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AndrewBush89

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I got 6 new sling 2 I'm not worried about what to feed them there 3/4 to 1inch. But the other 4 are a lot smaller than what I expected like A 1/4 to maybe a half inch what should I feed these little guys
 

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@AndrewBush89. Hi. I would try your smallest ones on flightless fruit flys..
The ones about an inch should take small pre killed crickets..
I sometimes feed my small ones. Micro crickets between 1-3mm.
Hope that helps :)
What slings did you go for??
Sym
 

AndrewBush89

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Huge help any advice at all is welcomed my h. Gigas and my LP salmon pink birdeater are just so small it shocked me there supposed to be the 2 largest as adults out of what I got. I also got a G. Rosea , 1 obt and 2 B. Albopilosums
 

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@AndrewBush89 .. I wouldn't worry about your LP. It's will be your biggest in a few month. I've 1@7 inch plus. And I received a freebie @ 3/4cm the other day when I placed an order..
Good luck with the OBT lol ;)
You will like your curlys:)

Any pics ?

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@sym Yep, I fancied a change and thought Culli deserved a turn. I really ought to put Enn on though.
 

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I don't have pics yet they are so small I don't know if my phone will take decent enough pics to do them justice I got them from tbreeders.com was extremely happy with Jason's service I ordered yesterday at 5am they got to my house at 11am they all look healthy. I already like the obt it already got I nice little web started in front of its hide I can't wait for it to start showing its attitude. ;)
 

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The curly's were more for my son but I think there pretty neat. The h. Gigas I thought was pretty cool cause supposibly they can swim. Then the g.rosea was to replace one of the two I got at a pet store that wasn't doing good.
 

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Well all the ones I can find are still doing great but my H. Gigas I think mad a escape through the air hole in the container I had it in dang it I'm not happy
 

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I had that happen with a tiny sling but luckily the sling containers were inside an ExoTerra terrarium so I found it in the corner of that. It may be just hiding of course, when they're really small they can almost literally disappear into the substrate.
 

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Yay!!!! My g.rosea sling is molting already this is my first molt ever what should I be cautious of. I'm still very new my first t was store bought and I've had it for only 3 weeks or so its bigger though
 

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Yay!!!! My g.rosea sling is molting already this is my first molt ever what should I be cautious of. I'm still very new my first t was store bought and I've had it for only 3 weeks or so its bigger though

Congrats on your first moult. The best thing you can do is leave it to get on with moulting in peace, I know it's hard as you want to watch.
 

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I did in fact leave it alone it looks well and healthy today I was surprised it molted only 2 days after being rehoused and shipped half way across the country
 

AndrewBush89

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I'm happy to say that all my slings are doing great minus the h. Gigas which escaped for sure went through its encloser very slowly no T. But on a brighter note all the others are eating great. my g.rosea hasn't since it molted Saturday but its healthy. my salmon pink even managed to take down a pin head cricket that I thought was fully pre killed but it started to move in its encloser :D
 

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I'm happy to say that all my slings are doing great minus the h. Gigas which escaped for sure went through its encloser very slowly no T. But on a brighter note all the others are eating great. my g.rosea hasn't since it molted Saturday but its healthy. my salmon pink even managed to take down a pin head cricket that I thought was fully pre killed but it started to move in its encloser :D
Thanks for the update, @AndrewBush89. That sucks one escaped... Have you figured out how it did it? A little "Escape from Alcatraz" action going on over there... ;)
 

AndrewBush89

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I over estimated its size when I made its enclosure and made too big of air holes its completely my fault my L.P. is the same size as it but had less hairs on it so I knew it was small enough to get through but the h.gigas looked thicker so I thought it was safe but I was wrong now it could be crawling in my room and its kinda scary I got into T's because I wanted to face my fears of spiders for my sons sake who is terrified of just about all bugs :confused:
 

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