White spots on abdomen

[Chewycheehhhheee]

This is my curly hair tarantula. I’m handling it for the first time and I noticed white dots on it’s abdomen. Mites??

 

[Poonjab]

First. Don’t handle your tarantula. Second no those aren’t mites. Thirdly, feed that thing. It looks too thin

 

[Emi248]

This is my curly hair tarantula. I’m handling it for the first time and I noticed white dots on it’s abdomen. Mites??

A healthy T should have a plump abdomen around 1 to to and a half carapaces in scale, Stop handling it unless your intention is to have a Tortilla as an exotic pet, and the white dots shouldn't be a thing to worry about.

 

[Stardust1986]

First. Don’t handle your tarantula. Second no those aren’t mites. Thirdly, feed that thing. It looks too thin

I think its cute : ) handling is a personal decision

 

[Emi248]

I think its cute : ) handling is a personal decision

Indeed a personal and very stupid one.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

I think its cute : ) handling is a personal decision

A personal decision that can go very wrong in the blink of an eye. You'll find most of us here are against handling because of how quickly it can all go south.

Anyway, OP nothing to worry about what's on your spider. Could be dirt, could be old substrate from before you got them, really it could be anything. My A. chalcodes has gold glitter on her abdomen somehow. You'd know if it was mites.

 

[Stardust1986]

A healthy T should have a plump abdomen around 1 to to and a half carapaces in scale, Stop handling it unless your intention is to have a Tortilla as an exotic pet, and the white dots shouldn't be a thing to worry about.

the white dots in my photo are from springtails, just take care of tarantulas, they are so gentler they can be held, but I don't recommend it,cut cant be good for them

 

[Chewycheehhhheee]

First. Don’t handle your tarantula. Second no those aren’t mites. Thirdly, feed that thing. It looks too thin

I’ve attempted feeding it mealworms and it just moves away from it, should I try dubias or crickets?

 

[Emi248]

I’ve attempted feeding it mealworms and it just moves away from it, should I try dubias or crickets?

Cant go wrong with some good ol crickets.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

I’ve attempted feeding it mealworms and it just moves away from it, should I try dubias or crickets?

Yeah definitely. Some Ts are picky with what they'll eat. My B. hamorii won't eat anything but mealworms, and my porteri runs from crickets. Sometimes you have to try a few things before you find out what you'll get them to eat.

 

[Neonblizzard]

Spider looks fine except very thin. Type in "tarantula fell/fall" in the search function and you'll soon find an encyclopedia of why handling is bad

 

[sasker]

I’ve attempted feeding it mealworms and it just moves away from it, should I try dubias or crickets?

Did your tarantula moult recently? If so, that might explain the tiny abdomen and the reluctance to feed. If it moulted last week, I would wait another week before attempting to feed. Another reason not to handle: freshly moulted tarantulas are extremely fragile and should be left alone.

 

[viper69]

I think its cute : ) handling is a personal decision

That typically puts the animal’s life at risk of death.

Plenty of people have lost, or killed their T

Let us all know why you think that’s a good idea, to trivialize an animal’s life.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Not sure why everyone's on a "REEEEEEEE! Feed that thing immediately!" hype, it's not even close to being dangerously thin.

The white specks are not any cause for concern. Also, stop handling your tarantula, you might think it's cute but you won't when it tags you/bolts/falls and goes splat.

 

[Smotzer]

Not sure why everyone's on a "REEEEEEEE! Feed that thing immediately!" hype, it's not even close to being dangerously thin.

I agree, im not sure why people are acting like such, its just a normal thin not dangerously thin and its not shriveled or wrinkled looks like just molted recently, people are so used to seeing obese looking T's at all times in the hobby, that they dont realize T's in-situ often times look exactly like this.