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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tomoran" data-source="post: 60512" data-attributes="member: 1152">I have three (a mature male and female I raised from a slings and another sling). Out of the species of Poecilotheria I keep, mine have been very well behaved. I would say that next to my P. vittata, they are the "calmest" of my pokies. Still, they are fast, skittish, and can really boogie when spooked, so I'm always quite careful when feeding or performing maintenance.. I usually just tap the enclosures before open them, and the majority will either scramble to hide or hunker down, likely in an attempt to use their natural camouflage.As slings, I kept mine in 32 oz plastic containers that offered good cross ventilation and some height (they are arboreal). As slings, they would burrow a bit and use web and dirt to make little "dirt curtain" hides. Although I put in pieces of small cork bark flats leaned against the side of the container at an angle, they would hide under these and not sit on them. I would moisten the sub occasionally and keep a water dish in the enclosure at all times. Kept in the 70s, they always ate well and grew fairly fast. My male matured out in about 16 months or so. The female, about two years.Because this species grows fast and can be a bit of a pain to rehouse, I put them in their adult enclosures when they were about 3" or so. I use the Sterilite plastic bins meant for hanging files. They are probably around 6 gallons or so. I'll put in about 3" or sub, a cork bark flat leaned at an angle, a water dish, and a plastic plant. Even when smaller, they have no problems finding prey as they grown into their homes. For pokies, I like enclosures that open from the top as I've noticed when they do get spooked and bolt, they tend to run around the outside. This enclosure also gives me plenty of room to work when I perform maintenance.  As adults, mine have been eating a larger dubia roach or medium hisser once a week. Mine are fantastic display spiders, always sitting right out in the open either on the side of the tank or on their cork bark.</blockquote>

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