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Feather leg baboon / Stromatopelma calceatum griseipes

Original price was: R 250.00.Current price is: R 160.00.

6-7cm

7 in stock

Description

Taxonomy
Kingdom Animalia
Division Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Theraphosidae
Genus Stromatopelma

Subfamily: Aviculariinae.

Species Stromatopelma calceatum

 Stromatopelma calceatum femura are ventrally darker. The ventral dark coloration on coxae and trochanter are similar in both species.

Adaptability in captivity: Been bred and kept in captivity for years. They are well established. 

Beginner friendly: Not at all. They are fast and bity.

Temperament: Aggressive and defensive.

Location: Western Africa (GuineaSierra LeoneLiberiaIvory CoastBurkina FasoGhanaTogoBeninNigeria to Cameroon.)

Size: 15cm – 17cm

Type: Old world, arboreal.

Legality: Legal to keep in South Africa (unfortunately this excludes Western Cape)

Care:  Do not keep in temperatures above 30c. Arboreal cage. 

Breeding: As simple as putting the mature male in with the female. Letting them mate and taking the male out again. Stromatopelma calceatum will typically attach her cocoon to one of the walls of her burrow or against cork bark. I leave all tarantula egg sacs with the mother for 28 days and then i hammock them.  

Video of making a hammock: https://youtu.be/FUbQJK9F_GY?feature=shared

Video link for incubating: https://youtu.be/MAIrHfhVF00?feature=shared

Anatomy:

Diseases species can get: Nematodes, dks, heat stroke, prey fear.

Diseases species can carry/ transmit:

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