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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Captain Firecat" data-source="post: 38885" data-attributes="member: 3530">How squashy are young spiders? I've found some brachypelma vagans that are 1-1.5cm body and 2.5cm legspan, which sounds big enough it won't be slipping through the ventilation slits (I'm guessing a few mm), but then octopuses are huge but squash down when they want to get out...That won't be escaping will it... The more I think about it the less likely it seems! Found some stuff in a pet shop for lizards/snakes/spiders that is a little block you drop in water and pomf it expands up and 'retains moisture well'. Given I won't be needing all that much humidity I assume I can pomf the stuff so it expands then leave it to dry somewhere then use that. I can easily get potting soil, but it just feels like that would be mouldy in no time, given it's designed to grow plants in, but I'm guessing I'm missing something there as it seems to come highly recommended all over. Vermiculite is also fairly easy for me to get hold of as it's good for snakes laying eggs so I tend to have it around the house, but that seems to be used for the more humid set ups so I'm thinking I won't need to use it.</blockquote>