Chilean Flame Rump?

[starnaito]

Hi all! I was at a reptile show this morning and found this little one. It was being sold as a Chilean flame rump, which I assumed after looking at her is the Euthalus sp. red. I'm still not great with the common names, so can anyone confirm this is indeed a Euthalus sp. red? The personality definitely matches, as she's very curious and calm. I'm concerned with how bald her abdomen is though. With her docile disposition, this makes me wonder how she's been treated. There were 3 large crickets in her tiny enclosure that kept agitating her, in addition to several uneaten dead ones. (One of the live ones is in the photo.) I put her in a new, clean enclosure and will give her plenty of quiet time to settle in. Cage transfer was a piece of cake, and she immediately started exploring her new home. She's definitely my new favorite.

 

[OctoPhid]

I'm relatively new to this hobby, but that does look very much like a E. sp. red to me. That bald rump is very interesting, I've never heard of this particular species ever flicking hairs.

 

[KezyGLA]

It looks more Homoeomma sp. yellow to me. It has striped patella and the tuft of colour on the abdomen seems yellow. What size DLS is it?

It is overfed and needs a good hide to prevent stress. Having all those critters in there annoying it cant have been any good

 

[starnaito]

It looks more Homoeomma sp. yellow to me. It has striped patella and the tuft of colour on the abdomen seems yellow. What size DLS is it?

It is overfed and needs a good hide to prevent stress. Having all those critters in there annoying it cant have been any good

Thanks for the clarification! I didn't want to bug her to get a good measurement, but she looks to be at least over 2". And, yeah, I was surprised they had so many crickets in there when she clearly wasn't hungry.

 

[sdsnybny]

Euathlus sp Red/Yellow tend to prefer smaller prey as well use med or small crickets instead of large. Not that she needs to eat anytime soon. LOL her but is probably bald due to the large hungry crickets that will prey on anything that will hold still long enough annoying her to death

 

[KezyGLA]

Yellow only grows to around 2.5" so if was 3" mark would definitely be red.

 

[starnaito]

Euathlus sp Red/Yellow tend to prefer smaller prey as well use med or small crickets instead of large. Not that she needs to eat anytime soon. LOL her but is probably bald due to the large hungry crickets that will prey on anything that will hold still long enough annoying her to death

Yeah, she's going to enjoy a cricket-less enclosure for a while!

 

[PanzoN88]

Ah, another has decided to worship the greatness of all things Euathlus.

 

[viper69]

With her docile disposition, this makes me wonder how she's been treated

Never seen one bald, firs time. Makes me wonder too. I'm leaning more sp Yellow myself based on the color of the tuft, but that's only 1 picture, and colors change over molt cycle. A few fresh molt pics would be helpful.

How'd much did you pay for it?

 

[mconnachan]

Hi all! I was at a reptile show this morning and found this little one. It was being sold as a Chilean flame rump, which I assumed after looking at her is the Euthalus sp. red. I'm still not great with the common names, so can anyone confirm this is indeed a Euthalus sp. red? The personality definitely matches, as she's very curious and calm. I'm concerned with how bald her abdomen is though. With her docile disposition, this makes me wonder how she's been treated. There were 3 large crickets in her tiny enclosure that kept agitating her, in addition to several uneaten dead ones. (One of the live ones is in the photo.) I put her in a new, clean enclosure and will give her plenty of quiet time to settle in. Cage transfer was a piece of cake, and she immediately started exploring her new home. She's definitely my new favorite.

I'm glad she's in your care, thankfully, these sp. are not known for hair kicking so I'm assuming the crickets have been tossed in, without any regard to the disposition of the spider, once she molts we'll be able to tell you what sp. she is. I don't have any Euathlus sp. myself although they are
beautiful with a great temperament.

 

[starnaito]

Never seen one bald, firs time. Makes me wonder too. I'm leaning more sp Yellow myself based on the color of the tuft, but that's only 1 picture, and colors change over molt cycle. A few fresh molt pics would be helpful.

How'd much did you pay for it?

She was $60.