Regarding my Brazilian black T temperament

[tupacalypse]

So I recently just added a 2.5 inch brazilian black T to my collection, but to my understanding they are mostly incredibly docile. My T literaly just attacks the tweezer as im trying to remove some stuff out of the cage and seems super aggro. Is this normal?

 

[HeartBum]

Species temperaments are a generalization - just because they're considered to be docile, doesn't mean they all are. Each T has their own personality, which can also change with age.

 

[Sambro]

By Brazilian Black, do you mean the Gramstola Pulchra?
Try to familiarise yourself with the scientific names as we know the species you're mentioning
G.Pulchra's are common for being docile. But Ts can have different temperaments between molts. My G.Pulchra was very skittish during the Juvi stage but calmed down when it hit maturity.
This could also be a sign of a few other things. - Does the T have a hiding place like a bit of cork bark? You'll find that all T's will become defensive if their full needs aren't met. And who would like to have someone poking around their home?

This could also be a feeding response too as G.pulchras have a great eating response and tend to be little fatties.

I would suggest posting an image of your setup and maybe others could advise.

 

[Konstantin Konstantinov]

So I recently just added a 2.5 inch brazilian black T to my collection, but to my understanding they are mostly incredibly docile. My T literaly just attacks the tweezer as im trying to remove some stuff out of the cage and seems super aggro. Is this normal?

Hi
the best advice for you is to be on top of your game with any tarantula and never let your gard down. You can be surprised at any time no matter how docile your tarantula is.
My G pulchra has been one of my most greedy and nervous juveniles I had.Everything that moves vibrates is food and she will go for it.Also my only juvenile that was kicking hairs at me during maintenance when was smaller. Luckily she put some size now(4.5 - 5 inch atm) and is not kicking at all but still will try to eat anything first and ask questions later lol
Regards Konstantin

 

[viper69]

So I recently just added a 2.5 inch brazilian black T to my collection, but to my understanding they are mostly incredibly docile. My T literaly just attacks the tweezer as im trying to remove some stuff out of the cage and seems super aggro. Is this normal?

agro- like grass, odd

they are like people- all are unique may get better may get worse or not

 

[darkness975]

Most of my NW terrestrials are pretty calm (usually) but never underestimate them.

My B. hamorii is horribly skittish.

 

[Yigzatoth]

Most of my NW terrestrials are pretty calm (usually) but never underestimate them.

My B. hamorii is horribly skittish.

Tell that to most Pamphobeteus/Phormictopus or any other food driven hysterical NW T

 

[tupacalypse]

By Brazilian Black, do you mean the Gramstola Pulchra?
Try to familiarise yourself with the scientific names as we know the species you're mentioning
G.Pulchra's are common for being docile. But Ts can have different temperaments between molts. My G.Pulchra was very skittish during the Juvi stage but calmed down when it hit maturity.
This could also be a sign of a few other things. - Does the T have a hiding place like a bit of cork bark? You'll find that all T's will become defensive if their full needs aren't met. And who would like to have someone poking around their home?

This could also be a feeding response too as G.pulchras have a great eating response and tend to be little fatties.

I would suggest posting an image of your setup and maybe others could advise.

will do, he originally came a enclosure which he isn't able to burrow so i am assuming that may be stressing him out. Already ordered a slightly bigger enclosure and will have a lot more room to burrow and hide. Thanks for the pointers!

 

[Dorifto]

Could you post a pic of your enclosure? They may show that behaviour if they are disturbed in premolt or is they feel vulnerable.

 

[magouilles]

So I recently just added a 2.5 inch brazilian black T to my collection, but to my understanding they are mostly incredibly docile. My T literaly just attacks the tweezer as im trying to remove some stuff out of the cage and seems super aggro. Is this normal?

my g.pulchra sling was rly pissed off when it was smaller
now that it grew a bit it's getting calmer
i've seen many people with feisty brazilian black slings not sure why

 

[birdonfire]

My Grammostola juvie is a loose cannon.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Could you post a pic of your enclosure? They may show that behaviour if they are disturbed in premolt or is they feel vulnerable.

Yeah I'd like to see a photo of the enclosure too just to be sure. It could also be that it's been newly rehoused and a little high strung. Honestly it could be literally anything, spiders are weird.

 

[Matt Man]

for years everyone thought Rose Hairs were super chill.
Over time we found about 10% were psycho.
As the hobby has spread into the rest of Grammastola it appears this trait runs through the genus.
I ran a survey here months back asking about other people and their experiences with the genus and it appeared the psycho kitty trait was genus wide
My pulchra is the classic model, super chill
My pulchripes is an aggro, cranky T.
So note: Some Grammastola are not as expected

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Temperaments listed for species are generalisations, these are wild animals with their own individual dispositions that can change at any time (even from moult to moult). For example, Brachypelma have a reputation for being massive hair-kickers but otherwise "docile". I keep every species from the genus and the only one that kicks hairs is my smithi male, my hamorii and emilia females became extremely defensive after moults (the hamorii after her 2nd moult with me, the emilia after about 3 years).

That said, what you described just sounds like a feeding response (I.e. the tarantula assumes that any disturbance is food and immediately pounces) which is often mistaken for defensiveness.

 

[tupacalypse]

Could you post a pic of your enclosure? They may show that behaviour if they are disturbed in premolt or is they feel vulnerable.

will post one up in a day or two! thanks!

yeah, i will post one up in a day or two! He was also in a car ride for quite a littke time so maybe that stressed him out quite a little. Im just gonna leave him be for a few days to calm his nerves.

for years everyone thought Rose Hairs were super chill.
Over time we found about 10% were psycho.
As the hobby has spread into the rest of Grammastola it appears this trait runs through the genus.
I ran a survey here months back asking about other people and their experiences with the genus and it appeared the psycho kitty trait was genus wide
My pulchra is the classic model, super chill
My pulchripes is an aggro, cranky T.
So note: Some Grammastola are not as expected

that is super informative thanks, i guess it is all up to chance as to what kind of temperament we get from these T's haha

Temperaments listed for species are generalisations, these are wild animals with their own individual dispositions that can change at any time (even from moult to moult). For example, Brachypelma have a reputation for being massive hair-kickers but otherwise "docile". I keep every species from the genus and the only one that kicks hairs is my smithi male, my hamorii and emilia females became extremely defensive after moults (the hamorii after her 2nd moult with me, the emilia after about 3 years).

That said, what you described just sounds like a feeding response (I.e. the tarantula assumes that any disturbance is food and immediately pounces) which is often mistaken for defensiveness.

while it was attacking anything i put in there, I tried to put in a mealworm it pounced at it but just let it slide away slowly. So i figured he was probably a bit stressed and he's not hungry for food.

 

[tupacalypse]

By Brazilian Black, do you mean the Gramstola Pulchra?
Try to familiarise yourself with the scientific names as we know the species you're mentioning
G.Pulchra's are common for being docile. But Ts can have different temperaments between molts. My G.Pulchra was very skittish during the Juvi stage but calmed down when it hit maturity.
This could also be a sign of a few other things. - Does the T have a hiding place like a bit of cork bark? You'll find that all T's will become defensive if their full needs aren't met. And who would like to have someone poking around their home?

This could also be a feeding response too as G.pulchras have a great eating response and tend to be little fatties.

I would suggest posting an image of your setup and maybe others could advise.