Psalmopoeus cambridgei — Fact Sheet

Psalmopoeus cambridgei · Psalmopoeus cambridgei

📋 At a glance

🏠 Enclosure

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

🪨 Enclosure furniture

• 5 cm of firm substrate with leaf litter to support the retreat base
• Vertical cork tube or slab, diagonal branches, and stable web anchors
• Shallow water dish with a clear service route that does not cross the main retreat
• Arrange cover beside the opening so the spider’s first escape route leads inward

💡 Lighting

• No UVB or dedicated basking lamp required
• Use indirect room light; bright 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: 65-80%; keep the webbed retreat slightly more humid than the open side
• Fresh shallow water dish always available
• Dampen one side occasionally; use very small amounts or a safe tiny dish for spiderlings
• Maintain good air exchange; avoid persistent condensation, sour odor, and mold

🪳 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.