Grammostola Iheringi care?

[Kydog100]

I love all spiders and I've recently gotten into tarantula caretaking and was wondering if the grammostola Iheringi would be a good first tarantula. I was also wondering if anyone had some pro tips for taking care of it from a sling onward. I just want the knowledge to give it a happy life so any help is apprecaited, in the mean time I will continue to do research but you can never be too prepared especially when you're taking care of a living thing.

 

[MES]

I love all spiders and I've recently gotten into tarantula caretaking and was wondering if the grammostola Iheringi would be a good first tarantula. I was also wondering if anyone had some pro tips for taking care of it from a sling onward. I just want the knowledge to give it a happy life so any help is apprecaited, in the mean time I will continue to do research but you can never be too prepared especially when you're taking care of a living thing.

I'm not familiar with this particular species, but I do have a Grammostola pulchripes, and she was my first tarantula. I raised her from a sling, and the only "pro tip" I have is to feed more than you think, mine didn't grow very fast when she was little because I didn't realize how much I was supposed to feed her. Most hobbyists agree that most Grammostolas make great first tarantulas. Although I can't help with this particular species, I found this link that may help:
http://www.mikebasictarantula.com/Grammo-iheringi-caresheet.html
Good luck!

 

[Tenebrarius]

most common cause of death for Ts is over caring, Im pretty sure care is the same as any other grammostola. and normal terrestrial rules apply.

I'm not familiar with this particular species, but I do have a Grammostola pulchripes, and she was my first tarantula. I raised her from a sling, and the only "pro tip" I have is to feed more than you think, mine didn't grow very fast when she was little because I didn't realize how much I was supposed to feed her.
Good luck!

power feeding is a myth a T won't eat past it being full, if someone says it they're likely referring to increased temp for higher metabolic rate.

 

[nicodimus22]

Sling care for NW terrestrials is fairly universal. Keep part of the sub moist, let it dry out, repeat. Water dishes for slings can be water bottle caps, ink wells, etc.

My young adult G. iherengi doesn't seem to like wet substrate at all, so I keep her dry with a water dish.

 

[MES]

power feeding is a myth a T won't eat past it being full, if someone says it they're likely referring to increased temp for higher metabolic rate.

By saying to feed more than you think, I didn't mean "power feeding". All I meant was my beginner self didn't know how much to feed a sling, haha

 

[The Grym Reaper]

They're certainly do-able for a beginner, just be aware that they're highly strung and fast, about the only thing they share in common with the rest of the genus is the name.

Keep slings in a deli cup with slightly moist substrate and a small water dish, make sure that any air holes are smaller than the tarantula's carapace (if the carapace fits through a gap then the whole spider fits), feed every 3-5 days at this stage.



As they get larger (and they will do fairly fast, they're the fastest growers in the genus) they can be kept drier, I just overflow the water dish every now and again to keep a moist area while leaving a decent chunk of the enclosure dry. You'll learn to read your T, if it straddles the water dish all the time then it's too dry, if it refuses to set foot on the substrate then it's probably too wet. From 2" up feed once a week or so.

They're pretty voracious eaters and generally only refuse food when in pre-moult. They're pretty much always visible as well.

I got my girl as a 3cm sling a little under 2 years ago and she's about 4.5 inches now.

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[Tenebrarius]

By saying to feed more than you think, I didn't mean "power feeding". All I meant was my beginner self didn't know how much to feed a sling, haha

its fairly simple fat booty = happy T, but I guess some beginners fall for the over feeding meme. obese T

 

[Kydog100]

Thanks I will be sure to keep this in mind. I think feeding is pretty well covered by viper69 when he was talking about avic care and while grammostola isn't a Avic I think he made a good point when he said "I feed slings as often as they will eat, because their only job in the wild is to evade predators, and eat to get large enough to defend themselves."

 

[KezyGLA]

Keep cool and a little moist.

 

[boina]

I think @The Grym Reaper pretty much covered everything, but just because it bears repeating:

These are not like other Grammostola. They are grow faster, eat faster, move faster, basically do everything faster, so you need to be a little more careful. And because it has been mentioned: Don't follow the care sheets from Mikes Basic Tarantulas - they contain as much nonsense as they contain proper information. In the iheringi case the whole stuff about humidity is nonsense and if you follow that it will be pretty detrimental for your tarantula.

 

[FrDoc]

The technicalities have been very well presented above. My two cents would be, do it! They are easy to keep, if you are aware of their skittish (and fast) nature, but most appealing is the look; large, colorful, and posing continuously (except in pre-molt), and they eat like they're related to A. genics. A thoroughly enjoyable species.