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Message: <blockquote data-quote="goonius" data-source="post: 192289" data-attributes="member: 33525">I went for homemade for the slings also. I think acrylic is great for short-term enclosures and the Ferrero Rocher boxes make great little arboreal sling enclosures. That's what these 4 are currently residing in. I'd estimate they are all around 2" DLS currently, and all are plump and due for a molt. We have a few terrestrials and ordered a big lot of amac boxes to modify for housing, and have found some clear storage boxes on Amazon that make great larger juvenile enclosures too. Then we have a couple larger terrestrials in the nicer acrylic enclosures from Jaime's. I've wondered how well these will stand the test of time, but a year in they have been really nice thus far.I'd initially considered making my own arboreal enclosures for these 4, but was deterred by the potential material costs of my newbie mistakes. Too, the arboreals are turning out to be my favorites of our dozen arachnids, and I've had the great fortune (thus far) of ones who come out and are visible for some portion of the day. They give me such joy, I figure it's worth a little extra cost to upgrade to enclosures where I can be assured of good visibility (knowing of course, that they could have another plan altogether once they are rehoused). The long-term housing is what has actually prevented me from acquiring new slings. It's so easy to collect many of them when they are tiny and don't take up much space, especially with the shipping rates. Already we are wondering if we need to install new shelving in the tarantula room to accommodate our growing collection!</blockquote>

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