Typhochlaena seladonia - From sling to subadult

[spiderman336]

Yup, kept them dry. I just misted and gave them lots of cross ventilation

Substrate completely COMPLETELY dry? I inject the bottom part of the substrate with water once a week for humidity. Started doing that Friday night, and today offered a large cricket ( crushed and guts oozing out of it) to the seladonia and she is eating it rn!!! It’s on the opposite side of the juices, but it’s still on the cricket I’ll remove what’s left in the morning. Versicolor is eating its first meal after its molt from last Thursday morning.

Also wanna add i mist them twice a week for them to drink. The seladonia I put a few drops of water on a piece of moss on top of its bark.

 

[A guy]

Also wanna add i mist them twice a week for them to drink. The seladonia I put a few drops of water on a piece of moss on top of its bark.

Yes, I keep their substrate completely dry.

 

[spiderman336]

Yes, I keep their substrate completely dry.

Curious to know the temperature and humidity of the room where you keep them. Also location

 

[A guy]

Curious to know the temperature and humidity of the room where you keep them. Also location

The room where I keep my tarantulas cycles between the AC during summer and heater during winter so it's a relatively dry room. Temps range from 70-74° during "colder seasons" and 78-80° during "hot seasons"

 

[spiderman336]

The room where I keep my tarantulas cycles between the AC during summer and heater during winter so it's a relatively dry room. Temps range from 70-74° during "colder seasons" and 78-80° during "hot seasons"

Same here. house stays around 50-60% humidity. (Closer to 55%) And bedroom ( where my ts are) 72-76 degrees Fahrenheit, max. Weird how some ppl say keeping them dry will cause them to dry up and others have had success keeping them dry

 

[SpookySpooder]

There is a lot of conflicting information online about all species. This is because a wide range of methods is applicable to most species.

Like Marco and many others, I keep my trio of Seladonia on dry substrate as well. Ambient room temperature is between 75-77° F on average. I keep them in a heated cabinet that holds a constant air temp of 79°F.

The area where they are housed has an annual humidity average of 67%. Some weeks it is 10%, some weeks it is 30-50%.

Humidity does very little other than slow the rate at which things dry out. It does not hydrate your T nor is it required for it to develop. Humidity helps maintain moisture levels in the enclosure and your T and slows the rate at which it dehydrates.

What's more important than humidity is access to hydration, so I provide drinking water via a dish hot glued near the trapdoor on the bark. Once a week I will mist the enclosure lightly to create droplets on the cork and enclosure walls. When I look through my collection weekly if I notice they are drying out, I will place droplets of water using a syringe on substrate to wet it a bit or place the droplets on the enclosure wall near the trapdoor and let them run down. I place just enough water to wet the substrate for a few days to a week.

Kind of like a light sprinkle, it never gets really wet.

You do not need to get super high maintenance with them like I do, but I'm not risking them drying out at all.

Instead of humidity, good airflow is more important. So I ventilate them as much as any other Avic enclosure. This level of ventilation provides an excess of airflow that dries out the enclosure twice a week for me

 

[spiderman336]

There is a lot of conflicting information online about all species. This is because a wide range of methods is applicable to most species.

Like Marco and many others, I keep my trio of Seladonia on dry substrate as well. Ambient room temperature is between 75-77° F on average. I keep them in a heated cabinet that holds a constant air temp of 79°F.

The area where they are housed has an annual humidity average of 67%. Some weeks it is 10%, some weeks it is 30-50%.

Humidity does very little other than slow the rate at which things dry out. It does not hydrate your T nor is it required for it to develop. Humidity helps maintain moisture levels in the enclosure and your T and slows the rate at which it dehydrates.

What's more important than humidity is access to hydration, so I provide drinking water via a dish hot glued near the trapdoor on the bark. Once a week I will mist the enclosure lightly to create droplets on the cork and enclosure walls. When I look through my collection weekly if I notice they are drying out, I will place droplets of water using a syringe on substrate to wet it a bit or place the droplets on the enclosure wall near the trapdoor and let them run down. I place just enough water to wet the substrate for a few days to a week.

Kind of like a light sprinkle, it never gets really wet.

You do not need to get super high maintenance with them like I do, but I'm not risking them drying out at all.

Instead of humidity, good airflow is more important. So I ventilate them as much as any other Avic enclosure. This level of ventilation provides an excess of airflow that dries out the enclosure twice a week for me

Good info. I’m new and that helps out. Also I’ve heard most ts don’t have a wax coating to keep them hydrated more than when they are adults.

 

[spiderman336]

The room where I keep my tarantulas cycles between the AC during summer and heater during winter so it's a relatively dry room. Temps range from 70-74° during "colder seasons" and 78-80° during "hot seasons"

Another question lol at a 1/3” sling, how often were yours molting. Week wise….

 

[SpookySpooder]

Mine have molted twice in my care and it's been a little over a month between each molt. Mine are about 1/4" right now.

 

[spiderman336]

Mine have molted twice in my care and it's been a little over a month between each molt. Mine are about 1/4" right now.

Ok I had mine since august 3rd still no molt. Didnt wanna eat today tho. I have visually seen it eat twice. ( last week and the week before that) I’ll see how it does next Tuesday

 

[SpookySpooder]

Sounds good. You could also start a growth/picture diary thread if you wanted to look back on your journey as well. You don't need to bring every T. Seladonia thread on the forum back to life.

 

[A guy]

Another question lol at a 1/3” sling, how often were yours molting. Week wise….

Every 3 weeks I'd say

 

[spiderman336]

Sounds good. You could also start a growth/picture diary thread if you wanted to look back on your journey as well. You don't need to bring every T. Seladonia thread on the forum back to life.

Believe me I’m still learning how to navigate this page off my iPhone. Thank you tho

 

[Z3r0]

Hi guys, I recently purchased a few seladonias they came with cork bark and a vials for each no substrate. So I ended up using coco coir and moss. They ate however it’s been a week and one sling molted and the same day it molted appeared to be on the ground curled up I misted waited a day to see if it moved and it didn’t wondering what could’ve been the problem?

 

[SpookySpooder]

Hi guys, I recently purchased a few seladonias they came with cork bark and a vials for each no substrate. So I ended up using coco coir and moss. They ate however it’s been a week and one sling molted and the same day it molted appeared to be on the ground curled up I misted waited a day to see if it moved and it didn’t wondering what could’ve been the problem?

Make a new thread with photos of your enclosure and details about how you set up the vials.

 

[A guy]

UPDATE

My T. seladonia specimens turned out to be 3 females. I've contacted a friend to ask if he has males from his stock and if he could sell me one.

He instead gave me 3 small juvenile males to raise to maturity so we could use them for both mine and his females. A cooperative T. seladonia breeding project is now in the works!

This friend of mine has produced the very first T. seladonia egg sacs in Canada and successfully produced multiple sacs in a single year so the future is looking bright!

I don't know why I didn't write an update here but we were successful!

Unfortunately, the sacs were hatched while I was out of the country and the slings were already getting shipped out by the time I was back so I don't have any photos to show. But happy with the success nonetheless!

 

[TheraMygale]

Why did you change names? I tried finding this and it didnt work. I started to think i was crazy. Surely i am not a bot.

if it is because of what i think then you could just have message me.

 

[A guy]

Why did you change names? I tried finding this and it didnt work. I started to think i was crazy. Surely i am not a bot.

if it is because of what i think then you could just have message me.

I was being mistaken for someone else lol

 

[TheraMygale]

I was being mistaken for someone else lol

Im sorry i need to fix this. I will. I need to find the links.

 

[A guy]

Im sorry i need to fix this. I will. I need to find the links.

It's still me though lol