just bought some slings

[Solitude's Pierrot]

Today I bought 4 B.albo slings..

So this is my first time taking care of these little slings..

Any advice guys?

 

[kormath]

They're bulldozers and love to tunnel. you'll need substrate moist enough to hold shape (if you squeeze it and it drips it's too moist), i'd make the sub depth 3 times their dls, and a water dish. Maybe a hide depending on their size. I don't give mine hides until they start to get out of the dirt hole stage when they get to be about 1.5" or so.

 

[Enn49]

As long as they have food and water they entertain you with their antics. Congrats on the new arrivals

 

[Rmac88]

B. albo's are awesome little bulldozer-y eating machines that are practically never sitting still. I gave mine 3 inches of sub, a leaf to hide under, and a water bottle cap for water. I never bothered misting or keeping sub moist, just kept the water dish full (you will soon find out this is easier said, than done.) I got mine at around 3/4 of an inch

Don't be shocked when the little guys decide they don't like the enclosure the way you set it up, and do some redecorating

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[kormath]

B. albo's are awesome little bulldozer-y eating machines that are practically never sitting still. I gave mine 3 inches of sub, a leaf to hide under, and a water bottle cap for water. I never bothered misting or keeping sub moist, just kept the water dish full (you will soon find out this is easier said, than done.) I got mine at around 3/4 of an inch

Don't be shocked when the little guys decide they don't like the enclosure the way you set it up, and do some redecorating

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my larger albo even pulled the colored gravel from his water dish

 

[Rmac88]

my larger albo even pulled the colored gravel from his water dish

Bahaha I love these spiders! The only thing I love more than mines redecorating is its amazing feeding response. Twice in a row now it has taken a cricket almost its same size and flipped over on its back mid tackle. Just awesome

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[Solitude's Pierrot]

They're bulldozers and love to tunnel.

As long as they have food and water they entertain you with their antics. Congrats on the new arrivals

Don't be shocked when the little guys decide they don't like the enclosure the way you set it up, and do some redecorating

Thanks guys for the advice...
As of now I put them in individualy in a deli-cups with holes in the side for ventilation and substrate with right amount of moisture..
So far, one of them already reconstructing its enclosure, from a flat subatrate, now it looks like some kind of a mining site.. And I'm amazed, how the h*ll did he\she do that in a couple of hours or so...

 

[Rmac88]

Haha one time I just sat and watched mine dig, one mouthful at a time...it was amazing

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[Enn49]

Thanks guys for the advice...
As of now I put them in individualy in a deli-cups with holes in the side for ventilation and substrate with right amount of moisture..
So far, one of them already reconstructing its enclosure, from a flat subatrate, now it looks like some kind of a mining site.. And I'm amazed, how the h*ll did he\she do that in a couple of hours or so...

It's incredible how much such tiny slings can shift and they never seems to stop.

 

[Rmac88]

It's almost therapeutic watching them work haha [emoji1]

Think I'm gonna make it a rule of our house to always have a B. albo sling. Once my current one gets to be a juvie, buy another sling.

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[Enn49]

It's almost therapeutic watching them work haha [emoji1]

Think I'm gonna make it a rule of our house to always have a B. albo sling. Once my current one gets to be a juvie, buy another sling.

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That's how I ended up with 3 although they've all grown out of the digging stage now, still adorable Ts though.

 

[Solitude's Pierrot]

It's almost therapeutic watching them work haha [emoji1]

Think I'm gonna make it a rule of our house to always have a B. albo sling. Once my current one gets to be a juvie, buy another sling.

It's incredible how much such tiny slings can shift and they never seems to stop.

Early morning I check the other three for their construction projects, since they aren't digging I leave to buy some cocopeat, then I came back... they are already settled with there reconstruction and I was like, oh shoot I missed the chance to watch how they work...

Maybe I could reconstruct their substrate and watch them work again.. Hehehe
(not gonna happen, I respect and adore those fuzzy little guys)

 

[Solitude's Pierrot]

Btw.. How often should I feed them?

 

[Rmac88]

Btw.. How often should I feed them?

I feed mine twice a week, (s)he willingly takes food every time. Only time (s)he hasn't eaten was during premolt

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[Enn49]

Btw.. How often should I feed them?

When they're tiny you can feed about every 4 days.

 

[timc]

Btw.. How often should I feed them?

I feed my little 1/4" gal whenever she'll eat. If i can't see her I prekill just in case she's down there molting but thus far the cricket always disappears.

 

[VanessaS]

I never see my little 1/4" spiderling. The only reason I know they're alive is that the landscape changes in their enclosure. There was one little mound with a hole in the top, then a second, then a hole under the fake plant... and so on.
You have to resist digging them up because it is tempting, but will only stress them out.
I leave them food twice a week - a mealworm half - at the top of a mound with a hole and most times it is gone by the next day. I dribble water down one corner to keep it a bit moist and to provide a drink.
This is what I got for my effort... a look at the actual spider inside!

 

[Kymura]

I never see my little 1/4" spiderling. The only reason I know they're alive is that the landscape changes in their enclosure. There was one little mound with a hole in the top, then a second, then a hole under the fake plant... and so on.
You have to resist digging them up because it is tempting, but will only stress them out.
I leave them food twice a week - a mealworm half - at the top of a mound with a hole and most times it is gone by the next day. I dribble water down one corner to keep it a bit moist and to provide a drink.
This is what I got for my effort... a look at the actual spider inside!
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I miss that zombie color stage! I need another curly sling my zombie doesn't dig anymore. Just waits for food lol!

 

[Solitude's Pierrot]

I feed mine twice a week

When they're tiny you can feed about every 4 days.

I feed my little 1/4" gal whenever she'll eat.

I leave them food twice a week.

Thanks for the advices guys...

The only reason I know they're alive is that the landscape changes in their enclosure.

So there's a chance that I could watch them work again? (Btw.. I had the worst luck so I may actually miss that chance and regret later...)

I miss that zombie color stage! I need another curly sling my zombie doesn't dig anymore. Just waits for food lol!

I may eventually come at that stage.. So I feel you bro...

 

[Rmac88]

You will definitely see them working again. Mine has not stopped redecorating since I got it a few months back

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