Salmon pink bird eater care.

[tristan4033]

I can get a 1/2 sling but have no idea how to care for it when it's older or how big it will get. This sling is 5$ so I may take it. Can anybody help

 

[tristan4033]

I will feed it crickets legal and crickets with no head at first when i get it but when should I upgrade the food to Dubia roaches

 

[Chris LXXIX]

I will feed it crickets legal and crickets with no head at first when i get it but when should I upgrade the food to Dubia roaches

Don't worry for that, those will eat even you when they grow

 

[tristan4033]

Is a temp of 73/80 degrees ok

 

[Chris LXXIX]

I can get a 1/2 sling but have no idea how to care for it when it's older or how big it will get. This sling is 5$ so I may take it. Can anybody help

A part of substrate slightly moist, a tiny piece of cork bark... a little water dish if possible. The usual things :-s

For an adult everything in proportion, water dish alone is enough.

 

[beaker41]

It will get to be around 7" dls in 2-3 years depending on how often you feed and what temp you keep it at. I would move to Dubai nymphs, prekilled if she will take them at first, as soon as size permits, a lot more bang for your buck with Dubai than crickets

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Is a temp of 73/80 degrees ok

Yes :-s

 

[Chris LXXIX]

It will get to be around 7" dls in 2-3 years depending on how often you feed and what temp you keep it at. I would move to Dubai nymphs, prekilled if she will take them at first, as soon as size permits, a lot more bang for your buck with Dubai than crickets

Oh, L.parahybana would gladly love non Arab roaches as well

 

[Tenevanica]

You have a Lasiodora parahybana. They are a large heavy bodied terrestrial species. They could attain a maximum size of 10 inches, but 8 inches is a more average fully grown size for this species.

The care is pretty standard. Keep the sling in a vial or deli cup. Keep upgrading enclosure size as it grows. Enclosures should be 2 times its leg span in width and 3 times its leg span in length. This species is somewhat moisture dependent, but can be kept drier than some other rainforest species. Keep it on moist (not wet) substrate as a sling. The adult can be kept on dry substrate with a large water dish. Overflow the dish when you fill it up to provide a bit of moist substrate for it. Provide it a hide, and make sure the height from the substrate to the enclosure ceiling isn't more than 1 1/2 times its leg span. As a sling feed it twice a week. Feed the adult once a week. The feeder should be no bigger than the body of the spider. Ts up to six inches or so will take large crickets. Anything larger than that and you'll want to switch do dubia.

 

[tristan4033]

Would a 20 gallon tank be big enough for it when it's an adult or will I need a 40 gal

 

[Tenevanica]

Would a 20 gallon tank be big enough for it when it's an adult or will I need a 40 gal

20 gallon is plenty large. You could get away with a ten gallon even.

 

[tristan4033]

The dubia will be a lot of money when it gets older because I'll need to ship them. How many will I need to feed it per month

 

[tristan4033]

When it gets about 3 inches, will the usual 3-5 crickets be ok for it

 

[Tenevanica]

The dubia will be a lot of money when it gets older because I'll need to ship them. How many will I need to feed it per month

One adult roach per week, so 4. Ts don't have very high metabolisms. They don't need much food.

 

[Tenevanica]

When it gets about 3 inches, will the usual 3-5 crickets be ok for it

A three incher will take one adult cricket per week. You could feed it more, but you don't need to.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

Would a 20 gallon tank be big enough for it when it's an adult or will I need a 40 gal

I suggest directly a 50 gallon one. For the water dish don't worry, an artisan I know can make you a proper sized alabaster made drawbridge :-s

jok

 

[Tenevanica]

And I just realized that throughout my posts on this thread I'm switching between spelling numbers out and just typing the number. What's going on with my brain today?

 

[tristan4033]

I fed my 3 inch a. Chalcodes 3 medium crickets...it eats like crazy

 

[Tenevanica]

I fed my 3 inch a. Chalcodes 3 medium crickets...it eats like crazy

Oh, they'll take them. You just don't have to feed them that much.

 

[tristan4033]

Ok my bad guys the sling will be one third inch. What do I feed a sling that small. Will cricket legs work of so how will o feed it them