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Brachypelma Albipilosum Burrow

Evestri

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Hello all,

As a way of introducing myself to this forum, first I should say that I am a college student based out of CA who has recently gotten into the hobby of tarantula keeping. I bought a .75" B. Albipilosum about 5 months ago during a local exotic pet expo and have been quite happy with my new pet, although I have a few questions regarding its care. Luckily, it has been eating a diet of meal worms and has molted twice so far with no incident.

My first question is, what substrate is best for my tarantula? I have been using a 100% peat moss substrate and keeping it dry. Is the Albipiosum OK having little moisture? Humidity around my house is typically in the 40-50% range but the critter-keeper i have it in has rad ventilation.

Secondly, I have had it in .5" of peat moss and have been considering increasing its substrate depth to 4" so it can make a good burrow. Should I go ahead increasing its substrate or should I keep it they way it is? I've heard that juevnile and sling T's often like to burrow.
 
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Arachnoclown

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4" of substrate will be a little much for a sling the size of yours. I'd stick to around a 1" of coco fiber. Anything more then that and your next thread is going to be you cand find your sling.;)
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This is a 1" Brachypelma vagans. I can always find him when its burrowed. This makes life on me alot easier come to feeding and watering.
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Heres a 3" Brachypelma Sabulosum with just a little over a inch of substrate. He has plenty of substrate to burrow.
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This is a 5" gravid female Brachypelma albopilosum that has about 2.5" of substrate. Shes happy burrowing inside of her cave hide.
Deep substrate will cause havoc with new spider owners.
Good luck
 
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Enn49

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Hello all,

As a way of introducing myself to this forum, first I should say that I am a college student based out of CA who has recently gotten into the hobby of tarantula keeping. I bought a .75" B. Albipilosum about 5 months ago during a local exotic pet expo and have been quite happy with my new pet, although I have a few questions regarding its care. Luckily, it has been eating a diet of meal worms and has molted twice so far with no incident.

My first question is, what substrate is best for my tarantula? I have been using a 100% peat moss substrate and keeping it dry. Is the Albipiosum OK having little moisture? Humidity around my house is typically in the 40-50% range but the critter-keeper i have it in has rad ventilation.

Secondly, I have had it in .5" of peat moss and have been considering increasing its substrate depth to 4" so it can make a good burrow. Should I go ahead increasing its substrate or should I keep it they way it is? I've heard that juevnile and sling T's often like to burrow.

Hello and welcome to the hobby :)
Everything @Arachnoclown says is good advice all I would add is that Brachypelmas are happy being kept dry.
 
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