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Sucks at climbing

Clownc0ffin

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My A chalchodes is 3"-4" female (I've shared plenty ab her but just incase people don't remember) and she was from Jamie's tarantulas. She was titled as a female and I've had others confirm it as well, I don't believe she's in premolt from what I've read. No bald spot, good appetite, not really hiding She usually chills in the open and sometimes in her hut. However she really sucks at climbing. She doesn't really have a distance to climb but she cannot stick onto the glass, she always slides and when she tried to get to the ceiling she takes a fall (the height is to where she can touch the top by standing on her legs). I've read that it's maybe because the glass is dirty, and also that terrestrials are bad at climbing but I'm just making sure this is normal. The only time she ever truly climbed is when I first got her and she was able to hang on to the mesh before I replaced it with plexiglass. One of my fears is that she may turn out to be male but I don't really think that's the case
 

Ratmosphere

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She is a terrestrial which are usually bad at climbing. Make sure to provide enough substrate in the tank because if she does get far with climbing, a fall could result in death.
 

Clownc0ffin

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California
She is a terrestrial which are usually bad at climbing. Make sure to provide enough substrate in the tank because if she does get far with climbing, a fall could result in death.
I figured it might be the case, I just wanted to double check because she is so bad at it I was kind of like damn. It's no bigger than her leg span, thank you!
 

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