hi i have a chillie rose thats stopped eating and seems like it wants to get out of its vivarium i was wondering if it was a male it has no bulbs or hooks its my favorite spider and is very tame so i dont want to loose him/her temp is 80 degrees ive tried it on normal crickets black crickets grass hoppers and meal worms with no success can anyone help?

Hey Dean,

Firstly welcome to tarantulas.co.za hope you enjoy your stay!

Grammostola rosea (Chilean Rose) tend to be slow growing tarantulas and sometimes have a nice fasting period... or it might be in premolt so do not stress it will eat when its ready.

As for the sex a good quality ventral image might help but a close up image of exuvium (molt) would be much accurate.

Try use roaches they sometimes are better.

Give us some pics and we can provide more info!

Hey Dean

Like Dimitri has said. G.rosea sometimes go into fasting periods of more than a year. No one really knows why this happens, all we know is that it does. I currently have a G.rosea that is about 3cm's and that is older than a year. It hasnt eaten in 8 months.

About the climbing: Make sure that you have a nice dry place (piece of rock or bark) for your T to sit on. It could be that the substrate is to wet. They prefer it a bit drier.

Good luck and enjoy.

Thanks Wynie

Hey

I wouldnt worry about it AT ALL. my G. rosea (NCF) has eaten 2 crickets since april, but stll looks and acts as healthy as can be.

thanks dimitri will try to upload some pics for you now may take a while useless ive had him/her about a year and a half now and its still not molted and its abdomen has halfed in size also its not laid a web my other chillie is in pre molt and she has laid her web