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It sounds like a tarantula that would be perfect for my living room in a habitat that I have already picked out. The Brachy Albo burrows, likes some humidity, likes to stay warm and there is a spot that a habitat would look great in. I have been thinking about this one studying it for at least 4 months off and on during this year. Give me your best questions. This is what I do know please correct me if I am wrong.
Brachypelma albopilosum is a terrestrial spider who requires humidity from 60 to 80 percent. The burrowing nature of this tarantula requires that it have a substrate that it can burrow. Peat moss microwaved prior for 5 to 8 minutes let to cool is a cheap alternative that can work. A hide is not necessary for a spiderling because it will burrow. As the Brachy Albo, (Honduran Curly Hair) grows it will need a hide as well as a water dish. This tarantula continues to grow with age. It's lifespan as a female is roughly up to about 15 years in captivity. CITES lists this tarantula as endangered in the wild. It is still a common captive raised tarantula in the pet trade.
The substrate can be in slight excess of 5 inches but 3 is suggested for adults. A spiderling can be comfortable in 2 inches. Length not height for the terrestrial spider enclosure. It's native location is in the ATlantic side of Honduras, north eastern Costa Rica and it can be found within the Atlantic coastline in Central America. Tropical climate is what the Brachy Palmo is used to in nature. They can be found near rivers and close to trees in clear areas of the rain forest.
The Honduran Curly Hair is an ambush predator. Their diet consists of invertebrates and vertebrates in the wild. In captivity roaches, crickets and perhaps feeder mice of various juvenile ages. Feeding mice and other vertebrates is a huge risk. Not one I am inclined to take.
Anything I am missing?
Study comes first before purchase of any new spider. If I don't feel like I know enough, I do not buy. So far it looks like I have all the basics down. As this will be my last spider, after three there will be no more room for quaint display. So, the Brachy albo has a non medically significant bite is docile and just a big old friendly seeming tarantula, that will be a display pet as I will not handle more than an occasional pat with a make up brush. They remove their waste from their burrow so cleaning should be easy.
There has to be something I am missing.
Brachypelma albopilosum is a terrestrial spider who requires humidity from 60 to 80 percent. The burrowing nature of this tarantula requires that it have a substrate that it can burrow. Peat moss microwaved prior for 5 to 8 minutes let to cool is a cheap alternative that can work. A hide is not necessary for a spiderling because it will burrow. As the Brachy Albo, (Honduran Curly Hair) grows it will need a hide as well as a water dish. This tarantula continues to grow with age. It's lifespan as a female is roughly up to about 15 years in captivity. CITES lists this tarantula as endangered in the wild. It is still a common captive raised tarantula in the pet trade.
The substrate can be in slight excess of 5 inches but 3 is suggested for adults. A spiderling can be comfortable in 2 inches. Length not height for the terrestrial spider enclosure. It's native location is in the ATlantic side of Honduras, north eastern Costa Rica and it can be found within the Atlantic coastline in Central America. Tropical climate is what the Brachy Palmo is used to in nature. They can be found near rivers and close to trees in clear areas of the rain forest.
The Honduran Curly Hair is an ambush predator. Their diet consists of invertebrates and vertebrates in the wild. In captivity roaches, crickets and perhaps feeder mice of various juvenile ages. Feeding mice and other vertebrates is a huge risk. Not one I am inclined to take.
Anything I am missing?
Study comes first before purchase of any new spider. If I don't feel like I know enough, I do not buy. So far it looks like I have all the basics down. As this will be my last spider, after three there will be no more room for quaint display. So, the Brachy albo has a non medically significant bite is docile and just a big old friendly seeming tarantula, that will be a display pet as I will not handle more than an occasional pat with a make up brush. They remove their waste from their burrow so cleaning should be easy.
There has to be something I am missing.
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