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A. Seemanni substrate Depth

Antious

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Hi there! New owner here of an A. Seemanni juvenile. I was just curious how deep I should make the substrate.

Right now I’m using Coco fiber (just basic stuff) and he has made a cozy little burrow on the side of the tank but I’m not sure if it’s enough for the little guy.

I’ll include some pictures I have but their not high quality, sorry In advanced. :)
 

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Antious

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Thanks again! Lol! But other than the substrate the enclosure looks alright? I tried to do all the research I could and keep the enclosure simple and effective for the new T.
 

Arachnoclown

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It looks great...for now. Lol The spider will redecorate. :D
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I do keep one side dry and the other side damp...over flow the water dish weekly. You might want a heavier water dish...that's the first thing it will dump out, flip over or move to the other side of the enclosure.
 

Antious

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Lol that’s exactly what mine did with the first burrow. The log you see in the picture was a remade burrow I thought it’d like but it filled it in and dug next to it as for the water dish it’s buried slightly down in the substrate..
 

Arachnoclown

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I do have a young male seemanni that I didnt photo for you. He has totally buried himself in his burrow. I never see him except through a small hole against the glass. He never comes out except at night when it's dark to grab some roaches... then he seals up the entrance.
 

smallbike

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So, my A. Seemanni has been...climbing? She has a fake plant in her enclosure and loves to climb it. I’ve had to tape off the first few inches of the screen around the perimeter so she doesn’t hang from it (it was suspected that’s how she lost a foot in a previous post). I recently cleaned her tank and replaced the substrate, even deeper than before, but she doesn’t care. She’s ignored her new hide (the last one developed mold) and no bulldozing. Just climbing.

I’ve heard that a happy tarantula (esp terrestrial ones) are usually chillin out of sight. Anything that could be wrong, or do I just have a weird one?
 

Stan Schultz

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Hi there! New owner here of an A. Seemanni juvenile. I was just curious how deep I should make the substrate.

...

Actually, pretty much irrelevant. When formal substrate wasn't available for some reason, I've kept a lot of different kinds on a sheet of paper toweling in a plastic shoebox! They loved it! Food couldn't hide. The substrate wasn't soft and squishy, making it harder to walk around. Boss-man cleaned the cage a lot more often. Heckuva deal!

Most of the reasons that we use substrate are that we're convinced that animals need some sort of "bedding" in their cages, and it looks "purty" to the spectators. Also, PETA and the SPCA won't start whining about the way we keep our pets!

Remember, most tarantulas live their entire lives in a tube dug with great effort in hard packed dirt. It would seem that just about anything would be better than that, no? :)

Live long. Keep lotsa spiders!
 

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