Nhandu Chromatus: Advice?

[nedaK]

This is my N. Chromatus. It was my second tarantula (I have 3). It is a good eater (fed on two small crickets the day I got it!). This guy/girl is about 2 1/4 inches I'd say. Here are a few pics.

 

[Arachnoclown]

What kind of advice do you need? I currently have 48 Nhandu chromatus in my collection.

 

[nedaK]

What kind of advice do you need? I currently have 48 Nhandu chromatus in my collection.

Holy... 48!? Wow! Well, I just wanted to know if there was anything wrong with its set up. I have been feeding it medium crickets once a week. Is that enough? I used a plastic cup as the hide and coco fiber as substrate. I'm keeping it at room temperature which is 68 degrees in my house. I don't know if I should keep it warmer. If there is anything wrong let me know.

 

[Arachnoclown]

Your set up looks great. Feeding once a week is fine...I feed every two weeks. Room temperature is perfect...if your comfortable your tarantula is too. Welcome to the group.

 

[nedaK]

Your set up looks great. Feeding once a week is fine...I feed every two weeks. Room temperature is perfect...if your comfortable your tarantula is too. Welcome to the group.

Thanks. I want to feed it less often so I can teach it the tongs are just giving it food and not trying to kill it.

 

[Rs50matt]

What kind of advice do you need? I currently have 48 Nhandu chromatus in my collection.

May I jump in and ask if any of yours spend it's life on the glass? I've got a female that rarely moves off it but she will spend time on the substrate so I wouldn't have thought it there was an issue. It's 50/50 coco fibre/topsoil.

 

[Arachnoclown]

May I jump in and ask if any of yours spend it's life on the glass? I've got a female that rarely moves off it but she will spend time on the substrate so I wouldn't have thought it there was an issue. It's 50/50 coco fibre/topsoil.

It maybe warmer on the glass... just a thought. My Ts will hang out on they glass when the heat is on sometimes. I use coco fiber with mine...I'm sure your substrate is fine.

 

[Rs50matt]

It maybe warmer on the glass... just a thought. My Ts will hang out on they glass when the heat is on sometimes. I use coco fiber with mine...I'm sure your substrate is fine.

That makes sense tbh. She's always on the same side which is fairly close to my PS4. Maybe she feels the heat from that

 

[Arachnoclown]

That makes sense tbh. She's always on the same side which is fairly close to my PS4. Maybe she feels the heat from that

I have a hamorii in my living room by my TV. She will sit on the glass closest to the TV when we are watching it. Here she is watching TV

 

[Rs50matt]

Lol. Weird old creatures. I have this dunce.

How did u end up with 48 thou? Breed and not sold all yet I'm assuming?

 

[nedaK]

May I jump in and ask if any of yours spend it's life on the glass? I've got a female that rarely moves off it but she will spend time on the substrate so I wouldn't have thought it there was an issue. It's 50/50 coco fibre/topsoil.

Mine is on the glass right now but usually it's in the very back of its hide.

 

[Whitelightning777]

Thanks. I want to feed it less often so I can teach it the tongs are just giving it food and not trying to kill it.

I don't like playing tongs of war with my tarantulas, especially large terrestrials.

The best way to feed is to use the tongs to drop the feeder by the tarantula, about 2 or 3 inches away. The fall and bounce will let them know the feeder is there and they'll nail it immediately. They are very sensitive to any vibration.

The tongs shouldn't even go that far into the cage so that they won't try to jump up and get them. Yes, both my Lasiodora and my Pamphobeteous have done that.

If you feed them less often, you'll get an even stronger feeding response not a lesser one.

If they do grab the tongs, try to gently drop them into the cage and leave them alone until they grab the feeder or lose interest.

 

[nedaK]

I don't like playing tongs of war with my tarantulas, especially large terrestrials.

The best way to feed is to user the tongs to drop the feeder by the tarantula, about 2 or 3 inches away. The fall and bounce will let them know the feeder is there and they'll nail it immediately. They are very sensitive to any vibration.

If you feed them less often, you'll get an even stronger feeding response not a lesser one.

Yeah I know, mine just doesn't like the tongs. It doesn't bite them or anything it just is afraid of them. I'm hoping if I feed it less often I get that takedown that I just never get.

 

[nedaK]

I don't like playing tongs of war with my tarantulas, especially large terrestrials.

The best way to feed is to use the tongs to drop the feeder by the tarantula, about 2 or 3 inches away. The fall and bounce will let them know the feeder is there and they'll nail it immediately. They are very sensitive to any vibration.

The tongs shouldn't even go that far into the cage so that they won't try to jump up and get them. Yes, both my Lasiodora and my Pamphobeteous have done that.

If you feed them less often, you'll get an even stronger feeding response not a lesser one.

If they do grab the tongs, try to gently drop them into the cage and leave them alone until they grab the feeder or lose interest.

BTW my nhandu is still small its the T in my profile pic.

 

[Enn49]

I've never tong fed mine, I decant a few crickets into a 1" vial and just drop the food into the container as near the T as possible and let it hunt.

 

[Rs50matt]

Mine is on the glass right now but usually it's in the very back of its hide.

Yea I have a smaller female that's "normal". But it was my larger female I though I might have done something wrong lol