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Picked-up a C. Versicolor Sling Today!

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Isilwen

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Went to Repticon today and picked up a c. versicolor sling. After losing my LP sling I have been hesitant to get another sling. However, I really wanted to get a c. versicolor. So, I went ahead and got one today. Very pretty little sling!

I am a little worried about its enclosure though. I have been reading and seeing that they need lots of cross ventilation. This only has pinpricks in the lid. Should I change out it's enclosure? Also, the fake plant. Should I get a broader leafed one?

Here are a couple of pictures:

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Something else that I noticed earlier and have kept watch on is that its thorax looks crooked. I'm not sure if I am being paranoid or not, but it has moved and the thorax has stayed cocked to that side.

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You do want more cross ventilation. The enclosure is fine if you can put small holes in the lid and a grid on 2 places along the side. No hole should be bigger than the sling's carapace.
 
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WolfSpider said:
You do want more cross ventilation. The enclosure is fine if you can put small holes in the lid and a grid on 2 places along the side. No hole should be bigger than the sling's carapace.
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I'll second that opinion. What I have my sling in is a vial that I used a needle to melt a number of holes in the side with. Obviously I did this without the sling in there & I left it a while before I put the sling into the vial.

To melt the hole, I used an elecric hob on our cooker & a small pair of electrical pliers held closed with an elastic band. I then melted two bands of holes around the vial. About 5 holes per band. one band a small distance above the substrate, another band about three quarters between the substrate & the lid.

I also have about 10 similar holes in the lid. All of the sling viles have holes in the lid.
 
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I'd give the little guy a bit more space personally, I've found some really nice little acrylic enclosures on Amazon that have cross ventilation. The ones I got are 10 cm/4" cubes but they do taller ones to suit arboreal species :)
 

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