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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spider4747" data-source="post: 64691" data-attributes="member: 4241">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.</blockquote>