Grammostola porteri — Fact Sheet

Grammostola porteri · Grammostola porteri

📋 At a glance

🏠 Enclosure

• Use the enclosure dimensions, heating, humidity, and safety values from the structured care profile and full care guide.

🪨 Enclosure furniture

• About 10 cm of firm, mostly dry substrate with a cork-bark hide
• Shallow water dish, leaf litter, and light visual cover or web anchors
• Keep the ceiling low and avoid stacked hard decor, loose heavy objects, and claw-catching mesh

💡 Lighting

• No UVB or dedicated basking lamp required
• Photoperiod: 10-12 h of gentle ambient room light; no night light
• Avoid bright heat lamps; if the room is cool, warm it gently rather than heating the enclosure floor

🌡️ Temperature

• Basking spot: 22-26 °C
• Warm zone: 20-26 °C
• Cool zone: 18-21 °C
• Night: 18-21 °C

💧 Humidity & water

• Humidity: 40-60% as a gradient, not a permanently wet enclosure
• Fresh shallow water dish always available
• Let exposed surfaces dry; overflow the dish or dampen one corner only when needed
• Give slings a small moisture patch with airflow; condensation, sour substrate, and heavy mold mean conditions are too wet

🪳 Feeding

• Feed according to the prey type and schedule in the structured care profile; remove uneaten prey promptly.

🩺 Health — warning signs

• Watch for appetite loss, abnormal posture, injury, breathing issues, failed shedding or molting, and sustained weight loss.