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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nicolas C" data-source="post: 82130" data-attributes="member: 3795">Well, is it possible your other half wants you dead, for one or another reason? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Jokes asides, congrats on the gift: Pterinochilus murinus are stunningly beautiful.But they are also fast and very very defensive (in their case, we might dare to say: agressive!). Caution is needed in every interaction you have with it. Beware of escapes and of bites. Mine is so nervous that she sometimes happens to bolt out of her hide (which is however secure and cosy) when I open the terrarium, as if she wants to attack me.Keeping P murinus is very easy: bone dry substrate with a water dish, some cork barks and enough substrate for it to dig a burrow. It will web its hide and decorate the enclosure with silk if you give it some decoration. The better the burrow, the less likely it will be nervous and attack, but as I said, there are some exceptions anyway... Choose an enclosure big enough to have some extra space for your own reaction if yours decide to run away.If yours is a tiny sling, you can add a little moisture in the substrate (but LITTLE) but I'm not even sure it's needed. P murinus are very hardy, one of the hardiest tarantula around.As other african spp., they are good eaters, but are not used to find lots of food around, which means they can fast for sometimes when they are full. My murinus (adult female now) eats one cricket a week, then doesn't seem interested at all for weeks... and then eat again. For your young one, one or two right-sized crickets a week is good.As I don't know how many experience / tarantulas you have, I'm not sure about what you need. But don't hesitate to ask more questions.</blockquote>

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