Phormingochilus hatihati — Fact Sheet

Phormingochilus hatihati · Phormingochilus hatihati

📋 At a glance

🏠 Enclosure

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

🪨 Enclosure furniture

• 15 cm of shape-holding substrate for the lower retreat and juvenile burrowing
• Vertical cork tube or angled bark linking the base to an upper webbed hide
• Stable twigs or foliage as web anchors, with a shallow water dish below
• Keep the door and service route clear so maintenance does not dismantle the retreat
• Lock every opening and avoid mesh, weak magnets, loose panels, and large cable holes

💡 Lighting

• No UVB or specialist lighting required; a normal room day-night rhythm is enough
• Photoperiod: 10-12 h of subdued ambient light; no night light
• Keep plant or display lighting indirect and outside the enclosure where possible
• Avoid bright hot lamps that dry the upper webbing or trap the spider near the top

🌡️ Temperature

• Basking spot: 25-28 °C
• Warm zone: 24-28 °C
• Cool zone: 22-24 °C
• Night: 21-24 °C

💧 Humidity & water

• Target 70-85% humidity with constant cross-ventilation and fresh water always available
• Hold most moisture in the substrate and lower retreat while keeping upper webbing airy
• Keep spiderlings in smaller ventilated containers with controlled lower-layer moisture
• During premolt, raise local lower-retreat moisture toward 80-90%, then let exposed surfaces dry
• Water one side or around the dish; avoid heavy misting, wet webbing, condensation, and stale air

🪳 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.