L. violaceopes died :(

[LeilaNami]

I just give up. I've lost anything and everything that is sensitive to humidity no matter what I do. I've tried everything I can think of but this house just sucks the moisture out of the air. I had high hopes for this one because I've had her for almost a year but she died sometime in the last two days. I thought she was okay because it looked like she was just sitting there and wasn't in a death curl. I noticed she was in the same position when I checked on her tonight and it seems that she died. I'm heartbroken over this one. She was my favorite. I promised that if this one died too that I would just give up on humidity-lovers and focus on dryer climate Ts. I guess that's what I'm going to do as long as I live in this house.

 

[RyTheTGuy]

Sorry to hear about your lose. Dont give up, keep trying but get cheaper humitiy lovers.

 

[forhorsmn]

Sorry to hear about your loss. I'm not to far north of you Leila and have been wondering if I wanted something that needed higher humidity. Not sure I'll try it now.

 

[captmarga]

I have a number of Avics... I have them in containers that retain humidity. The various clear plastic shoeboxes from Container store work really well.

I also have a room humidifier. I keep each with a water dish. What kind of setups do you have?

I'm in the Dallas area - I understand about the humidity.

Marga

 

[ShadowBlade]

Was this an exceptionally young specimen? Have you tried going with older T's/adults?

-Sean

 

[LeilaNami]

I have a number of Avics... I have them in containers that retain humidity. The various clear plastic shoeboxes from Container store work really well.

I also have a room humidifier. I keep each with a water dish. What kind of setups do you have?

I'm in the Dallas area - I understand about the humidity.

Marga

Well I can't have a room humidifier because I have some animals on the opposite end of the spectrum that are prone to respiratory infections. I have tried individual cage humidifiers, misting, dampening substrate, overfilling water dishes and a variety of different enclosures such as those plastic shoeboxes, deli cups, exo-terras, and terrariums. The only thing humidity-sensitive that's lived is my adult Haplopelma.

Was this an exceptionally young specimen? Have you tried going with older T's/adults?

All of the ones that died in this house have been slings or small juveniles. I had an A. metallica die but I think that was due to having to move her out of the previous apartment and my father didn't listen to my instructions. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any adult L. violaceopes that have been affordable and frankly, I'm scared to try an adult now.

What I don't get is that all of them molted successfully at least once. They were plump and not dehydrated and then one day bam dead.

 

[Rue]

I'm sorry your T died!

 

[justingordon]

You should just try completely saoking the substrate and putting in a bigger dish or maybe theres to much ventilation for the humidity to evaporate out of the tank

 

[LeilaNami]

You should just try completely saoking the substrate and putting in a bigger dish or maybe theres to much ventilation for the humidity to evaporate out of the tank

I've already tried soaking, the slings were too small to have a dish, and I used a variety of enclosures I've already listed many of which have restricted ventilation because of the type of container and I've tried restricting ventilation on the exo-terra and terrariums.

 

[venomous.com]

You might want to try mixing vermiculite with your substrate, it's very good for retaining moisture in your cages.

Sorry for the loss dude, those are really nice T's

 

[LeilaNami]

You might want to try mixing vermiculite with your substrate, it's very good for retaining moisture in your cages.

Sorry for the loss dude, those are really nice T's

I know. I am going to get a tat of one too. I use eco-earth as my substrate and I don't even know where to find vermiculite in my area. I have to be very careful what substrate I use as well. There is a high occurrence of mold in my house and substrate in my cages mold really quickly if I don't take care of it.

 

[venomous.com]

I know. I am going to get a tat of one too. I use eco-earth as my substrate and I don't even know where to find vermiculite in my area. I have to be very careful what substrate I use as well. There is a high occurrence of mold in my house and substrate in my cages mold really quickly if I don't take care of it.

I could be wrong but I don't believe that vermiculite can mold....I put an inch or two under my eco earth then put enough water in it to keep the vermiculite damp but the eco earth mostly dry

You can get bags of vermiculite from amazon, you want medium or coarse. Just something that works for me, hope it can help someone else.