Enclosure for 1" sling

[Paul Bowen]

T Team, I purchased a tuber ware container and used a drill to put holes in the container/lid but the drill caused a rough puncture inside the container. Should I file it down before placing the sling or am I just being too motherly?

Thanks.

 

[Enn49]

A sharp knife will slice off any rough bits, a file may scratch the surface of the container.

 

[Paul Bowen]

10.4.

Thanks

 

[IamKrush]

Could always melt the rough spots

 

[kormath]

Could always melt the rough spots

I've never liked melting, except for thin plastics like the deli cups. drills and knives look much better on the thicker plastics.

 

[IamKrush]

I've never liked melting, except for thin plastics like the deli cups. drills and knives look much better on the thicker plastics.

Good to know.

 

[Paul Bowen]

Hide for my sling. Made it out of my kids bowl. Anyone recognize the show on TV?

Is this hidentry good? I filed the entrance to smooth it

 

[kormath]

Hide for my sling. Made it out of my kids bowl. Anyone recognize the show on TV?

Is this hidentry good? I filed the entrance to smooth it

looks fine. if your worried about the cut edges you can melt them smooth.

 

[Vagansfordawin]

you said the T was 1 inch?
Well i think the entry of the hide is a bit too large.

 

[Paul Bowen]

Yeah, but found it inside camping out. I'm shopping for something more natural

 

[Paul Bowen]

you said the T was 1 inch?
Well i think the entry of the hide is a bit too large.

New enclosure using push pin for holes.

 

[kormath]

New enclosure using push pin for holes.


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Looks good. Don't worry about the hide opening size, as long as it's big enough for the T to get inside it's fine. To large isn't an issue, if it's on the smaller side for the T he'll dig it out so he can get inside, that's why i think it's better to use half tubes rather than full tubes as hides.

 

[Paul Bowen]

So what size enclosure should my sling be in? Right now it's in a 5" round Tupperware container. Is that too big for a 1" sling?

 

[kormath]

I wouldn't think so. For my T's i put them in enclosures 3 times wide as their DLS. then have time to molt a few times before rehousing again. Once they get to be better than half the width of the enclosure i move them again.

Watch the T, if it doesn't eat, or tries to get the prey and it's able to run away without being chased, the enclosure may be to big. My A. seemanni will go into a stress curl if i put him in an enclosure too large. He's my tiny house spider I had him in a 3.75" square amac box, when he hit 2 inches i moved him to a medium Kritter Keeper (8x7.75x11.75"). He hid in his hide the whole time in a stress curl. I rehoused him in another amac box 4x4" and within 2 days he had dug his burrow. Now he's hiding in it in premolt.

 

[Tricocyst]

yea my first ever hide was a shoe box cut in half and a entrance cut out about 1 and 1/2 times her size so she had little to no trouble entering or exiting and she didnt seem to mind how wide her door was as long it gave her a dark corner to web up

 

[Paul Bowen]

Sling spends most of the time in the hide. At least it doesn't burrow.

Thanks all.

 

[Paul Bowen]

What is this about? Sat dead for 1-2 days and this fuzzy white stuff appeared on the cricket.

 

[Paul Bowen]

Is this natural from letting a dead cricket sit too long or is this something a sling with do?

 

[Sonorantree]

Looks like a moldy cricket... I'd take it out.

 

[Paul Bowen]

Done, that's what I thought too. Thx