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<blockquote data-quote="Nicolas C" data-source="post: 72268" data-attributes="member: 3795"><p>As you know, Chromatopelma cyaneopubscens have to be kept dry - with a waterdish - when adult / young adult. But when little slings, they are like other tarantulas: the cuticle isn't waterproofed, which means they need a little bit more water than when bigger. I assume that yours is 1 cm body length (and not 1 cm diagonal legspan), right? Then my advice would be: give it a small waterdish (bottle cap for instance), and once a week, pour some water in one corner of the box to moisten one part of the substrate. Doing that, you will increase the RH of the enclosure, it'll help it to get enough humidity. But beware not to dampen the substrate, it could be problematic. When your GBB will be bigger (I'd say something around 3 cm BL), you can stop moistening the substrate and give only the waterdish (a bigger one).</p><p></p><p>For the food, once or twice a week a cricket which is the size of the cephalothorax (or a little bit bigger) is okay. About the substrate, I can't tell which kind of substrate it is, but it could be a good idea to change it anyway, just to be sure there aren't any worms buried somewhere (given previously by the petshop). Otherwise, you can keep it like this, watching carefully if there aren't molding problems and how it reacts to humidity (does it dry very quickly or not?). About the size of the tub, I cannot tell from the picture, but I'm sure it isn't too large. And little GBB are formidable and fast hunters, even if there's a lot of room in their enclosure!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nicolas C, post: 72268, member: 3795"] As you know, Chromatopelma cyaneopubscens have to be kept dry - with a waterdish - when adult / young adult. But when little slings, they are like other tarantulas: the cuticle isn't waterproofed, which means they need a little bit more water than when bigger. I assume that yours is 1 cm body length (and not 1 cm diagonal legspan), right? Then my advice would be: give it a small waterdish (bottle cap for instance), and once a week, pour some water in one corner of the box to moisten one part of the substrate. Doing that, you will increase the RH of the enclosure, it'll help it to get enough humidity. But beware not to dampen the substrate, it could be problematic. When your GBB will be bigger (I'd say something around 3 cm BL), you can stop moistening the substrate and give only the waterdish (a bigger one). For the food, once or twice a week a cricket which is the size of the cephalothorax (or a little bit bigger) is okay. About the substrate, I can't tell which kind of substrate it is, but it could be a good idea to change it anyway, just to be sure there aren't any worms buried somewhere (given previously by the petshop). Otherwise, you can keep it like this, watching carefully if there aren't molding problems and how it reacts to humidity (does it dry very quickly or not?). About the size of the tub, I cannot tell from the picture, but I'm sure it isn't too large. And little GBB are formidable and fast hunters, even if there's a lot of room in their enclosure! [/QUOTE]
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