My pink toe seems sick

[Jongmyung]

Hi,

I took this guy on last Sunday.
So far he ate one small cricket 2 days ago and isn’t interested in it anymore.
He moved to side to side but now he just begin crawling like this.

Im just very worried..
Is there anything I can do? or is this not serious for arboreal tarantulas?

Please let me know..

 

[Rs50matt]

A full picture of the enclosure would help but at first glance I’d say it looks exposed. Fake plants and more hiding spaces might help it settle in more.

 

[Jongmyung]

A full picture of the enclosure would help but at first glance I’d say it looks exposed. Fake plants and more hiding spaces might help it settle in more.

Thank you. Now it moved a bit into the wood.
How does it look? I’m going to buy one wood more though.

 

[octanejunkie]

It's not a good setup for an avic, it's more geared towards an non-avic arboreal like psalmopoeus or tapinauchenius, or a terrestrial. Avics don't live on the ground and don't go to ground often.

You want a tall enclosure with a vertical cork bark flat, leaves and cover up high. They live high off the ground, but if it feels exposed and uncomfortable it will stress and not thrive.

Search for avic enclosure, you will see many examples.

 

[Jongmyung]

It's not a good setup for an avic, it's more geared towards an non-avic arboreal like psalmopoeus or tapinauchenius, or a terrestrial. Avics don't live on the ground and don't go to ground often.

You want a tall enclosure with a vertical cork bark flat, leaves and cover up high. They live high off the ground, but if it feels exposed and uncomfortable it will stress and not thrive.

Search for avic enclosure, you will see many examples.

This was the first setting but it didn’t like the fake plant at all so I took it out.

yes I’ll go and get flat cork.

But I’m worried if his condition is bad..

I just have to leave it alone to not to give him stress right?

 

[Seamus]

Hi I can't really tell from the picture but do you have any cross ventilation on your terrarium as avicularia need it. Also I agree with @octanejunkie about adding flat cork bark and some artificial plants to make it feel more safe and also a water dish as I cant see one in picture. Will post a photo of my avicularia setup. She is almost always out on her cork bark

 

[Seamus]

Here is my setup

 

[Seamus]

There is also ventilation on top of enclosure

 

[Rs50matt]

Before you go and spend more money on the setup it looks MM. if you can post a picture of the pedipalps then we can tell for sure. If it is then unfortunately you won’t have it for too long anyway.

 

[menavodi]

This was the first setting but it didn’t like the fake plant at all so I took it out.

You always can go with a real plant, which would look better. At least for my taste.

 

[Jongmyung]

This enclosure has ventilation on top.
I couldn’t find cork bark flat at the shop so bought the wood instead.
seems too big for the enclosure.
do I need to change the enclosure or wood?

one thing weird is this friend is hanging at the glass side mostly.
he had eaten only one small cricket for a week so far.
Is that still ok? I’m waiting him to get used to this new environment so he won’t be stressed out.

ahhh I’m so worried and sorry for this guy

 

[ilovebrachys]

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This enclosure has ventilation on top.
I couldn’t find cork bark flat at the shop so bought the wood instead.
seems too big for the enclosure.
do I need to change the enclosure or wood?

one thing weird is this friend is hanging at the glass side mostly.
he had eaten only one small cricket for a week so far.
Is that still ok? I’m waiting him to get used to this new environment so he won’t be stressed out.

ahhh I’m so worried and sorry for this guy

The enclosure is fine for him as is the wood, you can put some fake plants in to as he will feel more secure.. Most importantly make sure he has a full dish of water at all times..
As @Rs50matt says he is a MM ( mature male) which means unfortunately he won't live very long as once they mature they spend all there time going around there enclosure often 'tapping' as they go just looking for a female, they often won't eat and dehydrate very easily - you can offer food regularly but he won't eat much..
All you can do is make his enclosure as best you can for now and without sounding heartless don't worry to much as he won't be around for a long time
Where did you purchase him from?