Chilobrachys fimbriatus as first Asian species...

[Benson1990]

I'm looking to get a C. fimbriatus as my first Asian species, I already own a H. gigas and an OBT so I'm not totally green when it comes to old worlds.

If I can Id like to get a juvie but we'll have to see what is available, getting a sling wont be a problem though.

Did plenty of reading so far and will continue to do more so I'm aware these can be fast and skittish and pack a nasty bite like all old worlds.

As for husbandry most seem to recommend deep moist substrate with some anchor points, a lot call these a pet hole buy I've seen some keep them on fairly shallow substrate with lots of anchor points to make web castles.

Id love to hear about and maybe see pictures of how you guys keep them, plus any other opinions and thoughts on the genus.

 

[Wolfram1]

Only got mine 2 months ago as a FH1. It molted yesterday for the second time in my care, and seems to be doing fine. I expect it will start to burrow soon. so far it had opted to web up its turret like hide i provided rather than burrow. I did this to provide an entrance that wont collapse once it brings up material it excavates from below but i guess its not needed.

sadly i cant tell you anything else so far as i am just starting to gain experience with the species.

seems to grow fairly quick

 

[Tarantuland]

You never see them. This was also my first Asian species I believe. They're easy to keep, but I'd rather buy a P regalis. Just my opinion. If you can handle the baboons you should be fine. Good eater, although I never see it happen. Fast grower for sure

 

[BoyFromLA]

You never see them.

I see mine a lot.

 

[Tarantuland]

I see mine a lot.

I’m jealous. If I go in my T room at night with a headlamp emitting red light I sometimes see mine, but that’s about it. Mine also doesn’t web up as much as some peoples seem to. It did when smaller tho. Maybe again when bigger? I’d guess it’s a little over 3”.

The fact that I never see it is what’s prevented me from getting more chilobrachys tbh

 

[BoyFromLA]

The fact that I never see it is what’s prevented me from getting more chilobrachys tbh

I have:

Chilobrachys electric blue
Chilobrachys huahini
Chilobrachys dyscolus blue
Chilobrachys fimbriatus

They are all out and about, lurking at the burrow entrance a lot.

 

[QuinnStarr]

Only got mine 2 months ago as a FH1. It molted yesterday for the second time in my care, and seems to be doing fine. I expect it will start to burrow soon. so far it had opted to web up its turret like hide i provided rather than burrow. I did this to provide an entrance that wont collapse once it brings up material it excavates from below but i guess its not needed.

sadly i cant tell you anything else so far as i am just starting to gain experience with the species.
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seems to grow fairly quick

That is some beautiful webbing!

 

[l4nsky]

The fact that I never see it is what’s prevented me from getting more chilobrachys tbh

Lol that's actually why you need MORE Chilobrachys. That way, you have better odds of seeing atleast one of them at any given time.

 

[Tarantuland]

Lol that's actually why you need MORE Chilobrachys. That way, you have better odds of seeing atleast one of them at any given time.

Can’t beat that logic

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Bear with me, this will get more relevant as it goes on. I got a Chilobrachys huahini sling as a surprise freebie after only 3 months in the hobby, in 5 years I've had one incident during a rehouse where she did a runner around my bedroom instead of going into her new enclosure, other than that she's not given me any major problems and I did end up grabbing some other Asian species as a result (including C. fimbriatus).

I see my fimbriatus out regularly but she will duck into her burrow when spooked (same with my huahini), she's never given me any trouble, IME if you set Chilos up properly they're more likely to run & hide (they will stand & fight if you actually go poking around in their burrows though). Setup-wise they're basically fossorial setups with anchor points outside the burrow/hide entrance, they'll make their burrows and then set about webbing up around the entrance. If they're not burrowing and instead opting to only web up top then there's probably an issue with the positioning of the anchor points (I made this mistake with my huahini and she became much more defensive as a result, once I removed all anchor points except for those in front of her hide/starter burrow she opted to expand the burrow and was much calmer), I wouldn't set them up like a GBB because of the aforementioned increased defensiveness.

0.1 Chilobrachys fimbriatus

• The Grym Reaper
• Sep 13, 2020
• chilobrachys chilobrachys fimbriatus female fimbriatus indian violet indian violet earth tiger juvenile juvenile female

Husk rocking her new suit.

0.1 Chilobrachys huahini

• The Grym Reaper
• Sep 13, 2020
• 1
• adult adult female asian fawn chilobrachys chilobrachys huahini female huahini

Tremor doing the old happy dance.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

C. fimbriatus are a stunning, amazing, quite cheap (at least here) species. Kinda easy to keep for, in my opinion not so die harder burrowers like 'haplos' are. More or less think like the average E. murinus... Which means, web 'n burrowers, yes, but a bit more visible and in the open than the likes of H. gigas, P. muticus etc

As for the temperament, as juve/adults pretty high strung in general, and when they are "berserk", able to bite more than once within seconds.
IMO venom potency talking, needs to be considered like 'pokies'.

 

[Benson1990]

Okay so I opted out of getting the fimbriatus, I was unable to find a juvie so would of had to of went for a sling and considering I recently lost my first T which was a sling darlingi I thought I didn't want a delicate sling to deal with again, but I did however get a Davus pentaloris! an over two inch female specimen so not a delicate sling! I had my eye on one of these anyway so I'm pretty happy about it.

 

[Wolfram1]

in that case i wish you good luck

 

[Tarantuland]

Okay so I opted out of getting the fimbriatus, I was unable to find a juvie so would of had to of went for a sling and considering I recently lost my first T which was a sling darlingi I thought I didn't want a delicate sling to deal with again, but I did however get a Davus pentaloris! an over two inch female specimen so not a delicate sling! I had my eye on one of these anyway so I'm pretty happy about it.

Davus pentaloris are awesome