C. darlingi questions.

[DubiaW]

I got a C. darlingi sling in trade for some work building enclosures. I left it in the container it came in with the same conditions it was given to me. I'm getting ready to rehome it because I feel it might be too moist. It hangs out in a web hammock near the top of the Lg. plastic vial. Everything that I have read on this species says that they are fossorial in the wild but web in captivity sometimes but I haven't found anything about them making a web hammock like an arboreal. I'm wondering If I have the right species. The care sheet info on these is scarce. My intentions are to keep it on deep nearly dry sub with a moistened corner. Does it need a lot of room to web above?

 

[Bread]

Mine 1" guy has dug an 8" burrow but also webbed the top of it's enclosure in a way that shames a GBB, he/she also spends 95% of the time on the surface.

 

[KezyGLA]

Shouldnt be much moisture in with this species

 

[Trenor]

I keep my two on dry substrate with little moisture. Every other month or so I overflow the dish a bit. They have burrowed and usually only come out to feed.

 

[Nightstalker47]

Keep these mostly dry, they don't like extra moisture. They will web heavily or burrow, typically they adapt to the environment that they are provided with.

 

[Venom1080]

They web on the ground. Not high up like arboreals.

 

[Nightstalker47]

Does it need a lot of room to web above?

Nope.

I haven't found anything about them making a web hammock like an arboreal. I'm wondering If I have the right species.

I wouldn't worry about it webbing high up in a vial, it pretty much simulates a shallow burrow. Post a picture and we can help you ID the specimen.

 

[DubiaW]

Nope.
I wouldn't worry about it webbing high up in a vial, it pretty much simulates a shallow burrow. Post a picture and we can help you ID the specimen.

I can but it is still pretty small, 3i or so.

Also everything I have read online suggests straight coco fiber substrate but I would like to use a mix of baked sandy soil and coco fiber that I have been using with my Aphonopelma sp. The soil is sandy loam from southern AZ and it's slightly alkaline. I don't expect a problem with it but figured I'd bounce it off the board before putting exotics on it. It holds up a burrow very well and I would like to switch all my fossorial species over to it.