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Message: <blockquote data-quote="octanejunkie" data-source="post: 198315" data-attributes="member: 3872">Congratulations, awesome gift!Poecilotheria are scramblers. When disturbed they appear nervous, and scatter-brained and will clamor about almost anxiously. P metallica are less reclusive than some pokies, in my experience, and will tend to be out until noticed and then may retreat to a hide. A top opening, tall, arboreal enclosure 4-5x the leg-span of the T is best. Good cross ventilation and leaning cork bark on about 1-2" of substrate with moss, and as they pass the 2" mark a water dish. Pokies will fill their water dishes with excavate, yes they burrow as slings, so make sure you can maintain and access the water dish easily.I have 9 Metallica juveniles in peanut butter jars almost ready for a rehouse. Have a catch cup ready when opening their enclosures and don't be thrown off by their erratic scrambling when disturbed.</blockquote>