Curious about Xenesthis genus

[michael nelson]

So I was looking around online today thinking about getting a GBB sling as my next addition at some point, perhaps soon. I came across some Xenesthis Ts for sale and thought they were fascinating. I searched around on here and elsewhere and there seems to be some widely varying opinions on these Ts as far as temperament and housing requirements.

Some people said they were a bit skittish but not too defensive and pretty easy to keep. Some said they were definitely not beginner spiders and were very defensive. Some said they need humidity and moist substrate, some said they had the best luck with theirs in a relatively dry setup (and actually had one die due to too much humidity).

I'm not necessarily thinking of getting one right now (even though they really are some absolutely stunning spiders), especially if its definitely not a beginner spider as I only have a B. smithi and A. versicolor (and possibly a GBB soon), but I'm curious as to what the experience is from people here who currently have them regarding temperament and housing. What other genus would you most liken them to?

Thanks!

I have a xenesthis white seems happy with moist substrate and like with any T good ventilation

 

[cold blood]

@MatchMySkill what exactly are you disliking about my post??

 

[Vanisher]

So I was looking around online today thinking about getting a GBB sling as my next addition at some point, perhaps soon. I came across some Xenesthis Ts for sale and thought they were fascinating. I searched around on here and elsewhere and there seems to be some widely varying opinions on these Ts as far as temperament and housing requirements.

Some people said they were a bit skittish but not too defensive and pretty easy to keep. Some said they were definitely not beginner spiders and were very defensive. Some said they need humidity and moist substrate, some said they had the best luck with theirs in a relatively dry setup (and actually had one die due to too much humidity).

I'm not necessarily thinking of getting one right now (even though they really are some absolutely stunning spiders), especially if its definitely not a beginner spider as I only have a B. smithi and A. versicolor (and possibly a GBB soon), but I'm curious as to what the experience is from people here who currently have them regarding temperament and housing. What other genus would you most liken them to?

Thanks!

They are great. I have had lots of them. I did a breeding project many years ago but the eggsacks was all bad. They are not easy to breed.
That said, they are not the best beginnerspeicies IMO. They are very skittish and are not the easiest speicies to set up right. They seems to be mire sensitive to what kind of set up you have and take linger to settle in than many other tarantula speicies. I have had maybe 10 X immanis both slings and adults and 1 X intermedia. Mist of them was nervous, skuttush, kicked lots of hairs and was hard to settle in. But they are lively tarantulas, but not a begginner friendly genus i'd say

 

[BillsSpider]

I have both X.immanis and X. sp blue slings and that's pretty spot on, skittish as heck, bald most of the time because of kicking if someone walks near the enclosure, very humidity sensitive.