My female rose haired tarantula is what i believe to be stuck to the top of the enclosure. I tried to help her but she just wont come down. I tried freeing her 2 stuck legs and it worked, but she just put them right back on, I woke up to this and its now 12:26 in the afternoon. Please help! It does not look like her 2 legs are stuck to the wire mesh. It looks like they are holding on to the black rim of the roof.
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Help! Female Rose Haired Stuck to Top of Cage?
- Thread starter Jahari
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Shes off and on flailing her legs i think shes stuck
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She needs more substrate in there too in the event that she does fall.
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Her tarsal claws are stuck on the black plastic rim before the lid!!! Put something under the T to catch her fall (or just use your hand) and gently unhook the tarsal claws from the rim. This happened to my G. rosea with those lame metal netting lids… you need to build an acrylic lid with ventilation holes that's flush on the rim
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A small fall can still cause serious injury. That's why it's a good idea to use lots of substrate for terrestrials.
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How's the T? Those lids are a good way to have the T lose a leg or two.
Hate the screens.
Hate the screens.
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LongWindingWeb wrote:
"you need to build an acrylic lid with ventilation holes that's flush on the rim"
I agree. Acrylic is the way to go with that setup.
"you need to build an acrylic lid with ventilation holes that's flush on the rim"
I agree. Acrylic is the way to go with that setup.
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Two of my enclosures:
Aesthetically pleasing is something you have to sacrifice sometimes when it comes to the safety of the tarantula.
Plastic containers work great for them.
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Glass is a bad idea. Too difficult to drill holes into. Not to mention if it gets knocked over.
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Yep. I use all plastic enclosures. Drilled holes and snap lids. No problems. I keep them all in a cabinet, so aesthetics aren't important.
Anything with a screen on the top can snag the T's claws, making them hang there, stuck...so I stay away from them.
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It'd be hard to get the T out if it grows! lol...
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Yup that might be an issue as well lol
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@JAYGEE Excellent! Your T's will do very well in those!
Edited to show my current T storage set up. There's 29 T's in there. I've got two more showing up Wed. So...it's time to reorganize. I need to take out the extra stuff like extra enclosures, cork bark, etc. that I store in there & make it strictly a housing cabinet. I'm running out of room! Problems you like to have in this case...lol
Also, I keep my A. chalcodes in the hubby's office on the desk.
Edited to show my current T storage set up. There's 29 T's in there. I've got two more showing up Wed. So...it's time to reorganize. I need to take out the extra stuff like extra enclosures, cork bark, etc. that I store in there & make it strictly a housing cabinet. I'm running out of room!
Problems you like to have in this case...lol Also, I keep my A. chalcodes in the hubby's office on the desk.
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