Why is my tarantula standing like this?

[airserver]

It's been two days. What's wrong with her?

 

[Arachnomaniac19]

It's a Grammostola; we may never know. What are your humidity levels?

 

[tonypace2009]

At first look standing on toes and butt in the air is a defensive posture. Is there a fan blowing on your spider or crickets in enclosure? I cant tell from picture is that wood chips for substrate? Realy need a picture of complete enclosure then we could narrow down the problem. It is trying to make itself look bigger tip toes and butt in the air which shows it feels threatened hopefully we can figure out why.

 

[HungryGhost]

My g. pulchripes does that from time to time. I think she just likes showing off her booty sometimes.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Defensive posture, usually for kicking hairs. Most G rosea bite before doing this, I never seen my G Porteri or Rosea kick hairs. G Porteri sometimes wont hesitate to show its fangs.

 

[awiec]

Looks like a pose to throw hairs to me, I've had a grammie do this, it eventually quit but they sometimes do that at a perceived threat.

 

[Arachnomaniac19]

Looks like a pose to throw hairs to me, I've had a grammie do this, it eventually quit but they sometimes do that at a perceived threat.

Staying in that pose for two days seems like something else. At least to me.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Staying in that pose for two days seems like something else. At least to me.

really weird both my G rosea/porteri never sit like that not even when scared.

 

[tonypace2009]

could be as simple as crickets in enclosure or fibers of the substrate that the spider perceives as a threat. The fact that the spider has been like this for two days leads me to think something in its environment needs to be addressed. We only have have a small piece of the puzzle to go by and its a little blurry. Hopefully airserver will post us a picture of the hole enclosure to get all the puzzle pecieses.

 

[awiec]

Staying in that pose for two days seems like something else. At least to me.

Probably environmental, I've had a few spiders throw a fit for no "reason" and usually after I topped off a water dish or something similar, they calmed down.

 

[Formerphobe]

Normal. Some of my terrestrials will do crazy posturing around weather changes. My A. eutylenum has been known to stand on her head in the corner with her butt straight up in the air for a couple of days at a time, then she'll eventually mosey back to her burrow.

 

[airserver]

Sorry everyone! My Wi-Fi was out for a while. I'm on a different computer so I don't have any pictures but she has coconut bedding, no wood chips. Also no crickets in over a week. But I am moving and have been moving things around and things constantly banging. I'm thinking that might be why she's been standing like this. She's also been grooming herself a lot lately.

 

[SuzukiSwift]

Sorry everyone! My Wi-Fi was out for a while. I'm on a different computer so I don't have any pictures but she has coconut bedding, no wood chips. Also no crickets in over a week. But I am moving and have been moving things around and things constantly banging. I'm thinking that might be why she's been standing like this. She's also been grooming herself a lot lately.

Could be due to all the disturbance. When you say two days do you mean she hasn't moved from the position in two days or she has used that position a lot the past two days?

 

[SPIDERBYTE]

Mines been doing that, bum in the air, not for two days though. I wonder if she's trying to stretch the muscles that move her abdomen. My rosea and A.chalcodes like to do this , especially after a big post-molt feeding spree. Almost like they're trying to gauge how heavy their butts are --- hmm how full am I, --can I still get my rump up there?

 

[airserver]

Oh no she's been moving around just keeps doing that position where ever she is.

 

[ratluvr76]

Oh no she's been moving around just keeps doing that position where ever she is.

I new in the hobby but from what I've learned, and observing my own T's doing this, I would probably find the quietest spot I could and let her relax there for a while if that's possible.

 

[Sana]

My g. pulchripes does that fairly consistently. Even walks around sometimes with her booty in the air.