sericopelma sp. santa catalina husbandry

[Luis Villarreal]

I find very little info on the sericopelma sp. santa catalina. What can you guys tell me about this T from 1" to adult? I will be getting one Wednesday.

 

[docwade87]

Don’t know much about them. Never even heard of them until now. Beautiful!!! Looking forward to the info

 

[moricollins]

Maybe it's just me, but the time to do research on a species is before you order one...

I'm going to guess they can be kept like any other Sericopelma species.

 

[Luis Villarreal]

Maybe it's just me, but the time to do research on a species is before you order one...

I'm going to guess they can be kept like any other Sericopelma species.

That is what I thought it's just all I see is adults and no slings. I tried asking some friends but no one owns it yet. I'm going to keep it like the rest of the normal slings. 70 -80 humidity and in room temp. This is part of my research using this board.

 

[Chebe6886]

Maybe it's just me, but the time to do research on a species is before you order one...

I'm going to guess they can be kept like any other Sericopelma species.

This seems to be a very foreign concept

 

[EpicEpic]

That is what I thought it's just all I see is adults and no slings. I tried asking some friends but no one owns it yet. I'm going to keep it like the rest of the normal slings. 70 -80 humidity and in room temp. This is part of my research using this board.

Humidity is a non-factor. One of the most widely mentioned comments on this board. No way you got that from here. Maybe if you're reading threads from '05.

Almost all New World slings should be kept the same way--on semi moist substrate.

 

[Vanessa]

Despite this species coming from a more tropical climate with a proper wet season, they do not live in moist conditions and are fine kept in drier conditions with a water dish once they reach about the 3" mark. They do not require damp/humid conditions, other than when they are spiderlings, although they might appreciate their water dishes being overflowed a bit in the drier months.
They are leggy and skittish and get to be on the larger size full grown.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Keep slings on slightly moist sub like any other NW terrestrial species.

For larger specimens I moisten about 1/4 of the sub and repeat when it dries out. Mine is often out but has dug a pretty deep burrow which it will sometimes retreat to when disturbed, they're pretty high strung and can become defensive as they put on some size.

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