Any tips for a noob for keeping 80-90 percent humidity without stagnant air?

Thanks 🙏🏼

He is weakly moving his legs when I poke him so he is alive but normally he skitters quickly if I poke him. I am worried the cold weather and dry air mat be affecting him despite my heat lamp and consistent spraying. He has a cricket in his tank has hasn't touched for a day. I don't want my little guy to die on me. What can I do?

Update: I spray the tank down a lot more and turned on a space heater in the room and now he is back to his skitery self. I am going to set up an automatic system for the space heater and get an automatic mister so this does not happen every time I leave for work.

Random question, I know.

I've offered watermelon or cucumber to spiders for a quick drink and I know some offer it to their tarantulas. Would it also be safe to offer a pea sized piece to a whip to see if they'd sip it?

Not going to offer it without an experts opinion and I know they don't NEED it, but was just curious 😅

I'm in the US, and interested in buying a Phrynichus species (not Phrynus). For example: Phrynichus dhofarensis, P. orientalis, P. ceylonicus, P. deflersi, etc.

(Also looking for Euphrynichus amanica as always, but I realize this is a long shot ⁠⁠:) )

Captive-bred preferred. Juvenile slightly preferred. But I'm fairly flexible.

Unfortunately they do not appear to be available in any of the major US-based storefronts, so I just figured it might be best to ask if any individual amblypygid keepers might have any they would like to sell. [Moderators, if this is not appropriate, please feel free to delete this post; thanks!]

If you are interested, please feel free to send me a chat. Many thanks!

I have always kept mine in a place that is quite dark, usually a closet. I usually only use red light if I need to see inside. I figured this is the least stressful situation for whips.

But it's occurring to me that many other keepers show photos/videos of their whip enclosures out in normal indoor lighting. Even Gil Wizen, for example, appears to keep his whips in regular, bright indoor light (during the day, at least). And this is even with a typical "minimalist" setup of just a single piece of styrofoam, so there is nowhere to hide in order to escape the light. They eat, mate, etc. just fine in bright light in his videos.

I'd certainly prefer to keep whips out where I can easily observe them, if possible. And Gil Wizen seems like an absolute expert at amblypygid care, across many species. So it got me wondering - is this generally OK?

Perhaps if they're kept in bright conditions every day, they eventually get used to it?

What do you all do?

He's p. Marginemaculatus. I'm getting him live food as soon as possible but they've been out for awhile and I don't want him to go that long without eating. Any tips?

Also if anyone could tell me an estimate on its age I’d much appreciate it. I don’t know if that’s something you can tell or not. Damon species I believe

I have finally received my Ambly!! He's lovely and fast, but I have a few starter questions I couldn't really find consistent answers to online.

How often should I be feeding a juvenile?

How long should I wait before feeding for the first time?

How often do juveniles molt?

How big should an enclosure be for an adult Damon Jhonstoni?

I am going to get a African tailless whip and I wanted to know the type of isopods/soil and overall conditions I should get for it. (I am buying off of Underground Reptiles btw)

I've stopped using wax melts, candles, and diffusing essential oils in my room for fear of distressing or hurting my p. whitei, but I wish I could go back to using them. Are there any that are not a risk? Personal experiences? Never tried incence because I don't like the smell, but open to that option if there are any that...don't smell like incense.

I named her Marth because Marth has a ling grab range in Smash Bros Melee.

I bought what I believe is a Damon medius at a reptile expo 5 days ago from pnw arachnids, as well as a 12x8x8 glass tank with screen mesh top, some soil like substrate, and a semi circular wood hide. I think she is a subadult or older juvenile. We also order a piece of natural-looking cork board which we cut and flued to cover one side of the tank, and also used two leftover pieces to create diagonal climbing surfaces. We have been feeding her small crickets (one at a time, making sure to put them in only when they seemed like they were slowing down and unable to fight back and hurt her), and in the last 5 days she's killed and eaten 3, although she left about a third of the last one so we figured that's sign she had enough to eat. We have her enclosure set up with the top, and three of the sides covered up with a removable black fabric cover to provide her with adequate darkness, and when it's night time we have also been covering up the other side so she's not bothered by the lights of our electronics. I put an analogue thermometer /hygrometer in her enclosure, but I'm pretty sure the hygrometer is not accurate at all, but I'm comfortable in saying the thermometer works and her container and our apartment is consistently around 70~73° F.

However, this entire time no matter what we do she keeps spending most of her time on the ground, usually in her semi-circular hide, directly on the substrate or perched where she is touching it. We have tried misting the container multiple times a day, soaking the substrate until it was basically soupy (although we made sure it was solid enough that she wouldn't drown walking on it) and trying to seal off part of the mesh top with plastic wrap , but none of it seems to encourage her not to sit on the substrate. I'm very worried, because I've read stories of Damon medius that were purchased and then wouldn't stop huddling on the substrate until they died, no matter what the owner did. But she is eating well, so maybe she is just still adjusting to her new home? I'm a first time arachnid parent so I want to provide the best life for her I can, but I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or just need to wait.

(For more info I'm like 90% sure she is Damon medius, based on the stripe pattern on her legs, her body is about 2 cm long, she isn't missing and legs or feeler segments, and I don't know if she is female I just named her Astrid; I'm too nervous to try to sex her)

Hello everyone,

I am thinking of buying a 1" Mastigoproctus (I know technically not a amblypigid however didn't know where else to ask this). However I'm not sure how to feed them when this young. Ive had a phrynus whitei adult for 2 years now but I got it when it was already large enough to eat small crickets. Last year I got a very young phrynus, about 1/4", that I tried feeding flightless fruit flies to, however I believe they were too large and it refused to eat them. It unfortunately ended up dying as I couldn't source anything smaller like pinhead crickets. I don't want the same thing to happen again, so I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for feeding really small ones.

This is my first amblypygid and I know mould isn't a danger to these guys like it is with tarantulas, but when do I get worried? Also any tips on how to handle mold on the higher parts of the branches in the enclosure? I've already ordered more springtails and moved the enclosure to a slightly less dark spot in the house.

I fed my big d. Medius a nice fat hornworm yesterday. She hunted and nailed it with gusto. I left her big bark overturned so she could finish eating in peace without me moving a bunch of stuff around. Came back this evening to her laying on the substrate, half hidden under a bit of smaller bark, and she was mostly unresponsive. I was able to actually pick her up which is completely impossible otherwise. I gave her bark a good spraydown like usual and then put her back on it. She's since gone all flat and normal looking but now I'm worried. Is it possible she's just hella fat and chill from her meal? Because she has never, ever let me handle her like that.

I've been in love with the tailless whip scorpion for a while and have finally decided to bite the bullet on some Paraphrynus Carolyna! I'd like to get a few and start a colony in my 10 gallon tank if that's advisable?

Also, where should I purchase from? Ohio, USA here.

Edit: Then you all for the advice, I've decided to get a smaller tank and get just one so I can use the 10 gallon for something else.