This is War!!

[Alexander Ramsey]

This is a follow on thread to my "rehousing conquest" thread a few weeks back. War is my new Haplopelma albostriatum, named after the second horseman (Conquest being my H minax, named after the first). I had to post these pics 'cause since I've had the new H it has been very placid, eating well and didn't even kick off when I rehoused it. Then I put in a waxworm on a tray and the threat postures were thick and fast!!

I'm treating it the same as my other Haplopelmas but on a smaller scale as it is only a nipper (couple of inch span).

Any experience and knowledge to the contrary or otherwise is welcome.

[Ray Hale]

Hi Alexander and welcome.

I keep many Haplopelma sp. I use a deep subtrate. I notice that you are keeping it with a shallow substrate. Haplopelma will dig deep burrows in the wild so I tend to give them at least 6 inches of substrate. I make an indentaion and they do the rest. The problem of course is that you may never see it again unless you get up at 4.00am.LOL

Hope this helps.

Ray Hale
BTS

[Alexander Ramsey]

Thanks

Hi, thanks for that, I do keep a lividum and a minax as well who have both dug burrows but the albostriatum is in a relatively small tank and the substrate is about 3 to 4 inch deep. I know this isn't a lot but relative to the tank it's about 2/3 the depth.

What other haplopelma do you have? Do you treat them all the same (ish) or are there specific preferences for each?

[James Box]

nice naming scheme...don't forget to name the 5th one that you get Ronny Soaks

[michaelmckinney]

A placid albostriatum !!!! From the second I opened the delivery tub of mine, it was strikes and threat postures galore LOL!!!! I managed to get a few pics of mine the other nite, first sighting in about 4 weeks since the burrow was dug.

[Alexander Ramsey]

illusive

I'm getting that myself. Occasionally, if I shine a torch down the burrow, I might....might! See the tip of a leg....if I'm lucky. That's with my minax which is a moult or 2 from maturity. My lividum however has been in hiding for a fortnight and has now embarked on building an entirely new burrow. (I think it out grew the jar it had been living in). However as it is only a young'n it is still very skittish and bolts at the slightest sound, let alone a camera flash. As for the new albostriatum, I only rehoused it the other day and it has made no attempt at burrowing yet. It does however not take kindly to interference. I dropped a cricket in yesterday and it just ripped it apart and left it on the floor. It's still there today, I guess it's not hungry? lol.