Mexican fireleg Newbie

[zachjb]

Just got Mexican fireleg, questions: can I hold and interact with them? Is my enclosure good enough for NOW? Does kicked hair irritate you? And any feeding specification? I’ve also got a little tunnel hide under the mound as well as a little one under the bark. Water bowl, fake plant

 

[kingshockey]

no you cant hold/interact(good way to kill it) with it buy a snake or lizard for that,no you need alot more dirt in that cage to prevent fall risk.yes the hairs will irritate you maybe some people have bad reactions to them. holding it is good way to get them all over your skin. best thing you can do is use the search funtion and read/research alot more about your new pet good luck.

 

[Brewser]

"No Holds Barred" "Dont Touch Me"

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Fill cage half with dirt and don’t hold your pet they are too fragile. Plus they kick hairs and don’t like messed with .
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[viper69]

Just got Mexican fireleg, questions: can I hold and interact with them? Is my enclosure good enough for NOW? Does kicked hair irritate you? And any feeding specification? I’ve also got a little tunnel hide under the mound as well as a little one under the bark. Water bowl, fake plant

Do some research on the animal that depends on you for its LIFE. The questions you are asked have all been answered already billions of times.

1. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - treat them like damn aquarium fish
2. NO
3. Depends on the person, the genus of T etc
4.Feed only when fangs are black

 

[FatBadBay]

They don't need lighters or toothbrushes

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

Reiterating, do not handle them. They get nothing out of it, they are unable to bond with you and it’s dangerous for them as they are fragile and can be injured or die in a fall. They are great to look at and watch…like fish…hairy, dirt fish. The cork bark, fake plant, water dish (albeit a bit large) are good, but that substrate level should be roughly 1.5x the diagonal leg span of the spider from the top to minimize fall damage risk. Angle the cork bark down and mostly bury it. The T will burrow under it to hide (or rather many do).
Feeding. I look at my spider’s abdomen weekly-ish to determine if they should eat. I shoot for the abdomen roughly the same size as the carapace. Do not feed them if they’ve just molted. Wait until their fangs are solid black. 1-2 weeks depending on the size of the T. Read that thread Ultum4spiderz posted as there’s lots of great info there. Read, read, read, then come back with questions.

 

[Mustafa67]

Just got Mexican fireleg, questions: can I hold and interact with them? Is my enclosure good enough for NOW? Does kicked hair irritate you? And any feeding specification? I’ve also got a little tunnel hide under the mound as well as a little one under the bark. Water bowl, fake plant

Don’t hold it unless you want a dead T
2. No
3. It could (I haven’t been haired yet)
3. Feed when its hungry

 

[TheraMygale]

Handling is not recommended. Tarantulas can bolt and fall. This will injure and or kill them. Yes, we see tons of people handling them, its not safe for tarantula. Tarantula you got could also be feisty.

brachypelma hairs are in the top or irritating ones. If you handle and it decides to kick hairs at you, its not going to be fun. You might now react, but think of porcupine quills. This setae dig in skin. Its not like cat hairs. And should a hair get into your eye or lung, thats going to hurt. Molted skins have the urs on them too. If ever you were inclined to touch one.

You will need to add substrate. Especialy since its in a new enclosure. It might want to climb. The risks of falling are very high. Your tarantula is big enough to get hurt from a fall. Terrestrial tarantulas dont have tarsis made to handle glass like arboreals. They can climb but won’t have the abilities to cling as much.

in nature, they climb and explore at times, but in a captive setting, our enclosures but them in danger if not properly set up.

Otherwise, the rest seems good. Fake
Plant better then real, so good job. Excellent with the water bowl.

Here is how i have my brachypelma emilia. They burrow more then your species, but you see how i placed the hide. By putting more substrate, you can also angle your hide and add substrate on top of it. It will create levels.

dont use my Substrate level as a guide, my tarantula isnt same size. Substrate should be about 1.5xdsl from soil top to top of enclosure. Especialy when new tarantula in new setting. My emilias climbed like crazy when i first got them. I even saw one fall. But in their new home, they had about 1 dsl from
Substrate to top of enclosure. My substrate was also freshly put in and thus moist. They dont like that.

i now prepare enclosure in advance so substrate dries out.

Your substrate doesnt look Extra wet anyways. And with that giant screen, moisture will dry out quicker.


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[Gevo]

I'm not going to repeat all the answers above, but to the question about hairs, my Brachypelma hamorii kicked hairs when I first got her, and I'm pretty sure I got a very slight exposure to them on my hand when I was rehousing her. I got two or three small red bumps on my finger, and they were very itchy for a day or so, even though I washed my hands right after the rehouse. Everyone reacts differently, but the B. boehmei that you have is known to kick hairs a lot, and after just a slight brush with them, I can confidently say they're something you would want to avoid as much as possible. Some people report that their sensitivity to the hairs gets worse with each exposure too. Even if you don't see the tarantula kick hairs at you, they sometimes scatter their hairs around their enclosure anyway, so it's good to take precautions. Don't put your bare hands into the enclosure; use long tongs to do any poking around and rearranging that you need to, and wear gloves for rehousing and such.

 

[zachjb]

Handling is not recommended. Tarantulas can bolt and fall. This will injure and or kill them. Yes, we see tons of people handling them, its not safe for tarantula. Tarantula you got could also be feisty.

brachypelma hairs are in the top or irritating ones. If you handle and it decides to kick hairs at you, its not going to be fun. You might now react, but think of porcupine quills. This setae dig in skin. Its not like cat hairs. And should a hair get into your eye or lung, thats going to hurt.

You will need to add substrate. Especialy since its in a new enclosure. It might want to climb. The risks of falling are very high. Your tarantula is big enough to get hurt from a fall. Terrestrial tarantulas dont have tarsis made to handle glass like arboreals. They can climb but won’t have the abilities to cling as much.

in nature, they climb and explore at times, but in a captive setting, our enclosures but them in danger if not properly set up.

Otherwise, the rest seems good. Fake
Plant better then real, so good job. Excellent with the water bowl.

Here is how i have my brachypelma emilia. They burrow more then your species, but you see how i placed the hide. By putting more substrate, you can also angle your hide and add substrate on top of it. It will create levels.

dont use my Substrate level as a guide, my tarantula isnt same size. Substrate should be about 1.5xdsl from soil top to top of enclosure. Especialy when new tarantula in new setting. My emilias climbed like crazy when i first got them. I even saw one fall. But in their new home, they had about 1 dsl from
Substrate to top of enclosure. My substrate was also freshly put in and thus moist. They dont like that.

i now prepare enclosure in advance so substrate dries out.

Your substrate doesnt look Extra wet anyways. And with that giant screen, moisture will dry out quicker.


welcome to our community. I encourage you to discover our search engine for awesome results on certain specific questions.

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added dry leaves as well, had a hide made for him and he moved in. He or she (Idek) In there most of the time,

 

[TheraMygale]

if the white stuff at the bottom is “humidity” its a sign substrate too moist. Do not add more water for a while.

its a good sign it has adopted hide.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

added dry leaves as well, had a hide made for him and he moved in. He or she (Idek) In there most of the time,

I generally pack down the substrate but it’s looking way better being deeper and the hide is being used now.

 

[Glorfindel]

Always keep in mind the irritating hair when maintaining these Kickers enclosures and wear protective clothing when necessary.

 

[zachjb]

I generally pack down the substrate but it’s looking way better being deeper and the hide is being used now.

The spider hasn’t moved, are they super active? Or stay in hides once adopted

 

[kingshockey]

they are sit and wait predators and nocturnal so you probably wont see it out until its night

 

[Gevo]

The spider hasn’t moved, are they super active? Or stay in hides once adopted

They are most definitely NOT super active! They’re so not active, they’re sometimes called pet rocks.

As they get bigger, they usually stay out in the open more, but as said above, they’re ambush predators, and in nature they also have to worry about predators of their own, so they can spend long, long periods of time sitting still under their hide until something comes along. Also be aware that they sometimes barricade themselves into their burrow for weeks or months at a time, in which case you just leave them alone until they reappear. There’s lots of info about all that in the beginner thread that was linked to earlier.

 

[Sterls]

if that cheapo lighter leaks your T is toast, I wouldn't put that on top even temporarily