My Arizona blonde keeps falling!

[jor1234]

I have an almost mature Arizona blonde who has adopted this new behavior of climbing upside down on the roof of her enclosure and then falling on her back! She always flips herself over, but I’m scared she’s hurting herself or will kill herself one day! I’m not positive my T’s a female, I was told so after showing several pictures to my local exotic pet store. Maybe he’s a boy and he’s just trying to find a mate.
I moved about 4 months ago and haven’t taken my T out of her enclosure since then. The mother in me is saying she needs more enrichment and exercise, but I know that’s kinda silly. Attached is a video of a not so bad fall.
help!!

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I’d need a picture of the pedipalps to tell if it’s a mature male.
You should also post a picture here of it’s underneath

Epiandrous fusillae sexing (Not Molts)

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[viper69]

Bet it’s about to molt or did and is a MM

 

[DonLouchese]

Either this is the leggiest MM A. chalcodes or not that species at all.

Post another picture.

 

[jor1234]

Either this is the leggiest MM A. chalcodes or not that species at all.

Post another picture.

I’ve had that thought too. Up until her last molt she looked like an Arizona blonde but now doesn’t at all.

 

[DonLouchese]

Looks like a mature male A. chalcodes . An opposite side picture and you'll get to know why it climbs straight up.

 

[Smotzer]

From that height it’s not seriously dangerous since it appears to not have any hard objects that’s specifically why it’s we reccomend not having more than 1.5x DLS from substrate lvl to lid and you definitely even less than that.

 

[centipeedle]

I have an almost mature Arizona blonde who has adopted this new behavior of climbing upside down on the roof of her enclosure and then falling on her back! She always flips herself over, but I’m scared she’s hurting herself or will kill herself one day! I’m not positive my T’s a female, I was told so after showing several pictures to my local exotic pet store. Maybe he’s a boy and he’s just trying to find a mate.
I moved about 4 months ago and haven’t taken my T out of her enclosure since then. The mother in me is saying she needs more enrichment and exercise, but I know that’s kinda silly. Attached is a video of a not so bad fall.
help!!

I would def recommend to add more substrate, with terrestrial species like this it should be almost near the top of the enclosure. If you're able to, it might be worth investing in an enclosure that would be better suited for such a setup

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

From that height it’s not seriously dangerous since it appears to not have any hard objects that’s specifically why it’s we reccomend not having more than 1.5x DLS from substrate lvl to lid and you definitely even less than that.

This is one of the best set up tanks I’ve seen from a newcomer.

I have an almost mature Arizona blonde who has adopted this new behavior of climbing upside down on the roof of her enclosure and then falling on her back! She always flips herself over, but I’m scared she’s hurting herself or will kill herself one day! I’m not positive my T’s a female, I was told so after showing several pictures to my local exotic pet store. Maybe he’s a boy and he’s just trying to find a mate.
I moved about 4 months ago and haven’t taken my T out of her enclosure since then. The mother in me is saying she needs more enrichment and exercise, but I know that’s kinda silly. Attached is a video of a not so bad fall.
help!!

Get more pics of the tarantula we can spot mature males.

 

[jor1234]

This is one of the best set up tanks I’ve seen from a newcomer.

Get more pics of the tarantula we can spot mature males.

How do you know I’m a newcomer? I have three babies thank you very much.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

I recognize a mm leggy T. Looks like my mm A. chalcodes I used to have. Also looks like my leggy 6 inch mm T. albopilosus.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I recognize a mm leggy T. Looks like my mm A. chalcodes I used to have. Also looks like my leggy 6 inch mm T. albopilosus.

Looks pretty leggy, but op still hasn’t posted any pics or a longer video .

How do you know I’m a newcomer? I have three babies thank you very much.

just because you only joined a few years ago. Pet store employees don’t know anything, glad you asked here.!!
But you’re doing good settling this cage up, lower fall distance the better.