My Pink Toe Tarantula got sick

[Onnux]

Hello. I am new at keeping Tarantulas. I have a Pink Toe and a Firelegged. The Firelegged is doing fine. But the Pink Toe...

3 inches long. She built a strong web cave on a top corner of the Arboreal Terrarium. She didn't eat for at lest 3 weeks. She molted. She didn't eat for another 3 or 4 weeks. I moved her to a smaller Terrarium to make the hunting easier (as advised from another forum). I kept offering small crickets. She/he (I never knew her gender, name was Shadow) didn't bother to hunt. A week later in the new smaller Terrarium she died.

What could I have done differently?

I am getting another Tarantula, I don't want to make the same mistake. I appreciate any help. Thanks!

 

[PanzoN88]

How much ventilation is on the enclosure? Avics/Caribena sp. require a good amount of cross ventilation. Oftentimes it’s a lack of cross ventilation and too much moisture that tends to cause problems for so called “pink toes”. That’s about the only thing I can think of currently.

 

[Josh]

Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear about your pink toe. I agree the trick seems to be to provide adequate ventilation while also keeping the humidity high. What size and type of enclosure are you using for an Avic sling?

 

[Onnux]

I kept the Avic on a REPTI ZOO, two-way acrylic reptile enclosure 12x12x18. Cross ventilation. I sprayed water at least once a week to keep humidity at a decent level. The enclosure had a tree in the middle I got from a pet store, and a bowl with water (shallow). During the molting process, and 10 days aftrward, I didn't offer any food.

At some point I read somewhere I could use a heat pad. During winter time the temperature was 65F to 68F at night. Maybe the temperature can be an issue? My understanding was "if I am comfortable with the temperature, the tarantula is too". I am not so sure now. Should I place a heat pad? When the AC/heater is off, the lowest temperature in my house can be 63F on winter, and highest can go to 89F on summer.

 

[Sugar Wolf]

I replied on a post last year about how I keep my A avic. I would also say its probably the ventilation I'm not sure if the temperature that you get at night is a problem My temps at night during the winter I like to regulate so I get 70F - 75F by using a space heater or a radiator heater and that goes for all my T's... Same with summer I like to regulate the temperatures with an AC...