Monocentropus balfouri — Fact Sheet

Monocentropus balfouri · Monocentropus balfouri

📋 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 25 cm of firm substrate with stable cork sections and starter burrows
• Several retreats and web anchors, especially when maintaining an established group
• Water dish and service point at the edge of the webbed area
• Secure all decor against collapse and avoid breaking clean central webbing during routine work

💡 Lighting

• No UVB or dedicated basking lamp required
• Use indirect room light; direct lamps can overheat and dry the webbed retreat
• Photoperiod: 10-12 h ambient light; no night light

🌡️ Temperature

• Basking spot: 24-27 °C
• Warm zone: 22-27 °C
• Cool zone: 20-23 °C
• Night: 20-23 °C

💧 Humidity & water

• Target range: 45-60%; keep one area beside part of the retreat slightly moist
• Fresh shallow water dish always available
• Let the surface dry after heavier watering
• Provide strong ventilation; avoid stagnant moisture, heavy air, and a wet main enclosure

🪳 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.