My personal favorite arboreals are my Avic versicolors. My P irminia and my Poecilotherias hide too much. Plus the versis are prettier.
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That's often because people practically drown them in humidity and don't provide enough ventilation. All you need to do is make sure they have lots of cross ventilation ,which is achieved by drilling several rows of holes around the sides of the enclosure (not on the lid). Keep them with dry substrate and with a water dish (a small bottle cap for slings). You can keep them a bit more moist as slings. You don't want to have a stuffy cage as that is often what kills them.
Avics are not any more delicate than any other species. As stated above, cross ventilation is the key, and fresh water in a good sized dish will provide all the moisture they need. Some just put vents in the side of the enclosure. They do this to trap a little humidity in there but still have cross ventilation. I put vents in the side and top as well, and give them large dishes. It's worked out very well for me. Avics are the most docile, active and bold arboreals in the hobby, in my experience, and while there's many nice arboreals to choose from, none of the others really compare to them, to me. Even though most Avics don't get very big, there's a few that do, like the amazonica, I think it gets 6 or 7 inches, but I haven't gotten one of those yet. It's on my list though
Just so you know, arboreals poop on the walls. It was quite irritating to me when I first started keeping them.
I need an amazonica, but the campbridgei is one I've put off buying for too long. Either that or the ockerti will be my next arboreal, followed by the amazon and a purpurea. The ockerti does that rump lifting thing, like the P antinous and M robustum. Spiders with character are a big draw for me. I think it's why I like the boehmei most out of all the Brachys.
Yes I guess that was a poor choice of words lol. I have "handled" my A.versicolor accidentally a few times when it was younger. Spazzy little thing used to run up my arm when I'd open the enclosure to feed it.
lol...i figured id clear that up...lol i got ur back bud.
Versi is an awesome electric blue as a sling, and purple legged, green carapace, and red butt as an adult...gorgeous, fun little spiders to own. My A avics and my versis all tend to wander out when I have the top off, I've handled all of them, I believe, very docile in my experience. They're jumpers, so I don't recommend handling them, but it's pretty much irresistible sometimes. The amazonica would be a great choice too, they're very pretty. A avics are the plainest looking, but still cool, and the gentlest and slowest, I believe. And very cheap and easy to obtain in local pet stores. I have one sold to me as an A avic that I believe is actually an A metallica, I'm not certain though...it may be a wild hybrid. It's got the fiber optic wire hairs and a very dark rump. Avicularia is another taxonomically challenged genus...
