Hi everyone, im new to this forum. And my english is very very bad, i will try to write the best i can. I have a b.anitha since 1 year, it was juvenile when i got it. He/she was all good since 3 days she keep hanging on the top of the terrarium. I will show you one photo so you can maybe help me
Brachyphelma anitha
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EtienneN
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Well, Brachypelma annitha is now Brachypelma smithi, so you have a Brachypelma smithi, if indeed it was classified as being under the old "B. annitha" moniker.
That cage . . . needs work. Tarantulas are soft bodied creatures. If it were to take a fall, even of just a few inches, it could split its abdomen open on those stones.
A hide should be open on both ends and well buried in the substrate. Those lights aren't necessary and and can be annoying to the tarantula. They like dark places.
There needs to be lots of deep substrate so that no more than 1.5 times the diagonal leg span of the tarantula between the top of the substrate and the top/ceiling of the cage.
If that is an Exoterra, which it kind of looks like it is, the front opening doors probably won't allow for optimum substrate depth, so you can either turn it on its side and have the doors facing up so you can fill it with more substrate or you can get another tarantula cage that is better suited to your spider. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask.
That cage . . . needs work. Tarantulas are soft bodied creatures. If it were to take a fall, even of just a few inches, it could split its abdomen open on those stones.
A hide should be open on both ends and well buried in the substrate. Those lights aren't necessary and and can be annoying to the tarantula. They like dark places.
There needs to be lots of deep substrate so that no more than 1.5 times the diagonal leg span of the tarantula between the top of the substrate and the top/ceiling of the cage.
If that is an Exoterra, which it kind of looks like it is, the front opening doors probably won't allow for optimum substrate depth, so you can either turn it on its side and have the doors facing up so you can fill it with more substrate or you can get another tarantula cage that is better suited to your spider. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask.
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Nightstalker47
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You really need to work on that enclosure asap.
See this thread for clarification on the annitha-smithi-hamorii revision. http://arachnoboards.com/threads/brachypelma-annitha.316912/
See this thread for clarification on the annitha-smithi-hamorii revision. http://arachnoboards.com/threads/brachypelma-annitha.316912/
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Hi,
Your spider is climbing that tree because it is there. Anything you put in your enclosure, the spider will possibly climb it. You need deeper substrate so you have less vertical space for the spider to fall.
Your spider is climbing that tree because it is there. Anything you put in your enclosure, the spider will possibly climb it. You need deeper substrate so you have less vertical space for the spider to fall.