my B. albo sling has gained half an inch in the two years I have had it!

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Be prepared to send as-of-yet-unborn children off to college before that B. albo matures They are a wonderful species, but grow like molasses in winter. My Ts seem to grow slower than a lot of other folks' because of my cooler temperatures, but my B. albo sling has gained half an inch in the two years I have had it!

Yeah, that's pretty slow compared to mine, I keep mine around 25°C.

I got my Honduran form as a 2" sexed female a little over 2 years ago and she's 4.5" now.

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Kitana rocking her new suit.

I got my Nicaraguan form as a 1/2" (a little under 1/2" actually) sling a year ago and she's about 2" now
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[Teal]

Yeah, that's pretty slow compared to mine, I keep mine around 25°C.

Mine are kept at room temperature, which for me is usually 10°C to 22°C depending on the season.

 

[Nightstalker47]

Damn it’s soo black!... my B.albo sling is maybe a half inch now after a moult a few weeks ago and it’s still just a pale brown little thing. Patience is a virtue.

This was actually an A.seemani sling, the pics were to help with the setup.

Mine are kept at room temperature, which for me is usually 10°C to 22°C depending on the season.

That's dangerously cool man, as a general rule...you never want temps dropping below 65 degrees for long.

 

[KyleR2202]

This was actually an A.seemani sling, the pics were to help with the setup.

Well it still applies as my A. seemani is of similar size, only more grey then brown, also recently moulted lol.

 

[Nightstalker47]

Well it still applies as my A. seemani is of similar size, only more grey then brown, also recently moulted lol.

Just wanted to clear that up in case you didn't know.

 

[Teal]

That's dangerously cool man, as a general rule...you never want temps dropping below 65 degrees for long.

I don't know what you classify as "for long"... but the colder end of that spectrum are what temps can drop down to overnight when the weather is cooler. And it is actually warmer in the walk in closet that houses the majority of my collection than it is on the other side of the room (where the windows and fans are.) I also live in a place that doesn't get much of a winter... it gets down to maybe 30°F a few nights.

But if the weather is going to be too cold several days in a row, I'll provide artificial heat for the collection to get them back up to 65-70F... I just hate temps that warm myself.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

I only keep the room I house mine in at 25°C because if it gets any hotter than that I turn into a gigantic sweating ball of rage but I've never had temps drop below 18°C in the room (even during power cuts in winter).

 

[cold blood]

IME B. albos are among the faster growing Brachys....mine has kept pace with an LP.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

IME B. albos are among the faster growing Brachys....mine has kept pace with an LP.

Yeah, the only ones I'd consider painfully slow (out of the ones I keep) are B. albiceps, my girl just refuses to grow.

 

[cold blood]

Yeah, the only ones I'd consider painfully slow (out of the ones I keep) are B. albiceps, my girl just refuses to grow.

emelia, too