r/amblypygids

Image 1 — New Owners
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New Owners

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.

u/_taketheart_ — 5 days ago

New owner, looking for tips!!

Hi all! A friend of mine recently decided arachnids weren’t for her and asked me if I would like to take hers in, I already have multiple tarantulas and jumping spiders so I said of course!
She dropped them off yesterday and among them was a tailless whip scorpion, I started doing some research and watching videos but there doesn’t seem to be as much information as I would like to comfortably care for this little critter.
Hoping for any care/husbandry tips you all might have!!

She? Is currently set up in a tall exo terra nano with Reptisoil, multiple pieces of cork bark, frog moss and a few plants for coverage, I also provided a shallow water dish and a hygrometer as I read that they are found in high humidity areas what do I need to add or take away?

Thanks in advance! 💕

u/Living_DeadGRL — 7 days ago

Grooming behaviour?

As titled, is this grooming behaviour or something else?

Heatwave is back so I misted and she came out for a drink and just caught her doing this

u/sapnu-puas739 — 8 days ago

p. whitei staying near ground

shes been staying near the ground in this position for the past week or so and everything ive been reading says this is bad news. her humidity was admittedly low for a few days (around 60%) and im wondering if that has caused any trouble. or maybe there is issue with her enclosure? shes been eating just fine and hasnt shown any other signs of distress as far as i can tell. im not new to inverts however i am to amblypygids, any constructive criticism welcome. i just want to know whats up with this and for my girl to be happy and ok.

u/big-ol-birb — 11 days ago