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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Egon" data-source="post: 213050" data-attributes="member: 3479">Welcome!My advice as someone who’s six months into the hobby is to use enclosures specifically designed for tarantulas.I have two slings in tarantula enclosures and the moisture stays perfect. I kept one sling in a deli cup enclosure I made myself and it was always drying up way faster.I kept up with the watering in the deli cup all winter through our very dry Minnesota winters and sadly it got too dry recently and that sling perished. I can’t know for sure if it was the moisture, but it’s my best guess. I feel so guilty. I know a lot of people will laugh at paying for tarantula enclosures for slings since they have to upgraded, but I find that they’ll give you a lot of peace of mind.I have an adult curly hair in a Tarantula Crib enclosure and it also keeps the moisture level perfect. I have a sub adult G. pulchra in a Kritter Keeper and it dries up super fast—the water dish evaporates about four times faster than in the other enclosure.Good luck!</blockquote>