Madam Pointy Fangs New Enclosure and Her

[Kurt Nelson]

L. Parahybana "Madam Pointy Fangs" and her old gross enclosure.

Her new enclosure.

Probably a little stressed right now, and the substrate is still pretty damp. She should be up and rolling soon.

 

[Scoolman]

Very nice.
I do have to comment on the height, and screen sides. Lp are notorious for climbing and chewing. With the screen sides of that enclosure she is going to climb. I would be worried about a fall from that height, especially when she gets to full size.
If at all possible, I would reccomend adding more substrate to decrease the overall interior height.

 

[Tgirl1010]

It looks great, but I have to agree with Scoolman.

 

[Kurt Nelson]

Contrary to how it looks, it's only about a foot deep, which all my research they said it should be the spiders legspan plus half. But that being said when she's fully grown she should be about 11 inches like her mom, give or take. As for the screen mesh, its a very durable metal. I couldn't find a decent looking terrarium that didn't have mesh on the sides for cross ventilation. It has 4 - 5 inches of sub right now, I can't really add more unless I somehow was able to block off the lower screen with something. Which I'm sure I could do easily. I'm sure shes in pre molt right now, so if I'm going to do any changes I'll be doing them a month after she molts.

 

[Scoolman]

12" from sub to top? Thats not too bad. The pic makes it look much taller.
You could slope the sub going high from the back to lower in the front. This would leave the screen in the front open.

 

[Kurt Nelson]

12" from sub to top? Thats not too bad. The pic makes it look much taller.
You could slope the sub going high from the back to lower in the front. This would leave the screen in the front open.

I'm pretty sure she is in pre-moult, but... when shes all done and I give her a couple weeks to harden, I might tape off the lower air vents and I'll bring the substrate all the way to the glass door. That should give her another... 2 maybe 3 inches?

She hasn't really left the moss yet, she hasn't even explored. So really likes to sit by the flowers on top of the moss. Too bad they aren't real.