Chilobrachys huahini — Fact Sheet

Chilobrachys huahini · Chilobrachys huahini

📋 At a glance

🏠 Enclosure

• Secure indoor enclosure only; no routine handling
• Keep singly; these tarantulas are not communal
• Fossorial setup; fill more than half the height with compact substrate
• 30 x 30 x 40 cm; substrate depth 20-25 cm
• Open only in a closed room with a catch cup ready

🪨 Enclosure furniture

• Cork-bark starter tunnel angled into substrate
• Leaf litter and stable twigs as web anchors
• Shallow water dish near the access door

💡 Lighting

• No UVB or basking lamp; indirect room light is sufficient
• Photoperiod: about 10-12 h; no night light
• Keep out of direct sun and away from vibration

🌡️ Temperature

• Heat focus: 24-27 °C

• Day: 22-27 °C

• Cooler area: 20-23 °C

• Night: 20-23 °C

• Measure near the retreat with a digital thermometer

• Warm the room or one external side through a thermostat; never heat beneath substrate

• Avoid heat rocks and hot bulbs over small enclosures

💧 Humidity & water

• Keep lower substrate lightly moist; allow part of surface to dry
• Fresh shallow water always available
• Cross-ventilation; no persistent condensation or saturated soil

🪳 Feeding

Feed regularly:

• Captive-reared crickets
• Roaches
• Locusts where legal

In moderation:

• Mealworms or superworms as occasional variety
• Slings every 3-5 days; juveniles every 5-10 days

Avoid:

• Wild-caught insects, vertebrate prey, or oversized feeders
• Live prey during premolt, molt, or before fangs harden
• Remove uneaten prey within 24 h

Supplements:

• No calcium or vitamin powders; use healthy whole feeders

🩺 Health — warning signs

• Persistent wall climbing → substrate too wet, retreat insecure, or airflow poor
• Shriveled abdomen and weakness → dehydration or illness
• Sealed burrow and fasting → often normal premolt; remove prey
• Bite, escape, or hemolymph leak → urgent specialist help

Seek an exotic-animal vet or experienced arachnid professional for severe injury, failed molt, or progressive decline.