New tarantula I have questions!

[Courtney]

I just bought a rose haired tarantula from petco this past Friday since putting him/her in it's tank he/she is doin a whole lot of nothing I've had one for 4 years when I was a kid and they didn't move much to begin with but this one is in the corner with its legs over its head hasn't eaten not sure if it's drinking but hasn't burrowed and hasn't spun a web. This is the 5th day I've had him/her can someone give me some advice? My last one didn't require any maintenance she never needed a heat lamp and was pretty active for a tarantula I just put her in and she loved it I was expecting the same from this one but it doesn't seam to like it

 

[Ceratogyrus]

I would recommend getting it onto a different substrate. Wood chips are not the greatest. Try and get some palm peat if possible.
Can you get a pic of it spread out?

 

[Nada]

I agree, it also doesn't seem to have much room (footprint wise) they're terrestrials, and you want to discourage climbing. Also 5 days isn't a long time, sometimes it takes a month amore for the T to settle in. (definitely change the substrate though)

 

[khatchet]

When you change the substrate make sure it is dry and it will settle in a bit faster with that.

 

[jon ross]

Yep defo substrante. I have a chille and a smithi and they both had peat substrate and loved it but i got an infestation of little wormy things and changed the substrate to covonut media, smithi loves it but chille hates it and did the same as yours so i had to go back to peat and shes fine now

 

[Christell Erasmus]

She is a beautiful tarantula, congrats. but like the other members said, change the wood chips.

 

[Courtney]

Thank for the advise! I had a feeling it was the wood chips she looks uncomfortable she won't even touch the wood chips with her body I got the peat and will be changing it tonight! I also moved her to my closet for now it's dark and quiet in their also because she was in my living room witch has a lot of traffic Goin through so that might have something to do with it she actually climbed onto the piece of wood so it seemed to have helped her come out Here is a pic of her spread out on the wood

 

[jon ross]

Id remove the spounge too. They can get their fangs caught. Just put a few clean stones in the water dish

 

[Nada]

the sponge has to go. fresh clean water is just fine. Stones are to keep feeders from drowning, they don't help the spider at all.

 

[entomology]

stones are porous and harbor bacteria in crevices in the stones a good idea is too use "glass marbles" and i agree with NADA to get rid of the sponge

 

[Christell Erasmus]

Please post photos one you have changed her substrate. Would love to see more of her.

 

[entomology]

Ok will take pic quick

 

[entomology]

Is this what you wanted to see?

 

[Christell Erasmus]

Great

 

[entomology]

Pleasure am glad to assist where I can

 

[jon ross]

Ah that my explain my on going problem with those little white things in the water!

Hows you t doing now?

 

[entomology]

Who is the question related too??

 

[entomology]

If mine it's only some peat moss and very little amounts of vermiculite to maintains good humidity level.

 

[jon ross]

You lol. Hows you t finding the different substrate?

 

[entomology]

My T's are mostly climbing all over and rarely in the ground.. Lol but moisture is good just not too much as tarantulas dehydrate very easily.