t.stirmi keeps trying to climb up the side of the enclosure

[Logan D]

My t.stirmi keeps tryin to climb and idk why he has 4 to 5 in of substrate and the humidity is always between 70 and 80 % any ideas why he keeps trying to climb

 

[katiekatelyn]

Mine does his laps around the tank, and tries to climb the walls for hours and hours on end. He makes a huge racket every time he falls. I have half a dozen pictures of him just dangling from the ledge by his two front legs. I believe he is just hunting, or exploring or both. Either way, he has soft sphagnum moss and a short tank so I'm not worried.

 

[Logan D]

 

[katiekatelyn]

 

[katiekatelyn]

They must like exploring.

 

[Logan D]

how old would you estimate my t.stirmi is ????

 

[katiekatelyn]

I have no idea. Mine is a MM, and yours looks smaller than mine. Is it a male or female?

 

[Logan D]

idk but i ordered a female

 

[2G33K4U]

How moist is the substrate?

 

[2G33K4U]

Terrestrials climbing walls usually means something is making spider unhappy. Ever watch Jon3800 Videos? he does a series of mythbuster videos on the various Tarantulas.

This one covers Goliaths. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A0XB4vr9EA he also has some great feeding videos his collection is huge and he has been in the hobby a very long time. Whenever i get a New T I see if he has a mythbuster on it.

 

[katiekatelyn]

I learned nothing from his video that I didn't already know. I am convinced that my t.stirmi does that because he's hunting and comes across an obstacle (the wall) and attempts to climb over it. Obviously he can't, but he roams around his tank feeling along and each wall he comes up to he tries to climb until he realizes he can't and proceeds along. Then he goes back into his burrow.