First Chilobrachys slings incoming, what to expect

[gabrieldezzi]

Hey everyone! Been a while since I've talked on the boards but I'm glad to be back. A friend of mine bred Chilobrachys natanicharum back in the summer and is giving me a couple slings. Personally, I have no experience with the Chilobrachys genus, other than they are fossorial old worlds with phenomenal setae coloration. Any experiences with you guys and your Chilobrachys? I have plenty of experience with old worlds, and fossorials with either of my Ceratogyrus species. Thanks!

 

[fcat]

I threw my C natanicharum in an enclosure large enough to last a few molts. Mine is a heavy webber and a surface dweller unless it's time to molt or I've disturbed it. No trouble finding food. Excellent eaters. Very shy when it comes to rehouses. I couldn't even flood her out. She buries her molts down there too. I am yet to see anything that resembles defensive behaviors.

Same with my C albostriatus "ratchaburi" except she doesn't web, she built a turret. Shy and quick to retreat, shy on the rehouse.

I am having an easier time than others, C lividus would probably be a good species to study the extremes.

My C schmidti are the wild ones of my collection....they like to run towards the opening. I deliberately gave them an unadvisable amount of space too. They are so tiny...just under an inch but they have the personality of a rabid Labrador. I watch them tag their prey once and within about 10 seconds they prey stops moving and then they start eating. Something tells me I will always want to keep a safe distance from these guys

 

[Charliemum]

Expect a jar of dirt....... n web

Jks aside they are fast like I can't follow them with my eye fast , but if you give them enough space ect they aren't bad rather bolt to the hide then stand their ground but all mine are slings n juveniles I have raised from sling, I have 11 sp atm , I used L4nsky's humidity loving t setup started them in much bigger vivs then I normally would with deep sub n anchor points some webbed some dug some did both.

My natanicharum Bob formally known as Electra has been a favourite, he has webbed and burrowed like crazy and after about 10 months is close to being a mm, he isn't large but very pretty and sits out alot, more then any of my others they are a stunning t pics don't so them justice.

I have also found they don't need to be soaked like ppl say mine have done great with the humidity only at 50/60%, @l4nsky told me to be careful with humidity with them as they weren't as humidity dependent as ppl think n well of course he was right .

I warn you now though the water dish will be a constant battle, I gave up in the end but they are due a rehouse and I will be adding water dishes again once there is room for them but atm their juvie pots are web can't even see sub in half of them .

You should have fun with these, I have, they quickly became my favourite ow genus gl and welcome bk

 

[Andrew Clayton]

Hey everyone! Been a while since I've talked on the boards but I'm glad to be back. A friend of mine bred Chilobrachys natanicharum back in the summer and is giving me a couple slings. Personally, I have no experience with the Chilobrachys genus, other than they are fossorial old worlds with phenomenal setae coloration. Any experiences with you guys and your Chilobrachys? I have plenty of experience with old worlds, and fossorials with either of my Ceratogyrus species. Thanks!

Only Chilobrachys I have is the Sp. Kaeng Krachan and it's a very heavy webber great eater and spends most of its time chilling out in the open on the webbing. As soon as you go near it though it will retreat it's very shy.

 

[Mustafa67]

Hey everyone! Been a while since I've talked on the boards but I'm glad to be back. A friend of mine bred Chilobrachys natanicharum back in the summer and is giving me a couple slings. Personally, I have no experience with the Chilobrachys genus, other than they are fossorial old worlds with phenomenal setae coloration. Any experiences with you guys and your Chilobrachys? I have plenty of experience with old worlds, and fossorials with either of my Ceratogyrus species. Thanks!

A lot of fun, beautiful webbing and web tunnels all over its enclosure. My Chilobrachys huahini’s one of my fave Ts and I’m looking forwards to getting more Chilobrachys species one day.

When feeding they’re exicting to watch.

 

[TheraMygale]

I don’t have that species. I have terrestrial and fossorial species.

if you already have fossorials, then care should be the same. Aside of temperament. Which is to be expected.

asian species might require more moisture. That being said, no fossorial lives in over saturated sub. Its all about mastering a nice moist sub. Ventilation holes in the sub help. As well as overall cross ventilation. Its good for humid environments to get air recycling.

you dont want a bog for youre tarantula. Nor excess co2.

its good for sub to dry a bit on top too, even with slings. If fossorials, they will be in the burrow anyways, which should be “more moist” then the top.

thats how i keep my k brunnipes. Its fossorial. I have holes everywhere, including mid and bottom levels of sub. I can injest water in or near burrow to my liking. The top is always dry. And i still keep a water bowl there for ambient humidity.

i prefer it to dry faster then be stagnent. That way, i can put water more often if i need to without worrying about over doing it. I am also horitculturist. So soil moisture is my thing. It takes time to master but once you handle it, its piece of cake.