Psudoclamoris/ Tapinauchenious slings arboreal as slings?

[Seekeroftruth]

I had read several things that said that Tapinauchenious and Psudoclamoris burrow as slings and that they don't act as arboreals until they get out of the sling stage.

My 3, a burgessi, gigas and violacious, are acting as arboreals right of the bat. Now I'm kicking myself for using top open enclosures. It's only been half a day though. Might they settle in and burrow or should I rehouse them into different enclosures? I'm afraid they may bolt when I try to feed them as I hear this is a common issue with them.

The gigas and burgessi are about 3/4 inch and the violacious looks a bit smaller if this makes a difference in what behaviors they might have as far as arboreal vs burrow behaviors.

 

[Rs50matt]

We have all 3 in top opening enclosures and they’re all fine (kinda)
Violacious are quite secretive we’ve found so when disturbed they tend to run down and hide in dirt curtains they have made. Our burgessi normally just sits there althou it is the smallest of them all (size of the ones we have)

the Gigas are lightening fast and will also run down, however one of ours is due a rehouse and due to its size it did jump out. Onto the missus hand then jump to her knee and then to the floor all before we could react.(it was cupped quickly and returned). this is only due to its size in the current enclosure. Top opening are fine but just a little warning that if they do get abit large for the enclosure they are more likely to bolt out. All nice Ts to keep thou

 

[Nunua]

My two young Tapinauchenius rasti are currently using the whole enclosure (vertically standing braplast tub). They webbed pretty much everything. They also made burrows and used the excess substrate to create dirt curtains all over the place.

 

[Seekeroftruth]

My two young Tapinauchenius rasti are currently using the whole enclosure (vertically standing braplast tub). They webbed pretty much everything. They also made burrows and used the excess substrate to create dirt curtains all over the place.

My p gigas made a small web/ dirt curtain recently on the substrate. I assume the p violacious is in a burrow during the day as it disapeares although I've been seeing him on the substrate at night. The p burgessi is in a hide which is a rolled up tissue within its leaves. It's arms poke out of the opening and its pulled a pre killed roach in it. I hope this means they have settled in. I wish there was more info to be found on them.

 

[Rs50matt]

I’d recommend removing the tissue from the burgessi’ enclosure as it will eventually attract mold and other nasty stuff. Don’t worry about disturbing it (unless it’s molting) it’ll find somewhere else to web and call home.

 

[Casey K.]

I should've put that sh** on youtube. She was NOT having a good day!!!! Hahahahaha!

 

[WolfSpider]

My experience with Tapis and Pseudoclamoris is the opposite. My 3 took to the "trees" immediately. As they got older. They tended toward the ground. BTW, P. gigas is my all time favorite. I love the speed.
I have seen my adult girl NASCAR her way around the enclosure 4-5 times before I could put the lid down--a six inch descent. If anyone has an adult male, I will buy it.

 

[Seekeroftruth]

I’d recommend removing the tissue from the burgessi’ enclosure as it will eventually attract mold and other nasty stuff. Don’t worry about disturbing it (unless it’s molting) it’ll find somewhere else to web and call home.

I wonder how likely it could mold though? The tissue never gets wet. The thing that worries me about removing its tissue is that it could effect its eating. It's one of my best eaters. I drop the food on the substrate by its tissue opening, it pulls it in to eat it, and drops uneaten food and bolus out the other end of the tube. It's also got some webbing in there.

 

[Rs50matt]

I would still remove it. It’s using it because it’s a hide. If you have a piece of cork in your enclosure it would find somewhere else to hide instantly. Some species would have webbed the tissue when they arrive in the post. They still do fine and carry on like nothings happened once removed from the tissue.