Thursday, August 18, 2011
My tarantula, An Usumbar Baboon?
I have mine in a 10 gallon tank. She webs a lot, burrows a lot, and I never see her -- basically a "pet hole." They are fast, and can be aggressive. In the hobby, this species is known as the OBT, which can stand for either "Orange Baboon Tarantula," or "Orange Bitey Thing." So, definitely not for beginners. OBT males do have tibial hooks, but an easier way of ing would be to look at the molt -- the females have an epigastric fold, a groove between the first two book lungs which you will see as a well defined fold on the inside of the molt. I feed all my T's crickets. I have tried superworms with my rose hairs. Sometimes they eat them, but usually they just back away from them and let them burrow into the substrate. That's the problem with superworms -- if they don't eat them right away, they just burrow and become beetles. If more crickets are dying than being eaten, then your enclosure might be too big. If the enclosure is too big, she won't be able to find her prey. This species prefers a drier enclosure, but if the molts aren't in one piece it might be too dry.
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