Never owned a chilobrachys

[Spyder b]

Okay so I seen a chilobrachys dysclous at my pet store just had to get it cause I wanted to own that kind of T. My question is how do I care for it like how much substrate do they like it moist or wet or dry high humidity stuff like that just so I can make sure it has a great life any help?

 

[Theneil]

They are a fossorial species that limes moist sub. so i would make sure whatever you put it in has a lof sub and also i would offer a fair amount of extra head room above the sub since both of my chilobrachys sp. make 'web volcanos'. Keep the sub moist. I think i have read that they tolerate dry spells but personally i haven't tried it.

Since the sub will be moist, try to have good ventalation to avoid mold, also springtails might be a good idea.

Incase you didn't already know, that is an oldworld species so it falls under the Really fast and deffinitely don't want to get bit by it category.

 

[Teal]

Yes, let's purchase a spider - from a pet store, no less - when you have ZERO idea on how to care for it. Because you wanted "that kind" of T... but you don't even know what kind they are, as far as care/temperament/etc??

Set up properly, you won't see this spider. They make deep burrows.

 

[Greasylake]

Chilobrachys are pet holes if you set them up right. Moist deep substrate with a water dish, I'd say 6 or 7 inches inches of sub if it's a juvenile or adult. They're good eaters, fast and have a nasty bite, that about sums it up I think.

 

[AngelDeVille]

Yes, let's purchase a spider - from a pet store, no less - when you have ZERO idea on how to care for it. Because you wanted "that kind" of T... but you don't even know what kind they are, as far as care/temperament/etc??
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That's what I did with my A. avicularia, had no plans to get one ever, and had to rescue it from Petco.

I would do it again...

 

[Teal]

That's what I did with my A. avicularia, had no plans to get one ever, and had to rescue it from Petco.

I would do it again...

You didn't rescue it... you BOUGHT it, enabling them to put a new spider in its place.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

You didn't rescue it... you BOUGHT it, enabling them to put a new spider in its place.

I don’t have to rescue any near me they stopped selling them , good news for the T. Imagine how many are eatin by crickets during molt. Or killed by poor care in petstores . I applied at least 10x to my local pet store they are r scum never got a job or an interview.

 

[boina]

A lot of Chilobrachys make web extensions to their burrow, so I'd give them a few webbing anchors. In that case you may at least have a pretty web to look at even though you probably wont ever see the spider.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Deep/moist substrate, hide with a starter burrow, anchor points outside the burrow entrance and a good sized water dish.

This setup will give you the least trouble (people try to set them up like GBBs and wonder why their Chilo is perpetually pissed off and trying to fight them).

My C. huahini doesn't really stray far from the entrance of her burrow but I do see her regularly, she bolts back into the burrow when disturbed.

0.1 Chilobrachys huahini

• The Grym Reaper
• Aug 5, 2018
• 2
• asian fawn tarantula chilobrachys chilobrachys huahini female huahini

Tremor doing a lurk.

0.1 Chilobrachys huahini

• The Grym Reaper
• Mar 30, 2018
• 3
• asian fawn tarantula chilobrachys chilobrachys huahini huahini

Finally managed to get some new pics of Tremor.

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Bear in mind that they are heinously fast, cranky as heck and have a nasty bite, long tongs are your friend and don't ever get complacent when working with it (I made that mistake when rehousing and ended up chasing a 5" C. huahini around my bedroom for 20 minutes).

Set up properly, you won't see this spider.

Chilobrachys are pet holes if you set them up right.

you probably wont ever see the spider.

Jesus effing wept peeps! Can at least one of my spoods not be broken?

 

[boina]

Jesus effing wept peeps! Can at least one of my spoods not be broken?

I would love that kind of broken - last time I've seen my fimbriatus was during rehouse .

 

[Chris LXXIX]

People always fail to realize a logical and obvious thing: the care (which means set up and parameters) are basically the same for Asian fossorials, no matter if inside there's a Chilobrachys spp., a Cyriopagopus lividus, a S.aruana, or whatever.

Lots of inches of moist (never wet) substrate; a water dish; a couple of fake leaves; a piece of cork bark (I always suggest cork bark) with a starter 'hole' nearby*; last but not least, don't be a 'ventilation Scrooge'.
Done. Rinse and repeat this for every Asian obligate burrowers/fossorials.

Isn't that difficult, eh?

* some keepers doesn't offer at all a piece of cork bark to their fossorials because "... they burrow, nonetheless." This can be done, but mind, an enclosure without cork bark (or another piece of wood) inside is really a freaking 'spartan' one. Sad.

 

[draconisj4]

I have two Chilobrachys species, a paviei and a fimbriatus. I set them up in taller than normal enclosures with lots of ventilation, with deep moist substrate and anchor points above to web on. Both good eaters and out every day, very fast and skittish though. I always am extra careful when I have to open their enclosures.

 

[Greasylake]

Jesus effing wept peeps! Can at least one of my spoods not be broken?

Well to be fair my fimbriatus has pretty much abandoned her burrow now and just sits out in the open all the time unless I open the enclosure. I never saw more than her legs before recently.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I miss my chilobrachys sp sai yok it never did well after it’s last rehouse few years ago and got stuck it molt. Oddly it stopped webbing mostly, not sure if it was a casualty of anti flea spray in the house or powder.
I never used it in same room as Ts but forgot to close ventilation vents.
Happened around 3-4 years ago now R.I.P. they no longer spray for flees thankfully.
Could have even just had a bad molt , or rehoused it without spotting pre molt.
Will get new chilobrachys when I move out probably I’m under authoritarian fascism since I can’t find a job . Car is broken down too undrivable misfired madly.

So odd a chilobrachysp didn’t burrow??! Musta had a bad prior molt.

 

[Venom1080]

People always fail to realize a logical and obvious thing: the care (which means set up and parameters) are basically the same for Asian fossorials, no matter if inside there's a Chilobrachys spp., a Cyriopagopus lividus, a S.aruana, or whatever.

Lots of inches of moist (never wet) substrate; a water dish; a couple of fake leaves; a piece of cork bark (I always suggest cork bark) with a starter 'hole' nearby*; last but not least, don't be a 'ventilation Scrooge'.
Done. Rinse and repeat this for every Asian obligate burrowers/fossorials.

Isn't that difficult, eh?

* some keepers doesn't offer at all a piece of cork bark to their fossorials because "... they burrow, nonetheless." This can be done, but mind, an enclosure without cork bark (or another piece of wood) inside is really a freaking 'spartan' one. Sad.

when a spider goes straight to the bottom overnight, i dont waste my time giving it a hide.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

when a spider goes straight to the bottom overnight, i dont waste my time giving it a hide.

Aesthetics matters

 

[Venom1080]

Aesthetics matters

Debatable. I like my jars of dirt.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Debatable. I like my jars of dirt.

Every obligate burrower/fossorial keeper loves a jar/enclosure full of dirt. But a piece of cork bark, in the middle of that 'dirt only' land, is always a pleasure for the eyes: like a sexy chick wearing a skirt and one with a miniskirt.
The cork bark inside is the naked one

 

[Venom1080]

Every obligate burrower/fossorial keeper loves a jar/enclosure full of dirt. But a piece of cork bark, in the middle of that 'dirt only' land, is always a pleasure for the eyes: like a sexy chick wearing a skirt and one with a miniskirt.
The cork bark inside is the naked one

Mine just bury the cork. Lol

 

[Minty]

I have an adult female of this species.

She is fast. She is defensive. She is beautiful.

She was a chocolate brown colour before her moult and afterwards, she was a deep black/blue colour. The change was fascinating.

I set up a burrow for her in the corner of her enclosure, using cork bark and substrate, so I could see her build a web tunnel and so I could still see her through the glass of the enclosure. I gave her lots of anchor points. She did build a bit of a web tunnel but she also took substrate from other parts of the enclosure to hide herself a bit more. She's mean.