Basic care for C cyaneopubescens (GBB)

[MrFireLeg]

The following is what I think is a general consensus on the basic needs of a
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (green bottle blue) from researching care sheets and husbandry video’s covering enclosure, environment and feeding.

I’d appreciate any feedback on glaring omissions or incorrect information.



Enclosure

semi arboreal so give some height as well as length.

For adults 450x450x450 enclosure
Juvies 350x350x350 enclosures

About 4 inches of sub
Water dish
Hide

Include branches and flowers for extra anchor point

Temps/humidity

Range from 22c - 25c
Low humidity with lots of ventilation

I will overfill the water bowl slightly once a week
Feeding

Mixture of meal worm and crickets

Juvies 2-3 crickets worth a week
Adults/saf 5 cricket worth per 7 - 14 days depending on abdomen size

 

[menavodi]

Sounds good. I would keep smaller ones in same size container, like 45x45. You don’t have to rehouse and the size is not that different. I just feed crickets. You did your research very well!

 

[Oursapoil]

Everything is right on points but I keep only 2 inch of substrate as mine(s) never bother with the ground.

 

[octanejunkie]

Keep GBB slings like non-avic arboreals

Feed in and water their webbing, always provide a water dish and let the substrate dry out before srmi-soaking it again.

As far as food, I feed when they look hungry vs on a schedule. They are a hardy species and it's better to underfeed, always.

 

[MrFireLeg]

They’ve arrived. This is Xena, had a great evening with the family getting them housed!

thanks for all the feed back!

 

[ArachnoHorn]

They’ve arrived. This is Xena, had a great evening with the family getting them housed!

thanks for all the feed back!

Xena is very pretty! Congrats

 

[WolfSpider]

Keep GBB slings like non-avic arboreals
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Feed in and water their webbing, always provide a water dish and let the substrate dry out before srmi-soaking it again.

As far as food, I feed when they look hungry vs on a schedule. They are a hardy species and it's better to underfeed, always.

"...it's better to underfeed, always"
Shout it out loud, my brother!!! Everyone, listen to this wisdom.

 

[MrFireLeg]

Keep GBB slings like non-avic arboreals
View attachment 55039

Feed in and water their webbing, always provide a water dish and let the substrate dry out before srmi-soaking it again.

As far as food, I feed when they look hungry vs on a schedule. They are a hardy species and it's better to underfeed, always.

Looking through this again when you say water their webbing do you mean as well as keep a water bowl filled? And how much webbing should I wet?

 

[Spider King]

My GBB waters her webbing herself, she always connects her webs to the water dish so that her webs soak up the water causing me to constantly fill her dish because she is a brat. Mine doesn't really care about the ground except for under her hide where she dug herself a little pit to sleep in during the day. You can provide foliage and everything for her but personally mine spends more time on the side of the tank (the glass!!) than she does on my very awesome array of climbing things and sticks I got for her. I feed her whenever she asks and she's been doing great.

 

[octanejunkie]

Looking through this again when you say water their webbing do you mean as well as keep a water bowl filled? And how much webbing should I wet?

I always provide a water dish with clean water and occasionally I will drip water into the webbing; think light rain.

They will usually connect webbing to, and often completely web over, their water dish. If that happens I leave it as is and continue to provide water into webbing, moss, etc. I don't wreck the webbing to clean or replace the water dish.