lasiodora parahybana behavior

[Dreamslave]

Is it a normal for l.p's to be so inquisitive about anything that goes in their enclosure? Even when i look at the enclosure and ''talk'' to it, it reacts to the vibrations of my voice and comes closer to look at me!
Also its always out in the open and seem pretty much fearless! Never backs up always comes forward!

So is this all part of being a ''normal'' l.parahybana?

 

[wsimms]

Yep. They are quite charming, for spiders. My wife has grown to (sort of) love our parahybana.

 

[Sathane]

All of mine do this, including my slings.

 

[Neophyte]

Mine's a little chicken. Runs from the slightest anything. And it won't eat live crickets...yet.

 

[burmish101]

T's can only really see light and dark, they cant really see.

 

[wedge07]

Ts can also see movement which why they do respond to us.

 

[BCscorp]

Kool. mines behaves very similar to yours...very inquisitive to all stimulis around its enclosure.

 

[Lennie Collins]

T's can only really see light and dark, they cant really see.

If they can see light and dark...then they can see!

 

[Londoner]

Maybe it's got something to do with them being good eaters. Mine definitely has a voracious appetite. People have said if you feed them all they can eat, they tend to ignore you a bit more during cage maintenance. I keep mine on the same feeding schedule as my others and yes, she does react more to vibrations than most of the others do (attacking the waterstream, bounding over if you move some webbing, etc.).

 

[Arachnobrian]

I currently have three L. parabanya slings about 1" or so.

Two are extremely active as mentioned above, the other prefers a deep burrow.

 

[Lennie Collins]

Is it a normal for l.p's to be so inquisitive about anything that goes in their enclosure? Even when i look at the enclosure and ''talk'' to it, it reacts to the vibrations of my voice and comes closer to look at me!
Also its always out in the open and seem pretty much fearless! Never backs up always comes forward!

So is this all part of being a ''normal'' l.parahybana?

That's how I hold mine. She will come up and investigate/slap the palm of my hand. She feels no threat...she walks onto my palm. It still itchs even if she does not kick (more like rubs) hairs off!

 

[WelshTan]

my L.P is extremely aggressive/defensive, cant open the enclosure without it going into threatmode or pouncing with its fangs fully out. . . it's bout 5.5" and extremely kinda nasty, even when tryin to get it out of the tank n then wen its in different box it still is so nasty u cant touch it at all. . .it thinks its an OBT instead of an L.P. . . certainly cant hold it

 

[Kloster]

my L.P is extremely aggressive/defensive, cant open the enclosure without it going into threatmode or pouncing with its fangs fully out. . . it's bout 5.5" and extremely kinda nasty, even when tryin to get it out of the tank n then wen its in different box it still is so nasty u cant touch it at all. . .it thinks its an OBT instead of an L.P. . . certainly cant hold it

1 of mine is like that, whereas the other is a sweety.
My fav. species.

 

[WelshTan]

1 of mine is like that, whereas the other is a sweety.
My fav. species.

trust me to get the "fiesty" one. . if thats how u spell it cos thats what i've named mine lol feisty ,fiesty . .how do u spell it anyway? lol

 

[Bill S]

My Lasiodora difficilus is always out in the open, but will dive down it's burrow if someone approaches too quickly. Not sure just how accute a tarantula's vision is, but mine will respond quickly to someone moving about 5 feet from its cage. It's set up near the entryway to the house along a hallway, so people entering the house or walking down the hallway are enough to get it to dive into its burrow. But if you walk up to the cage more slowly it doesn't panic, and will pounce on crickets dropped into the cage even with someone standing there watching.

 

[FluffyParabanya]

I have a 3 year old 4.5" T. I don't know what gender it is. But it's pretty much as you described except mine just shoots hairs and then goes back into it house.:?
:4:

 

[Big B]

Mine reacts like this as well, my theory is it has to do with the t investigating to find potential prey.

 

[tase]

i moved my 3" L.p in a larger tank(40cm x 30cm) i put in it a coconut and corn bark for hiding but she dug a borrow in the substrate and she didn`t came out for the past 3 days. i dont even know if she`s alive i threw a worm 2 days ago and seemed to eat it. Is this normal for a L.p ? to stay borrowed so long ? should i move it back in a small plastic box ?

 

[Msh]

Mine has blocked itself into hides and burrowed in various places of it's enclosure to hide I wouldn't be too worried.

 

[Drenalin]

Everytime I remove my L.P. from his enclosure to clean his cage and put him back he goes into hiding a couple days. I assume due to the stress. Soon he comes back out in the open as carefree as ever.