Guatemalan tiger rump tarantula

A Davus with contrasting abdominal bands, traded under the tiger-rump name. Similar appearance does not resolve related species or locality.

Confirm the traded Davus identity and locality with the breeder. The illustration cannot verify either.

Plan for a fast-moving animal and prepare the transfer method before opening its container.

Arrange dependable holiday care and keep money available for food, replacement equipment and appropriate veterinary help. Test the habitat before the animal arrives.

Use deep, stable burrowing substrate, a retreat and a secure low terrestrial enclosure. Match vent gaps and floor space to the actual spider.

Measure usable internal space after substrate, guards and furnishings. Check ventilation, cable holes and access against the smallest occupant. Fix heavy furnishings independently of loose substrate.

The keeper account uses 20–24°C ambient air. Preserve a cooler retreat and check summer peaks.

Record the warm and cool locations, overnight minimum and daytime maximum. Air, surface and substrate readings are different measurements. Any added heater needs compatible thermostatic control and safe separation from the animal; assess summer cooling as well as winter heating.

Use a gentle daytime cycle and a dark retreat; no mandatory UVB target was established.

Keep the night dark and provide retreat from daytime light. Lamp percentage, electrical wattage and a product name cannot establish the exposure reaching an animal. Check the finished installation after changes to mesh, branches or lamp position.

Provide clean water and a moist deeper refuge with a drying surface. Do not flood a hidden spider to make it emerge.

Inspect the occupied refuge and substrate as well as the air reading. Adjust water provision and ventilation together, and clean contaminated drinking surfaces. A single humidity number cannot describe every microclimate.

Offer suitably sized cultured insects and adjust to growth, abdomen condition and moulting. Remove uneaten live prey.

Record what is actually eaten and follow changes in growth and body condition. Food size, life stage and the full diet matter. Supplement products require an individual plan; do not combine calcium, vitamin D and multivitamins by guesswork.

Expect rapid retreat and burrow construction. Work inside a larger secure transfer area for essential rehousing.

Make necessary maintenance predictable and allow voluntary retreat. Prepare a secure transfer container before essential moves. Observation should not repeatedly interrupt feeding, rest or moulting.

Leave moulting animals alone and wait for hardened fangs before feeding.

Keep dated observations of appetite, activity and condition. A sudden decline, injury, abnormal breathing or repeated failed moults needs appropriate professional assessment. This guide does not provide a diagnosis or medicine dose.

Keep breeder identity and locality evidence; the common name covers more uncertainty than a generated portrait can resolve.

Ask for a dated source record, scientific identity, life stage and established care history. Keep new arrivals and their equipment separate while an appropriate quarantine plan is agreed. Check current official rules for the exact animal, route and transaction before importing or buying; this page does not establish legal clearance. Never release animals or viable eggs outdoors.

Check drinking access and lid security without digging. Review substrate stability and prepare a secure catch container before any move. Keep a dated record of measurements and observations, and revisit the full advice when conditions or life stage change.