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For Nhandu chromatus: not very hard to care for. I keep mine with a good hide, some substrate depth (she likes to have a secure burrow), and a full water dish. As she comes from tropical forest, I use to pour some water in a corner of the enclosure once a week / once every two weeks. That's it for mine.

I'm a little more worried about your irminia, but it might be because I misunderstood your post (english isn't my first langage!). She climbs: normal, as she's arboreal. Did you give her a vertical enclosure with a vertical cork bark and enough substrate (they like to dig under or inside the cork bark)? She needs that. She might be climbing because there's a problem with the substrate too: no mites? Not too wet?

My irminia enclosure is 25 cm (wide) x 25 cm (depth) x 30 cm (high), and she's almost adult.

What worries me is that she falls. It happens with fossorial spp., but has never happened to my arboreals. They have very good scopulae under their tarses, then it should be rare that a fall happen with those... It might be because, when a molt is near, the adherence under the legs isn't good anymore because of the new skin getting ready, but once again, I'm not sure about arboreal tarantulas.

Could you send a picture of your irminia + a picture of your enclosure?

<blockquote data-quote="Nicolas C" data-source="post: 59460" data-attributes="member: 3795">For Nhandu chromatus: not very hard to care for. I keep mine with a good hide, some substrate depth (she likes to have a secure burrow), and a full water dish. As she comes from tropical forest, I use to pour some water in a corner of the enclosure once a week / once every two weeks. That's it for mine.I'm a little more worried about your irminia, but it might be because I misunderstood your post (english isn't my first langage!). She climbs: normal, as she's arboreal. Did you give her a vertical enclosure with a vertical cork bark and enough substrate (they like to dig under or inside the cork bark)? She needs that. She might be climbing because there's a problem with the substrate too: no mites? Not too wet?My irminia enclosure is 25 cm (wide) x 25 cm (depth) x 30 cm (high), and she's almost adult.What worries me is that she falls. It happens with fossorial spp., but has never happened to my arboreals. They have very good scopulae under their tarses, then it should be rare that a fall happen with those... It might be because, when a molt is near, the adherence under the legs isn't good anymore because of the new skin getting ready, but once again, I'm not sure about arboreal tarantulas.Could you send a picture of your irminia + a picture of your enclosure?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nicolas C, post: 59460, member: 3795"] For Nhandu chromatus: not very hard to care for. I keep mine with a good hide, some substrate depth (she likes to have a secure burrow), and a full water dish. As she comes from tropical forest, I use to pour some water in a corner of the enclosure once a week / once every two weeks. That's it for mine. I'm a little more worried about your irminia, but it might be because I misunderstood your post (english isn't my first langage!). She climbs: normal, as she's arboreal. Did you give her a vertical enclosure with a vertical cork bark and enough substrate (they like to dig under or inside the cork bark)? She needs that. She might be climbing because there's a problem with the substrate too: no mites? Not too wet? My irminia enclosure is 25 cm (wide) x 25 cm (depth) x 30 cm (high), and she's almost adult. What worries me is that she falls. It happens with fossorial spp., but has never happened to my arboreals. They have very good scopulae under their tarses, then it should be rare that a fall happen with those... It might be because, when a molt is near, the adherence under the legs isn't good anymore because of the new skin getting ready, but once again, I'm not sure about arboreal tarantulas. Could you send a picture of your irminia + a picture of your enclosure? [/QUOTE]

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