Some questions about my Aphonopelma hentzi.

[conclk90]

So, I found him in the wild walking across the road with a pretty beat up (his) left pedipalp and I couldn't just leave him like that to bleed out. I captured him and fixed him up and made a temporary enclosure for him to stay in, he is very docile and is a little iffy about being handled but once he gets on my hand he is fine. I have had him for around 3-4 weeks now.

Question 1. When handled he never rears up like he is going to attack and he has never ever made one move to try and fling hairs at me, but about 70% of the time he refuses to put one of his back legs down like he is going to fling hairs at me. I am wondering if this is strange behavior from a chocolate T. or if it is normal.

Question 2. He is relatively young, I'm pretty new to tarantulas so I can't really determine age very well but just ballparking he is about 1 and 9/16 inches from beginning of cephalothorax to end of abdomen. Any guesses on how old he is? There will be an attached picture of him, also.

Question 3. The damage on his pedipalp is somewhat bad but maybe not super life threatening with attention is the best description I had when I first got him and it still looks the same as when I fixed it but I am wondering if the way I stopped it from dripping hemolymph was not the best thing to use? I used just a little bit of Duro brand super glue from the small dropper type tube. I just googled how to stop the bleeding and it said glue but I just want to be sure. I doubt it is very pleasant for him to have it on him.

Thanks for any info this T. community can give.

 

[jbooth]

1.) He doesn't like being handled, and his attitude could change at any time.
2.) A few years maybe.
3.) Only time will tell. Super glue has definitely been used in the past, people use corn starch more it seems. I don't like what the fumes do and probably wouldn't unless an only option. Wait, and make sure it has plenty of water, and it looks like it could eat too. Should be fine after a molt.

 

[DonLouchese]

Hello there,

By your description I'd say the specimen would be about 5-7 years old. As well I'd say Aphonopelma chalcodes is a very docile species so he won't throw any threat postures , especially because I am pretty certain It's a male, most likely a mature male , I can't say for certain because you'd have to picture his pedipalps from another angle, but yeah males are much more calm after being mature. It's quite leggy and females would look much bulkier with smaller leg to abdomen-carapace ratio.

Looks like freshly moulted as well. If he is indeed matured out male , his lifespan left is about 1year+/-

Best regards,

Don

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

That’s a mature male most likely.

So, I found him in the wild walking across the road with a pretty beat up (his) left pedipalp and I couldn't just leave him like that to bleed out. I captured him and fixed him up and made a temporary enclosure for him to stay in, he is very docile and is a little iffy about being handled but once he gets on my hand he is fine. I have had him for around 3-4 weeks now.

Question 1. When handled he never rears up like he is going to attack and he has never ever made one move to try and fling hairs at me, but about 70% of the time he refuses to put one of his back legs down like he is going to fling hairs at me. I am wondering if this is strange behavior from a chocolate T. or if it is normal.

Question 2. He is relatively young, I'm pretty new to tarantulas so I can't really determine age very well but just ballparking he is about 1 and 9/16 inches from beginning of cephalothorax to end of abdomen. Any guesses on how old he is? There will be an attached picture of him, also.

Question 3. The damage on his pedipalp is somewhat bad but maybe not super life threatening with attention is the best description I had when I first got him and it still looks the same as when I fixed it but I am wondering if the way I stopped it from dripping hemolymph was not the best thing to use? I used just a little bit of Duro brand super glue from the small dropper type tube. I just googled how to stop the bleeding and it said glue but I just want to be sure. I doubt it is very pleasant for him to have it on him.

Thanks for any info this T. community can give.

Looks like a possible mature male from the stubby pedipalps .
Try and see if it has tibeal hooks.
probably 5-8 years old at that size.
most people in America go by legspan not body size .