Display Tarantulas

[Gaboon]

I saw a tarantula at a zoo once and it looked great because it looked so proud and interesting, just out in the open. All arachnids I have ever kept just hide.

What species are good display tarantulas?

[shrek090]

a.geniculata make good display tarantulas when adult.

[Gaboon]

Cheers they look good.

What sort of arboreal are good? I have always liked the look of A. viscoler and P. ornata. Cant remember the spelling.

[shrek090]

Originally Posted by Gaboon

Cheers they look good.

What sort of arboreal are good? I have always liked the look of A. viscoler and P. ornata. Cant remember the spelling.

avics tend to build alot of web around themselves.
ive always found p.cambridgei (trinidad chevron) to be good arboreal display spiders.

[exopet]

I'd agree with chevrons, or sun tigers, but they do tend to be more 'shy' than chevrons.

[Willyleigh]

My sun tiger (P. irminia builds a lot of web and hides most of the time in a tube of cork bark.

A good display species is a Salmon pink L. parahybana they grow up to 10" and rarely dig a burrow, but will occasionally use a hide.

[Gaboon]

Well I have just bought 2 spidering.

L. parahybana and a p.cambridgei from Lucifus .

Im tempted to put them straight enclosures of 9x12x12''. Is this a good idea providing there is lots of cover etc? I dont ever want to handle them and plus their stress may be reduced if im not switching enclosures every few months. Something this size would last them sometime I would think.

What do you reckon?

Cheers.

[joeyboy]

Originally Posted by Gaboon

Well I have just bought 2 spidering.

L. parahybana and a p.cambridgei from Lucifus .

Im tempted to put them straight enclosures of 9x12x12''. Is this a good idea providing there is lots of cover etc? I dont ever want to handle them and plus their stress may be reduced if im not switching enclosures every few months. Something this size would last them sometime I would think.

What do you reckon?

Cheers.

you'd probably lose track of them lol and it would make finding food really hard for them. Much easier to them in something small.

[Scaley]

i personaly wouldnt put slings into something that size! but good choice with L. para, i love mine and molting really well! must be a good 5inch now? i started a burrow for it but he decided he would bury the cork bark and flatten the rest! just sits out in the open now!

[Gaboon]

What sort of size then? Cricket tub?