How hard is a Typhochlaena seladonia?

[fern5799]

How hard is a Typhochlaena seladonia?

Just saw someone is selling these beauties. But they only recommend for experienced keepers.

I’ve been in the hobby for 2+ years and I have five T’s. Curly Hair, Brazilian Blue, D. Pentaloris (juvenile I’ve had since a sling), a B. Smithi, and a Pink Toe.

I also have two velvet spider slings.

 

[A guy]

Do proper research and you'll be fine.

 

[Brewser]

Somebody's getting $$$ Rich
It aint me.
Pair Em and CA$$$H IN

 

[viper69]

How hard is a Typhochlaena seladonia?

Just saw Fear Not Tarantula is selling these beauties. But they only recommend for experienced keepers.

I’ve been in the hobby for 2+ years and I have five T’s. Curly Hair, Brazilian Blue, D. Pentaloris (juvenile I’ve had since a sling), a B. Smithi, and a Pink Toe.

I also have two velvet spider slings.

You’re not experienced.

People with far more experience had theirs die.

 

[TheraMygale]

They are quite expensive. They are a species that requires specific needs. Probably has a no forgiveness margin for husbandry mistakes.

Much research should be done before, to make sure you find everything you can.

i read different threads about these on AB. Some people made big mistakes, trusted the wrong people, or just failed to put in the effort.

this thread is interesting for information.

Typhochlaena seladonia - From sling to subadult

This is just my experience, how I've cared for and raised them from 1/3" slings to the present. So before I even thought about purchasing these slings, I've already read tons of threads about them. After that, I went ahead and asked the best person I know about this stuff, the forefront breeder...

arachnoboards.com

And this:

Read about other hobbyists' successes and failures

Especialy the FAILURES. This is where you actualy learn things. You could copy someones husbandry, and still fail.

 

[spideyspinneret78]

For some context, I've been keeping tarantulas for over 6 years now and have almost 50 tarantulas plus some other inverts. I still don't feel confident enough to keep one of these. In my opinion it's a lot of $$$ to plunk down on something so fragile that's still *relatively* new to the hobby. But everyone is different. Do your research and watch videos from reputable sources. Read about other hobbyists' successes and failures thoroughly before you jump in.

 

[vicareux]

I dont think anyone has ever measured the hardness of any tarantula, let alone this specific one
But i imagine its quite soft

 

[NMTs]

I dont think anyone has ever measured the hardness of any tarantula, let alone this specific one
But i imagine its quite soft

You beat me to it - I was going to say they're actually fairly squishy...

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I dont think anyone has ever measured the hardness of any tarantula, let alone this specific one
But i imagine its quite soft

Definitely not a well armored invert , like an emporer scorpion which is like a land lobster …

 

[Brewser]

Rockwell Hardness BS Scale for Tarantula Fangs 60 to 70.
This precludes Fangs in the molting process.

 

[waynerowley]

We’ve had two so far, both from slings. The first moulted twice in our care and then died shortly after the second moult. No idea why.

The second is doing well and I would say is subadult - possibly large enough to breed. Both kept in the same way.

Ive kept them like avics. Arboreal, dry with a water bowl. Good ventilation but nothing excessive. One learning, once they’ve made a trapdoor ideally you need to move it to the new enclosure when rehoming, They just keep making it bigger!

They are small and delicate and expensive, which is the reason I think to be cautious if you are a new T keeper. And if they are happy you will hardly ever see them. But overall I don’t consider them any harder to keep than any other avic.

wayne

 

[fcat]

@fern5799 I don't even have the confidence to keep velvets, kudos to you

There's not much worse in this hobby than losing a friend/pet/specimen, but a close second would be losing an expensive one.

If money were no object I still don't think I could bring myself to do it. It's not just their husbandry. Read about where they come from, how they get to the US, consider how fragile they might be to raise, extrapolate how difficult it must be to breed them, circle back to how they got to the US...they are diamonds of the tarantulas world. Just my 2 cents.