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Nurse Ratchet
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Hello there. Tarantula Collective recently released a video "Ultimate guide to tarantula enclosure setups" that you may find helpful. Covers all stages on each type of set up. It's simple and to the point. If you want more indepth, Tom Moran has a 2 part video "The ultimate tarantula sling guide" that helped set my mind at ease.
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Moving T's onto their next enclosure is about how much space the T has to move within. The enclosure should not be too large, as being ambush predators, that limits their food availability, as space gives food space to move within too. But you do not want a T, of any size, within an enclosure that limits its ability to move either.
I just go by gut instinct. A new enclosure should be 2.5 to 3 times their leg span, with height only being available to T's that are arboreal.
Substrate depth for me is a mixture of what the T needs, so a fossorial T always gets a decent depth. But also about T size & enclosure height. So a terrestrial will get deeper substrate if it keeps the enclosure lid & the substrate within legs reach. or 1.5 times the T's leg span at worst. Like that, they cannot fall & hurt themselves.
To be honest, I do not really give enclosure size much thought. It is either too big, too small, or just right for Goldilocks. A new enclosure has some growing space, a small enclosure feels too small, when I feed & thus gets put on the list for rehoming.
I put 3 slings on the rehoming list a few days ago. None have molted during the previous few days & thus grown any since the last feed. But they just felt like they needed something larger.
I just go by gut instinct. A new enclosure should be 2.5 to 3 times their leg span, with height only being available to T's that are arboreal.
Substrate depth for me is a mixture of what the T needs, so a fossorial T always gets a decent depth. But also about T size & enclosure height. So a terrestrial will get deeper substrate if it keeps the enclosure lid & the substrate within legs reach. or 1.5 times the T's leg span at worst. Like that, they cannot fall & hurt themselves.
To be honest, I do not really give enclosure size much thought. It is either too big, too small, or just right for Goldilocks. A new enclosure has some growing space, a small enclosure feels too small, when I feed & thus gets put on the list for rehoming.
I put 3 slings on the rehoming list a few days ago. None have molted during the previous few days & thus grown any since the last feed. But they just felt like they needed something larger.
