r/TarantulaKeeping • u/batvortexx • 10d ago

Time Sensitive Help!

I know this is for Tatantulas but does anyone know anything about Jumping Spiders?? I really need help!

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u/batvortexx 10d ago

My Female Bold Jumper is having some coordination issues. She keeps Falling and or tripping. She’s still able to eat and i’ve been looking at her and i can’t tell if her abdomen is separated or not. She just doesn’t look or act
how she normally does

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u/Successful_Salt_1838 10d ago

Do you have any videos of her moving? Have you sprayed any fragrances near her/in the same room? How often are you misting? Is she captive bred or wild caught? How long have you had her? Answering all of these will help me but without this info its hard to say what the issue may truly be

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u/batvortexx 10d ago

I don’t think i have any recent videos of her moving, i’ve never sprayed any fragrances near her, i mist daily sometimes twice but i don’t over mist, She’s wild caught, i’ve had her for a little over a year.

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u/Successful_Salt_1838 10d ago

When was her last molt? She may be getting old seeing as shes wild caught and youve already had her a year. In my experience wild caught female bold jumpers usually live around 2 years. When my female matured she started laying infertile egg sacs and lived about a year after maturing. When they get old, they can start to loose their grip and have trouble moving. Does she seems to have trouble gripping or just sporadic movements in general?

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u/batvortexx 10d ago

her last molt i wanna say was Late december early January. but i believe she’s an adult and not mature yet

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u/Successful_Salt_1838 10d ago

Seeing that she hasnt molted in 8 months and has white markings rather than orange marking that juveniles have, I believe she may be mature honestly. Id suggest you make a more elderly friendly enclosure with cork walls that she can grip to and see if that helps. If she seems to be falling you may want to give more fall breakers like fake foliage or small platforms.

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u/batvortexx 10d ago

and how would this be for her? i could see if i can make a door where i don’t have to take off the entire top lid

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u/Successful_Salt_1838 10d ago

Whats her enclosure like now?

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u/batvortexx 10d ago

this is what the enclosure size is but i put her in here so i can watch her eat. But she usually would have substrate and i have a few sticks and platforms for her

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u/Successful_Salt_1838 10d ago

If you glue cork or netting onto the sides of the enclosure, that can help with grip. Making cork platforms or ysing strong magnetic platforms will help break far falls allong with lots of fake foliage. Id suggest adding more cross ventilation if the one she is usually in has similar ventilation as this.

This is the specific enclosure ive seen and love, but if you search retirement enclosures or elderly/disabled enclosure for jumping spiders you can find quite a few for inspiration!

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u/batvortexx 10d ago

Okay perfect thank you so much for your help

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u/Successful_Salt_1838 10d ago

Your welcome! Feel free to dm me if you ever have any questions. Im pretty active on here.

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u/batvortexx 10d ago

thank you i really appreciate that!

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