Orion42
Arachnopeon
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- Jun 29, 2018
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Hello All,
Ever since picking up my Damon medius last year, I've been wanting another arachnid and a few weeks ago I walked into my local pet store and spotted a few C. cyaneopubescens slings for sale. I've always thought that if I ever got a T I'd want to get a GBB as my first since I've heard they are pretty hardy and incredibly beautiful. I bought mine sort of on impulse but so far it has been doing great and eating like a champ (opposite of my D. medius). It's around 3/4 inch (leg span) right now.
Since it is my first spider, I want to make sure I'm doing things right since I know misinformation can be rampant (and I'm trying to KISS and not be too obsessive over conditions as I might tend to be).
I'm feeding around a small cricket around 3 times per week and every time it's gone as soon as it hits the ground (once it grabbed it in midair I swear), so feeding is going great. I picked this sling since it was the biggest one there and pretty fat, since then it's only gotten fatter (I've heard there's no such thing as a too fat sling and I'm hoping it'll molt soon since it looks pretty darn fat to me).
I've just transferred it into a terrestrial sling enclosure from Jamie's Tarantulas, I made sure to dry out the substrate since the humidity in my house is around 50-55% and I'm providing a water dish, I've heard GBB's like it dry even as fairly small slings and will drink when needed.
Here are some pics of the sling and enclosure, feel free to give suggestions if you think there's anything I could improve on. I tried to provide areas to web on a cork for climbing since I heard they like a bit of climbing space.
First pic is the day I brought it home:
And after 1.5 weeks
This one is from today after I moved it to the new enclosure
Here you can see how fat it is
And lastly here is the full setup with the water dish I made
I'm already loving the enthusiasm it eats with and I'm hoping it'll turn out female since I'm already attached and 2-4 years seems too short of a lifespan.
Thanks!
Ever since picking up my Damon medius last year, I've been wanting another arachnid and a few weeks ago I walked into my local pet store and spotted a few C. cyaneopubescens slings for sale. I've always thought that if I ever got a T I'd want to get a GBB as my first since I've heard they are pretty hardy and incredibly beautiful. I bought mine sort of on impulse but so far it has been doing great and eating like a champ (opposite of my D. medius). It's around 3/4 inch (leg span) right now.
Since it is my first spider, I want to make sure I'm doing things right since I know misinformation can be rampant (and I'm trying to KISS and not be too obsessive over conditions as I might tend to be).
I'm feeding around a small cricket around 3 times per week and every time it's gone as soon as it hits the ground (once it grabbed it in midair I swear), so feeding is going great. I picked this sling since it was the biggest one there and pretty fat, since then it's only gotten fatter (I've heard there's no such thing as a too fat sling and I'm hoping it'll molt soon since it looks pretty darn fat to me).
I've just transferred it into a terrestrial sling enclosure from Jamie's Tarantulas, I made sure to dry out the substrate since the humidity in my house is around 50-55% and I'm providing a water dish, I've heard GBB's like it dry even as fairly small slings and will drink when needed.
Here are some pics of the sling and enclosure, feel free to give suggestions if you think there's anything I could improve on. I tried to provide areas to web on a cork for climbing since I heard they like a bit of climbing space.
First pic is the day I brought it home:
And after 1.5 weeks
This one is from today after I moved it to the new enclosure
Here you can see how fat it is
And lastly here is the full setup with the water dish I made
I'm already loving the enthusiasm it eats with and I'm hoping it'll turn out female since I'm already attached and 2-4 years seems too short of a lifespan.
Thanks!