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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bugmom" data-source="post: 97925" data-attributes="member: 4273">I would put him in a plastic enclosure with ventilation holes on the top and sides. The mason jar isn't going to give him enough ventilation. Pretty much any cheap plastic food storage container will work as a tarantula home. I get mine at Dollar Tree for, yep, $1 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />You can use a bottle cap (like off water or soda) as a water dish, but being a Brachypelma species, he will probably just tip it over or fill it with dirt. With slings that small, I just add a little bit of water to one side of the substrate at the same time I feed (every 5-10 days). He should be able to eat small crickets with no problem. Be careful with mealworms - they can and will eat your tarantula, especially if he's molting! I've had them eat at least two of my spiderlings.Brachypelma albopilosum (curly hair tarantulas) are excellent excavators, so they tend to move and/or bury water dishes, and make pretty extensive burrows at times. They're fun to watch. Here's a video of my albo pretending to be heavy machinery <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> [MEDIA=youtube]0jQSyBJmp8I[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

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