I hate myself because I'm possibly giving up my Subfusca "LL" female for one >.< I've gotta have one though its a baboon!!! Paul has them for a really decent price and a guy just offered a 1.25" sling to trade for pokie slings! So if you've got any.hit.him up mate.Just letting u know I hate you lol . I want one to!!
IMO theyre not that bad. not as defensive as any other baboons ive had atleast. ive handled all the MMs ive had (4) and all the females at one point or another (6, now 4). they seem to throw up a quick display sometimes, or just curl up, but it seems like most of the time they can be nudged on to a hand without any problems (assuming theyre out in the open). but to be honest i very rarely mess with mine, only when cage cleaning or moving around to be honest. plus they build pretty elaborate burrows so...good luck trying to fish one out
Welcome to my world I raised my female lowland since 1" and traded her.=( yeah they are becoming more readily available and ill keep you in mind if I see one available for the right price. It took me ages to get hold of one and I'm not letting go lolhow big was it what sex? I'm kinda liking the look of males
It was about 1 1/2", around there. No idea of sex, was small and mean and fast. :wall:
Feisty little buggers aye? I'm sorry you let him go I'm sure you had reason and there are more out there you'll get one eventually yeah.It was about 1 1/2", around there. No idea of sex, was small and mean and fast. :wall:
IMO theyre not that bad. not as defensive as any other baboons ive had atleast. ive handled all the MMs ive had (4) and all the females at one point or another (6, now 4). they seem to throw up a quick display sometimes, or just curl up, but it seems like most of the time they can be nudged on to a hand without any problems (assuming theyre out in the open). but to be honest i very rarely mess with mine, only when cage cleaning or moving around to be honest. plus they build pretty elaborate burrows so...good luck trying to fish one out
ive found these to spend most of their time in a burrow until theyre around 3"-4". then they seem to web a lot more and be out and about more often. my biggest girls (4.5"-5") are out in the open 6 out of 10 times. again, besides my p.lugardi, i see them out more often than most of the other 'baboons' ive had (i NEVER see my h.mac or OBTs)
that being said, i keep my biggest girls in 5g tanks with about 7" of substrate on one end and a good amount of branches on the other (the substrate is sloped, it goes as shallow as about 5". theyre burrows are on the deepest points, and theyve web up about a third of the tank. i keep them pretty dry.
my smaller girls are in a deep devided tank with about 10" of substrate, and their burrows go straight to the bottum. they also have branches, to web up, but they dont web nearly as heavily. in the past i also kept smallish ones in 1 gallon containers with about 7" of substrate as well, again, burrows went all the way down.
i recently found 17qt containers that are good sized (IMO for most medium spiders), i will be moving them all into those soon, but i plan a similar set up...about 7" of substrate and some branches. also, i find that they seem to prefer digging under a partially buried object (coco-hut, cork ark tube), although i have seem them make a burrow just in a corner, no support required.
i would keep them at room temperature. i also find them to be light eaters once they get bigger. or maybe im just not offering them something they like (i use b.lats). but from what ive seen, they eat fine, they just arent garbage disposals.
atleast thats how im keeping mine
smallish one in a 1 gallon container
terrible pic of smallish girls cage, as you can see, they used the cork and cocohuts as the roof to their burrow. IME once they get bigger they web a lot more.
big one, i often see her just sitting there out in the open
tolerant to handling....some of the time
just for kicks...a vid a friend shot of my pair (the girl in pick above). the burrow loops back to the other opening and straight back, in the shape of a "y"
http://www.youtube.com/user/idontcollectfish1#p/a/u/2/6pKTecixfWw
if you cant guess, these are one of my favorite species