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<blockquote data-quote="TSI25" data-source="post: 82022" data-attributes="member: 6130"><p>Hello Everyone! This is my first post, my first sling, and my second tarantula. This little guy is a curly hair, or Brachypelma albopilosum. He's ~1cm so I figured a modified sprinkles container with some peat based potting soil (no fertilizers or additives) about 2/3rds of the way filled would be a good fit. Holes punched in the top. He's been in there since May 24th, and has molted once already. After he molted he started digging a lot and has constructed a bunch of tunnels and a pretty large underground chamber that he spends a lot of time in. I was expecting this to some extent since he's a young terrestrial but the extent of the tunneling seems alarming.</p><p></p><p>I'm worried about tunnel collapse primarily, and have attached some pictures (sorry for the poor image quality). Should I rehouse him into something a bit bigger? Do I need to be worried about his chamber coming down on top of him? Especially if I'm dropping in a headless/legless cricket, I'm not sure what kind of weight is going to set that off.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]17239[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17240[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17241[/ATTACH][ATTACH]17242[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TSI25, post: 82022, member: 6130"] Hello Everyone! This is my first post, my first sling, and my second tarantula. This little guy is a curly hair, or Brachypelma albopilosum. He's ~1cm so I figured a modified sprinkles container with some peat based potting soil (no fertilizers or additives) about 2/3rds of the way filled would be a good fit. Holes punched in the top. He's been in there since May 24th, and has molted once already. After he molted he started digging a lot and has constructed a bunch of tunnels and a pretty large underground chamber that he spends a lot of time in. I was expecting this to some extent since he's a young terrestrial but the extent of the tunneling seems alarming. I'm worried about tunnel collapse primarily, and have attached some pictures (sorry for the poor image quality). Should I rehouse him into something a bit bigger? Do I need to be worried about his chamber coming down on top of him? Especially if I'm dropping in a headless/legless cricket, I'm not sure what kind of weight is going to set that off. Thanks [ATTACH]17239[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17240[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17241[/ATTACH][ATTACH]17242[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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