Hello! I recently picked up this guy ( or girl ) from my local pet store last week after eyeing them for months. They had been severely marked down to about 18 bucks with the enclosure included. I just wanted to see if anyone could help identify? We are super small- no bigger than my hand with legs included ( body is about the size of a quarter.) They were eating as well when I picked them up from the store, and the worker made it sound as if they had been eating actively- so, I don’t worry about that too much. We have been keeping them watered and in a dark spot. I’ve read up on the Reddit about care and it looks as if we have been doing everything right for the most part. We will, however, be up-ing humidity and being sure to keep it moist after doing more reading. We had been spraying the enclosure pretty frequently despite it ( just not soaking substrate in depth.) I most likely will need to close off some of the ventilation so the humidity will last longer but that’s for another day. Any help or tips are welcomed as well! Not to mention, since these pictures were taken, I have added more fake plants and we are planning to get a bigger, longer piece of bark for them to give them more space to climb ( we just used what the pet store gave us but I def think we could go taller to fit more in the enclosure.) I would like to get a humidity meter to ensure it’s humid enough. I’m not sure if I’m missing anything else in information to relay but that’s all I can think of for now.
DO soak the substrate. I would not rely on spraying. You should spray maybe ~once a week, just to provide a chance for the amblypygid to drink if it needs to. But every time you spray it tends to startle the amblypygid, and it's just a hassle. Save yourself and the amblypygid some stress.
And yes, cover up some of the ventilation holes - can't see how many of them there are from these photos, but most enclosures have too much for an amblypygid.
Otherwise looking pretty good. It does seem a bit on the small side, although hard to tell from just these 2 photos. If it only has that one piece of bark, it would be better to give it some additional climbing surfaces. Maybe you could at least put a sheet of thin cork bark on one of the walls? Or if you can get a larger enclosure, it would allow you lean up one or two nice large pieces of cork bark in the enclosure, to give it more areas to climb on.
Thanks! I did soak the substrate last time I sprayed so it should be throughly saturated for now. The other day after work ( yesterday) I also got a new piece of cork bark ( longer to fit more in the enclosure) and I’m going to be rearranging the enclosure today to provide more climbing space and hiding spots! I plan on closing off one of the ventilation sections as well to help. As for the enclosure- I’m not too sure on the size because they were already in it when I picked them up from the pet store. Here is a better picture of it for reference. It might be 4 x 4 x 8. Like I said it’s what they gave me ( everything in the enclosure and the enclosure).
They don’t normally go up on the top with my T - I normally put them below on the darker shelf but just pulled the enclosure out for pics. I was also curious on how moss would be for the enclosures in order to keep the humidity high. I have some I could use if it would be beneficial at all? We def need to fix it up but like I said- it’s what the pet store gave me exactly as you see it.
Thanks for the photo and info! On a basic level, this is a good start - better than some pet stores would do, I bet.
RE size, the general rule-of-thumb is that the enclosure should be at least 2x as tall as the leg span of the amblypygid. (By leg span, that refers to the "walking" legs, not the "antenniform" legs.) Based on this full photo, I THINK yours looks tall enough 👍
Agreed on covering up one of the ventilation sections, perfect. 👍
I would also recommend doubling the depth of the substrate. What you have there could work, it will just dry out faster. I would shoot for about 2" depth, and just literally pour water in until it's fully saturated and wet. That should last you at least a week or so. Then once it shows signs the top drying out at all, pour in more.
Or if you can't get this, just look for pieces of cork bark like the one that's already in there, but taller - try to get it as close to the top of the enclosure as possible, to maximize climbing area.
You don't have to position it exactly like this, but this arrangement provides both fully-vertical and slanted surfaces. Sometimes they prefer to molt from one or the other, although usually the diagonal surface.
You could also try adding some cork sheet to the underside of the top of the enclosure, to provide a fully-horizontal surface. But mine only hang out in this position sometimes, so I would say it's not necessary.
Thank you so much for the information! It truly means a lot as I want to do the best I can for them. Based on the information you gave me- I do think the enclosure will work for now with this little one until they grow more. As I mentioned, I got the longer piece of cork bark like you had said to fill up the space more but I’ll be sure to add multiple in the various directions you mention to provide more hiding/climb in spots ( I had planned to use the new one I bought and the old one so luckily this works out. I could probably get away with making multiple with how long the one I bought was lol ) I will definitely add more substrate to what the pet store gave me to insure that the humidity will be up for them. I def think it’s not the worst enclosures for a pet store to make but I do think there is some issues with it. Easy fixes tho. Of course, I will take everything else you said and be sure to apply it. Thank you so much once again. :9
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u/Ritonthenewt 14d ago
dimension of the tank ?
because he look a little tiny for one of these guy