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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kurt Nelson" data-source="post: 11819" data-attributes="member: 394">It really depends.  Most arboreals can fall from higher distances and be alright however it really depends on how fat they are.  Terrestrials are way more prone to busting when they fall, due to their size.  The most I'd give a terrestrial is 2 times it's leg span.  That's the most.  Rule of thumb is it's leg span plus half.  It wouldn't hurt to throw in more substrate. Arboreals are not supposed to fall.  I watched mine fall 3 times in a row so I immediately took it out of the enclosure and put it in a smaller enclosure so that it wouldn't hurt itself.  Falls do happen on occasion but not like that!  I actually got it on video and I'll get that for you in a sec!</blockquote>