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Pretty Trinidad Chevron baby

spider4747

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I got a Trinidad Chevron today, forewarned that its a fast and aggressive tarantula. Handling is not the goal here. The spider came in a little plastic clear box with cross ventilation, dirt, and a piece of wood that it burrowed under (I disturbed its nest to see him, since he was hiding the whole time in the store. I'd seen him once previously and thought he might make a good addition to my exotic animals). She's got pinheads in store though he's supposedly already eaten. He's a baby, and I mean TINY, like hatchling size.



She's past the bristly look and has a smooth dark brown with prominent orange abdomen and chevron markings. Theres no telling for sure if its a male or female but I put my money on 'female'.
when the time comes the store sells what it calls a 'jungle mix' for substrate and I'm under the impression that this soil holds the correct humidity for the animal. It'll be a long time before Troll needs to move. How often should I mist the enclosure? (google is telling me "frequently").

Her enclosure is super tiny, I broke the piece of wood in half and made room to put a water bottle cap next to it as a water dish. It has a lot of energy and killed a bunch of crickets just to roll them into a ball. I'm not even sure if its eating them.
 
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Rockpython

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They grow FAST! My male matured in about 10 months (from when I got him as a 3/4" sling) They aren't THAT defensive but they will bite if messed with too much. P. cambridgei is a fun T to own!
 

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Whats the most immediate way to sex this one? Oooh man I want to post a picture so bad! The pattern is nice!

Does this species absolutely need to burrow under wood? I got the wood in there but don't know if its 'cavey' enough in shape. Should I be worried if I see no burrow?
 
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Rockpython

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It will burrow until it's about 3-4"... then they seem to become more arboreal. Sexing is best done via a molt. The can and will use anything to burrow under
 

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The one thing she didn't have was a water dish when I bought her so I made one. General gender and age estimation?
 

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I would go taller, since these are arboreal. A tall deli cup would work just fine, just remember to punch holes in it for ventilation.
 

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How much moisture is too much moisture? No resource has told me specifically how much to spray the enclosure, just 'frequently'. To me frequently could mean anything from once or twice a day to once every 3 days which leaves a 50% chance for making huge mistakes.

I saw the different sorts of plastic used as enclosures, theres a place I can look immediately actually (a thrift store called Molly Mutt that donates its earnings to animal welfare). I'm fixing to wait half a month before moving the specimen however because I don't like to arrange the enclosure (especially a territorial arboreal type) too much and by than I'll have some funds to get cricket breeding enclosures (some cheap ones, they're already laying eggs and I transplanted lord knows how many to new tupperwares. Now I'm waiting on the hatchlings. For now this is just an experiment that might end up feeding Pumpkinhead lots of pinheads. Shes also gonna have some coconut fiber (I'll buy a new batch for all my nids) to layer over jungle mix (isn't that stuff kind of wet?)


She's already attacking medium crickets headfirst.
 
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Rockpython

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I never mist my enclosures with dishes. I would overfill his dish every couple of weeks. These are tough T's, don't overthink it.

It's impossible to to age/gender from these pics.
 

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This is the new enclosure. She's built a nest around the back side of the wood.
 

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