Arilyna
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Feb 16, 2020
- Messages
- 25
Hi! When I was ten, my parents bought me a rose hair tarantula. I had no idea what I was doing and she died in the first year. Fast forward fourteen years later and I’ve finally taken the plunge and am ready to try again. Of course I want to do this right, so any advice is welcomed!
On Valentine’s Day this year, I walked into the LPS in search of a tailless whip scorpion (they were out) and walked out with a curly hair tarantula. I’m leaning towards Leon/Leona for the name, but I am unsure of the sex right now. I’m assuming male for the time being. He’s about four inches across -I think, I’m terrible at estimates-
This is his enclosure. You can barely see him under the log on the right. That’s where he made it to yesterday and hasn’t moved since. It’s a five (or five and a half) gallon tank with Zilla Jungle Mix as the substrate at about 3” deep. I tried to find little togo sauce containers for the water dish but was unsuccessful, so it’s a Gatorade cap for now. I’ve read conflicting things about the humidity for this T. Should I just overflow the water dish or should I be misting the enclosure? Whichever one, how often? I’m also wondering if I have enough substrate in there to keep him safe from fall damage, I have more if needed. Our house generally sits around 72 F during the day and 70 F, is he comfortable at these temps? Can you have too small of hides or if he goes in there it should be fine? Anything else that’s wrong/could be done better, please let me know!
And of course, here’s pictures of the handsome little one:
And here he is while exploring that night:
Thanks guys!
On Valentine’s Day this year, I walked into the LPS in search of a tailless whip scorpion (they were out) and walked out with a curly hair tarantula. I’m leaning towards Leon/Leona for the name, but I am unsure of the sex right now. I’m assuming male for the time being. He’s about four inches across -I think, I’m terrible at estimates-
This is his enclosure. You can barely see him under the log on the right. That’s where he made it to yesterday and hasn’t moved since. It’s a five (or five and a half) gallon tank with Zilla Jungle Mix as the substrate at about 3” deep. I tried to find little togo sauce containers for the water dish but was unsuccessful, so it’s a Gatorade cap for now. I’ve read conflicting things about the humidity for this T. Should I just overflow the water dish or should I be misting the enclosure? Whichever one, how often? I’m also wondering if I have enough substrate in there to keep him safe from fall damage, I have more if needed. Our house generally sits around 72 F during the day and 70 F, is he comfortable at these temps? Can you have too small of hides or if he goes in there it should be fine? Anything else that’s wrong/could be done better, please let me know!
And of course, here’s pictures of the handsome little one:
And here he is while exploring that night:
Thanks guys!