Nhandu Chromatus sling

[Terrariumerrific]

Hey everyone! I picked up two slings at an expo last weekend and one of them is a Brazilian Red and White. It happened to molt on the drive home and was hiding out in its tiny tube until this morning, where I checked on it just now and found it running around the container looking for more mealworm bits

Which leads me to a few questions! How often should I feed it? The breeder recommend cutting two mini mealworms in half for it once a week but idk its abdomen seems a little small for that at once, maybe I should break it up into one twice a week?

Also what exactly is the humidity requirement of this little guy? So far I have it on dry soil that I spritz lightly each morning and after work, and it seems happy but I want to be sure.

Here is the little thing

 

[Terrariumerrific]

I notice now I posted this in the wrong category and am not sure how to get it moved.... So while I'm in brachypelma here is the other picture I was intending to share of my Singapore Blue sling, who has been named LeiLei and burrowed yesterday so probably the only pic I will get of it for a while!

 

[Nunua]

Congrats on the new sling.
That is a healthy sized abdomen. It's good to remember that if the sling gets fat, it's more vulnerable to have internal / external ruptures. Feeding it once a week is perfectly fine and a common feeding rhythm for slings. Tarantulas don't need food regularly, water is much more important, and that's why you can start feeding it every two weeks or even stop if it starts looking like a fat tick

 

[nedaK]

I notice now I posted this in the wrong category and am not sure how to get it moved.... So while I'm in brachypelma here is the other picture I was intending to share of my Singapore Blue sling, who has been named LeiLei and burrowed yesterday so probably the only pic I will get of it for a while!

I’ll get @Enn49

 

[Terrariumerrific]

Thanks Nunua, I thought it seemed like a little too much for it!

 

[Nunua]

Thanks Nunua, I thought it seemed like a little too much for it!

Tarantulas are opportunistic eaters and often eat just because they found the prey - Some have stronger feeding response than others, species and individual wise. That's a built-in instinct, and we're kinda messing up with it because we give them easy days what comes to hunting

 

[Arachnoclown]

I feed my army of Nhandu chromatus (48) once a week. I'm not about rushing their development...slow a patient is the way of the spider.

 

[Phil]

for the OP (@Terrariumerrific) it is usually best practice to wait 7 days before offering food after a moult. Gives time for the T to rehydrate and to harden up etc

 

[nedaK]

Freshly molted boi

• nedaK
• Mar 8, 2019
• 2

N chromatus

Nhandu chromatus

• nedaK
• Jan 28, 2019
• 2

love these guys

 

[Rs50matt]

First confirmed female I bought was a chromatus. Then I got another younger female. And then a sling aswell. Nice looking Ts, got abit of character and readily available. What more could you want

 

[Tnoob]

I feed slings twice a week, unless they refuse food. I also have OW species, not sure how that effects things.