Gbb care

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I'm looking into adding a gbb to my collection, I think all that web would be really cool. I want to make sure I care for it properly. I've heard dry with a water dish and an arboreal set up in a terrestrial enclosure. What else should I know about their care?
 

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Great choice, definitely a very active T that will make some great webbing! :)

Setup has to be non-arboreal, they fall from height like any other terrestrial T. Keeping it dry is important. I recently dripped a little bit too much water on my GBBs webbing and it straight up abandoned it for a few days - not friends of water! They will need anchor points for their web, such as roots, fake plants, or sticks that are firmly stuck in the substrate. They will use those points to build intricate web tunnels or hammocks. They are gorgeous, hardy and fast growing slings too, so you might want to think about raising a GBB sling to adulthood.
 

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Great choice, definitely a very active T that will make some great webbing! :)

Setup has to be non-arboreal, they fall from height like any other terrestrial T. Keeping it dry is important. I recently dripped a little bit too much water on my GBBs webbing and it straight up abandoned it for a few days - not friends of water! They will need anchor points for their web, such as roots, fake plants, or sticks that are firmly stuck in the substrate. They will use those points to build intricate web tunnels or hammocks. They are gorgeous, hardy and fast growing slings too, so you might want to think about raising a GBB sling to adulthood.
My hope is to find some kind of skull to put in for it to web on. I'll keep it non arboreal
 

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My hope is to find some kind of skull to put in for it to web on. I'll keep it non arboreal
A skull is good, but I would definitely recommend additional anchor points. A "normal" terrestrial might burrow, or make its home under a cork bark, whereas a GBB will make an own home, out of thick webbing. They will connect their web to the skull, the sides of the enclosure and the substrate. Basically everywhere. The more anchor points you provide, the more possibilities the T will have. I have had the biggest success with fake plants that were webbed up entirely.

EDIT: A GBB might of course burrow too, or make use of a cork bark ;)
 

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A skull is good, but I would definitely recommend additional anchor points. A "normal" terrestrial might burrow, or make its home under a cork bark, whereas a GBB will make an own home, out of thick webbing. They will connect their web to the skull, the sides of the enclosure and the substrate. Basically everywhere. The more anchor points you provide, the more possibilities the T will have. I have had the biggest success with fake plants that were webbed up entirely.

EDIT: A GBB might of course burrow too, or make use of a cork bark ;)
Skulls and fake plants it is, thank you
 

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For skulls...watch Tarantula Collective on you tube...there is a theme, and his videos are enjoyable and informative.

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I'm looking into adding a gbb to my collection, I think all that web would be really cool. I want to make sure I care for it properly. I've heard dry with a water dish and an arboreal set up in a terrestrial enclosure. What else should I know about their care?
Raised a lot of these- they are terrestrial, no arboreal set up. Find my post on them and observations in the wild.

Water Dish and in the wild they live in very xeric conditions!
 
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