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Caribena versicolor died again

Ratmosphere

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How big was it? Did you provide cross ventilation? Was the substrate damp or dry?

I provide all of my Caribena versicolor slings with tons of cross ventilation and a water dish with dry substrate. Haven't had a death ever keeping them this way.
 

AndrewClayton

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How big was it? Did you provide cross ventilation? Was the substrate damp or dry?

I provide all of my Caribena versicolor slings with tons of cross ventilation and a water dish with dry substrate. Haven't had a death ever keeping them this way.
Remember this
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I need to get a video of the avic I have in it, it will come straight to the water dish when filling for a drink, it's like a little puppy haha.
Credit to you for the inspiration @Ratmosphere
 

Ratmosphere

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Do you know what instar/size it was? Sometimes second instar slings don't pull through for whatever reason.

What are the temps like in your home?

I agree with Andrew, post a pic of the setup so we can better assist.
 

cancer69

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Looks very minimal top ventilation all seems to be at the sides, I don't think that killed it but could be a factor in it. I think that enclosure is more suited to a terrestrial/fossorial T, ventilation with Avics you want down low and up high to create the flow of air.
Okay ill look for a better enclosure next time. This is my favorite trantula. I've killed 4 slings already. :(
 

Ratmosphere

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In my experience, air holes at the top doesn’t really matter. It seems like you have everything set up to how I would.

If you can answer about the water dish scent, if there is any chemical smell and what you keep the temps at in your house I think we might get closer to an answer.
 

cancer69

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In my experience, air holes at the top doesn’t really matter. It seems like you have everything set up to how I would.

If you can answer about the water dish scent, if there is any chemical smell and what you keep the temps at in your house I think we might get closer to an answer.
No chemicals. At all. It stays warm. I live in alaska so always have heat up.
 

AndrewClayton

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In Scotland we have a very high humidity the majority of the time, it's 91% right now I think that's the reason I've had success without a water dish with Avics (definitely not recommended) but I find it's proper Ventilation that's the key to raising these in this climate, not sure how humid Alaska is but we are roughly the same longitude.
I'd maybe try getting something a bit bigger next time slings that small are fragile and can react badly to the slightest things. After raising something a bit bigger that's more forgiving then go back and try the slings that's all I can think of.
 

Evilme

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I’m so sorry to hear about your Caribena. So I have been a big fan of these enclosures for my arboreals. They have two sizes, the smaller for slings. I have all my avics and caribenas in them and they are doing well. Switch up your enclosure. I have mine out and open, nothing restricting airflow. This is my spare room and I have attached some of the enclosures that work well. More height in my opinion is needed. The link below allows you top and center access. Gives me T crib vibes. I have attached other arboreal enclosures here that can work too. If you like one I can dig through my Amazon to see what brand it was. I hope this helps! But it gives you some examples of setups too!

 

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