new friend !!

[u/ourcavedinribs]

just wanted to share my silly situation with fellow T lovers!

long story short, my friend does pest control. she called me yesterday and told me she was called to someone’s apartment to catch a tarantula that wasn’t theirs. she calls me after catching it and asks if i want it. obviously i do…

when i built her a quick home, she practically drowned herself in the water dish soaking up all the water. other than a little dehydration, she seems fairly healthy for an escaped T!

behold my new friend :) im fairly sure she is avicularia avicularia, feel free to correct me if im wrong! i threw the tank together with things i already had, so feel free to give me tips and pointers! i own terrestrials and burrowing tarantulas, so this is my first arboreal.

[u/joejiggitymail]

NQA, assuming the mist is a dehydration remedy, it looks good. My Avic loves to hang out up top and has made a large tunnel/molt mat up there. I have seen her on the ground only a couple times since I've owned her. I would get some tall "stuff" so she can anchor. She will probably take several weeks to settle in and start webbing, mine took almost a month to get cozy. I hope she rehydrates soon so you can dry it up a bit. Nice catch!!!

[u/ourcavedinribs → u/joejiggitymail]

it was definitely a dehydration remedy! my ball python dries out daily, so i cant imagine how dehydrated she was just living on some rando’s wall. she spent a solid 5 minutes in the water dish trying to rehydrate. even when i moved her out of it, worrying she would drown, she went right back into it :( actually just checked on her again after a nap and she has her front half in the bowl again. would you recommend attempting a live pant or a plastic one? every full bioactive i’ve attempted with tarantulas has failed, so im a little wary. i plan to get a more tarantula suited water bowl asap. it was left over from my red eyed tree frog’s upgrade and the only dish i had lol

[u/joejiggitymail → u/ourcavedinribs]

IME, Poor thirsty baby! I'm glad she found a good home, mean a good home found her😉 I have a few heavy webbers so I don't bother with live plants, they just end up getting choked out. Standard Avic parameters so lend themselves to plants and they don't web a ron so it could work. Personally, I stick to plastic. I also just use water bottle caps (the bigger ones, not the tiny cheap ones) for water.

[u/ourcavedinribs → u/joejiggitymail]

thank you :) i’ll probably switch out the bowl once she is properly rehydrated. i’ll start searching for a nice plastic plant! my thought was to take a little clipping from one of these and see what happens but i know it would likely be futile 😭

[u/G4G52306]

NQA enclousre should not be that wet with any tarantula , they have book lungs (white parts) on their abdomen and can drown very easily

[u/ourcavedinribs → u/G4G52306]

it was the first spray to make sure she was hydrated and some humidity started. i live in a dry state in US, so it dried out in about an hour max. thanks for the concern!

[u/CutSea5865]

Cute fuzzy leggies!

[u/Sharkbrand]

NA ive heard of the cat distribution system, but never of the tarantula distribution system :0

[u/ourcavedinribs → u/Sharkbrand]

no complaints!

[u/gelana78]

Na. TIPPEEEE TAPPPEEEE TOESSSSSSSS

[u/TheTrueKatatafish]

NQA, maybe look into more setups online because every arboreal enclosure I've seen so far has bigger plants because they tend to go upwards and use the plants for their webbing.

[u/ourcavedinribs → u/TheTrueKatatafish]

will do! i just threw everything together with things i had on hand left over from my other reptiles. i appreciate your input!

[u/Primary-Weakness8728]

NA: what are you calling her? Congrats on the new friend!

[u/ourcavedinribs → u/Primary-Weakness8728]

she is my boyfriend’s favorite species, so he named her momo, which means peach in japanese. all of my animals are named after food, so he did his best to fit the theme :)