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Message: <blockquote data-quote="octanejunkie" data-source="post: 172624" data-attributes="member: 3872">Thanks for posting that pic!Your setup in it's current configuration is good for a non-avic, like psalmopoeus or pseudoclamoris.Could use more substrate regardless.However, that enclosure is pretty large for that size spider, and with the decor and setup not optimized for an avic, can lead to an uncomfortable spider.The keys to keeping an avic happy are a taller enclosure with good cross ventilation, lots of things to attach webbing to up high (fake plants, cork bark, etc) and access to water.The size of the enclosure can be as small as 3-4x the size of the spider, they are solitary animals that will stay close to their web; they don't need vast spaces to roam.Avics tend to go up, usually to the too of the enclosure, and will create funnel or hammock-type webs attached to leaves and branches and the side/top of the enclosure.Do a search for avic enclosure, or look in the Avicularia section here at all the different containers and tanks people use and how the are decorated; you'll see some good examples.Glad you joined before you had a distressed spider</blockquote>