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about 7 months ago I decided to start buying some slings in bulk, grow them up, then try to sell them. I don't really plan on making any money with it, I just love feeding the little babies so thought I would give this a try.
I started taking some shortcuts with my husbandry, doing some things that I have seen many posts, care sheets,, videos, etc... recommend against. I have great luck with it, not a single death in 6 months and am keeping about 150 slings.
here's what im doing that is generally considered a bad idea.

except for my Avics, I am:
using enclosures that are much bigger than normal. itty bitty teeny tiny slings go into a 6 oz deli cup. I have heard it said that doing this there would be an issue with them finding prey. personally I haven't seen it. the prey moves around, the t moves around, they find each other.
using very limited ventilation. about 10 thumb tac holes per container. the oversized enclosure holds more substrate and with the limited ventilation and the sub stays moist much longer.
I don't pre kill prey. I use spring tails, fruit flies, red goblins, and red runners. when I feed I put 3 or so prey items in each container, roughly enough food for 1-2 weeks. I don't take out what they don't eat. this way the prey doesn't start to mold after a couple days like killed would
I do all this so I only have to check in/feed/add water every 7-14 days.

don't really have a question just wondering if anybody else here has lots of slings and takes similar short cuts (for lack of a better word) in their husbandry

<blockquote data-quote="bwhatch2" data-source="post: 236438" data-attributes="member: 48909">about 7 months ago I decided to start buying some slings in bulk, grow them up, then try to sell them. I don't really plan on making any money with it, I just love feeding the little babies so thought I would give this a try.I started taking some shortcuts with my husbandry, doing some things that I have seen many posts, care sheets,, videos, etc... recommend against. I have great luck with it, not a single death in 6 months and am keeping about 150 slings.here's what im doing that is generally considered a bad idea.except for my Avics, I am:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">using enclosures that are much bigger than normal. itty bitty teeny tiny slings go into a 6 oz deli cup.&nbsp; I have heard it said that doing this there would be an issue with them finding prey. personally I haven't seen it. the prey moves around, the t moves around, they find each other.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">using very limited ventilation. about 10 thumb tac holes per container.&nbsp; the oversized enclosure holds more substrate and with the limited ventilation and the sub stays moist much longer.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">I don't pre kill prey. I use spring tails, fruit flies, red goblins, and red runners. when I feed I put 3 or so prey items in each container, roughly enough food for 1-2 weeks. I don't take out what they don't eat.&nbsp; this way the prey doesn't start to mold after a couple days like killed would</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">I do all this so I only have to check in/feed/add water every 7-14 days.</li>
</ul>don't really have a question just wondering if anybody else here has lots of slings and takes similar short cuts (for lack of a better word) in their husbandry</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bwhatch2, post: 236438, member: 48909"] about 7 months ago I decided to start buying some slings in bulk, grow them up, then try to sell them. I don't really plan on making any money with it, I just love feeding the little babies so thought I would give this a try. I started taking some shortcuts with my husbandry, doing some things that I have seen many posts, care sheets,, videos, etc... recommend against. I have great luck with it, not a single death in 6 months and am keeping about 150 slings. here's what im doing that is generally considered a bad idea. except for my Avics, I am: [LIST] [*]using enclosures that are much bigger than normal. itty bitty teeny tiny slings go into a 6 oz deli cup. I have heard it said that doing this there would be an issue with them finding prey. personally I haven't seen it. the prey moves around, the t moves around, they find each other. [*]using very limited ventilation. about 10 thumb tac holes per container. the oversized enclosure holds more substrate and with the limited ventilation and the sub stays moist much longer. [*]I don't pre kill prey. I use spring tails, fruit flies, red goblins, and red runners. when I feed I put 3 or so prey items in each container, roughly enough food for 1-2 weeks. I don't take out what they don't eat. this way the prey doesn't start to mold after a couple days like killed would [*]I do all this so I only have to check in/feed/add water every 7-14 days. [/LIST] don't really have a question just wondering if anybody else here has lots of slings and takes similar short cuts (for lack of a better word) in their husbandry [/QUOTE]

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