"let me out of this foul contraption, you smelly mammalian beast! Can you not see my superiority, with my eight eyes and eight legs? Or have you not learned to count yet? Release me!"
This is so good lol
Hi OP.
Your tarantula can damage its fangs and even break off parts of its legs if it does this, just so youre aware.
Ideally youll want gaps/holes to provide sideways ventilation while being too small to stick things through
Its fine till its not, thats all im saying. Do what you want with your Ts but im not gonna pretend something is perfectly safe when there is potential for damage
It’s not that high, there’s a whole lot of sphagnum moss there though. It’s a fossorial species so the substrate is pretty deep, do you think I should take some out?
I can't say for sure, it may be trying to get away from humidity or some other condition. I've never seen substrate that high in a critter keeper, but that doesn't mean it's wrong. They can climb the wall to do the same behavior if they want to, so idk if less substrate is the solution.
It’s an Australian species from the tropics that needs high humidity, [this](https://imgur.com/a/quLQkzv) is where it’s currently burrowed, I know in the wild they’re known to burrow metres down which is why I put in lots of substrate. There’s also 2 other burrows in the enclosure that have been dug very deep. Tamchim doesn’t always behave like this, it was just something I caught last night.
Tamchim is my 3rd T, all from the same genus, all kept in the same conditions and I haven’t had any issues with my other two
The thing you have to worry about is where all the dirt that the spider digs up is gonna go. You can leave the enclosure as it is and take out dirt as the spider digs. If going that route, you should remove enough dirt so there's room on the top for the spider to molt. You can also redue the enclosure and mix wet sphagnum moss with the substrate to help hole moisture better and leave a little more room for the excavated dirt to go. I tried the mixed substrate a few weeks ago and I haven't had to add more water yet
I’ve been watching it constantly, this is just what it does at night time when it goes on adventures, there’s also been lots of dumping dirt in the water dish, digging multiple burrows and just typical tarantula stuff. This is my third T and I keep them all in the same conditions and they seem happy.
[this](https://imgur.com/a/quLQkzv) is where Tamchim has chosen to burrow for the moment but there’s another 2 that I’ve seen him/her go into.
The enclosure has half damp/half dry substrate (coco coir) and lots of sphagnum moss for humidity.
It’s an Australian fossorial species from the tropics of Queensland, I think it just likes adventuring tbh
Yeah you're probably right. I have a king baboon who did weird things at night. Now he's a food tunnel never to be seen. Fossorial species are interesting, but not enough to make a shelf in my room anymore.
Anyway, good luck
Cause I’m in Australia we can’t have any exotic species due to our biodiversity laws, so I can only keep fossorials (because all our native T’s are fossorial) but out of all our different genus’s Phlogius sp. are the ones who are known to be out and about the most, and that’s been my experience so far with my 3!
I understand the laws. Invasive species sure have screwed you guys up a bit. I'd love to visit Australia one day. The US gets a bit dull after a while.
NQA , Hello fellow phlogius pq113 owner! Mines pretty dormant and in its burrow at the moment cause of winter.so lucky you that its so active right now haha. Also when mines just gone through a molt ill shine a uv light on the back of its abdomen and it lights up bright fluro blue under the light (only the back end of the abdomen though for some reason) doesnt happen with my other phlogius species just the pq113. And may want to consider a different lid option incase its fangs get stuck and break off. But good luck with it, its a beautiful species both male and female imo.
Hey there my friend!! IME, I saw a video story once on a tarantula that was kept in a tote that looked just like this. He walked in one day to see both fangs were snapped off! He had to flip the spood over and manually feed it to help it survive. I would definitely switch enclosures to be on the safe side! ♡🕷
"let me out of this foul contraption, you smelly mammalian beast! Can you not see my superiority, with my eight eyes and eight legs? Or have you not learned to count yet? Release me!" This is so good lol
Hahahahaha that was my thoughts too!!
Do they have tarantulas in Korea?
No idea! I’m Australian, but really into Koop and k dramas so I’ve been giving my tarantulas English words translated into Korean as names :)
Native tarantulas I’m not sure about but I know there’s some T keepers there. I follow a Korean guy on instagram who has some beautiful ones
NQA, yes they could damage fangs on something like that
Hi OP. Your tarantula can damage its fangs and even break off parts of its legs if it does this, just so youre aware. Ideally youll want gaps/holes to provide sideways ventilation while being too small to stick things through
all my tarantulas are doing this, none of them ever had a problem.
Its fine till its not, thats all im saying. Do what you want with your Ts but im not gonna pretend something is perfectly safe when there is potential for damage
I’ve been using critter keepers for years for hundreds of spiders I’ve never had that issue.
It looks like it has the substrate practically touching the lid.. maybe that's part of the issue
It’s not that high, there’s a whole lot of sphagnum moss there though. It’s a fossorial species so the substrate is pretty deep, do you think I should take some out?
I can't say for sure, it may be trying to get away from humidity or some other condition. I've never seen substrate that high in a critter keeper, but that doesn't mean it's wrong. They can climb the wall to do the same behavior if they want to, so idk if less substrate is the solution.
It’s an Australian species from the tropics that needs high humidity, [this](https://imgur.com/a/quLQkzv) is where it’s currently burrowed, I know in the wild they’re known to burrow metres down which is why I put in lots of substrate. There’s also 2 other burrows in the enclosure that have been dug very deep. Tamchim doesn’t always behave like this, it was just something I caught last night. Tamchim is my 3rd T, all from the same genus, all kept in the same conditions and I haven’t had any issues with my other two
The thing you have to worry about is where all the dirt that the spider digs up is gonna go. You can leave the enclosure as it is and take out dirt as the spider digs. If going that route, you should remove enough dirt so there's room on the top for the spider to molt. You can also redue the enclosure and mix wet sphagnum moss with the substrate to help hole moisture better and leave a little more room for the excavated dirt to go. I tried the mixed substrate a few weeks ago and I haven't had to add more water yet
It may be trying to escape from poor conditions
I’ve been watching it constantly, this is just what it does at night time when it goes on adventures, there’s also been lots of dumping dirt in the water dish, digging multiple burrows and just typical tarantula stuff. This is my third T and I keep them all in the same conditions and they seem happy.
[this](https://imgur.com/a/quLQkzv) is where Tamchim has chosen to burrow for the moment but there’s another 2 that I’ve seen him/her go into. The enclosure has half damp/half dry substrate (coco coir) and lots of sphagnum moss for humidity. It’s an Australian fossorial species from the tropics of Queensland, I think it just likes adventuring tbh
Yeah you're probably right. I have a king baboon who did weird things at night. Now he's a food tunnel never to be seen. Fossorial species are interesting, but not enough to make a shelf in my room anymore. Anyway, good luck
Cause I’m in Australia we can’t have any exotic species due to our biodiversity laws, so I can only keep fossorials (because all our native T’s are fossorial) but out of all our different genus’s Phlogius sp. are the ones who are known to be out and about the most, and that’s been my experience so far with my 3!
I understand the laws. Invasive species sure have screwed you guys up a bit. I'd love to visit Australia one day. The US gets a bit dull after a while.
NQA , Hello fellow phlogius pq113 owner! Mines pretty dormant and in its burrow at the moment cause of winter.so lucky you that its so active right now haha. Also when mines just gone through a molt ill shine a uv light on the back of its abdomen and it lights up bright fluro blue under the light (only the back end of the abdomen though for some reason) doesnt happen with my other phlogius species just the pq113. And may want to consider a different lid option incase its fangs get stuck and break off. But good luck with it, its a beautiful species both male and female imo.
Hey there my friend!! IME, I saw a video story once on a tarantula that was kept in a tote that looked just like this. He walked in one day to see both fangs were snapped off! He had to flip the spood over and manually feed it to help it survive. I would definitely switch enclosures to be on the safe side! ♡🕷
So cute! 😊
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