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The bathtub is great until you realize you're on your knees on a tile floor and working with little area to brace yourself, put tools down and not slide around yourself; or worse yet, fall into the tub with a pissed off spider, potentially smacking your head against the tile wall or the tub.

I rehouse all spiders with a catch cup, cardboard card, zip tie. I don't bother with paint brushes any more.
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The spider can safely attack the zip tie, no metal on it, won't get it's claws tangled in bristles (ask me how I know) and can't run up a zip tie. Plus, you can pressure the spider safely with the zip tie to hold it in place if you need to. The zip tie is the tool I used to hold OBT mom at bay while I pulled her sac this week.

I put a bunch of holes in. 32oz deli cup with a soldering iron to poke the zip tie through. A long paint brush would need much larger holes, in fact the holes in that cup could be smaller. I have cups like that glued to cardboard covers that fit on top of all cages, like Exo Terra, for breeding and rehousing. Safe and easy.

I rehoused my gravid OBT Thing 2 like using those 3 tools in that exact spot last night in about 3 mins. Easy peasy.

<blockquote data-quote="octanejunkie" data-source="post: 200511" data-attributes="member: 3872">The bathtub is great until you realize you're on your knees on a tile floor and working with little area to brace yourself, put tools down and not slide around yourself; or worse yet, fall into the tub with a pissed off spider, potentially smacking your head against the tile wall or the tub.I rehouse all spiders with a catch cup, cardboard card, zip tie. I don't bother with paint brushes any more.[ATTACH=full]59217[/ATTACH]The spider can safely attack the zip tie, no metal on it, won't get it's claws tangled in bristles (ask me how I know) and can't run up a zip tie. Plus, you can pressure the spider safely with the zip tie to hold it in place if you need to. The zip tie is the tool I used to hold OBT mom at bay while I pulled her sac this week. I put a bunch of holes in. 32oz deli cup with a soldering iron to poke the zip tie through. A long paint brush would need much larger holes, in fact the holes in that cup could be smaller. I have cups like that glued to cardboard covers that fit on top of all cages, like Exo Terra, for breeding and rehousing. Safe and easy.I rehoused my gravid OBT Thing 2 like using those 3 tools in that exact spot last night in about 3 mins. Easy peasy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="octanejunkie, post: 200511, member: 3872"] The bathtub is great until you realize you're on your knees on a tile floor and working with little area to brace yourself, put tools down and not slide around yourself; or worse yet, fall into the tub with a pissed off spider, potentially smacking your head against the tile wall or the tub. I rehouse all spiders with a catch cup, cardboard card, zip tie. I don't bother with paint brushes any more. [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20210829_172545719.MP.jpg"]59217[/ATTACH] The spider can safely attack the zip tie, no metal on it, won't get it's claws tangled in bristles (ask me how I know) and can't run up a zip tie. Plus, you can pressure the spider safely with the zip tie to hold it in place if you need to. The zip tie is the tool I used to hold OBT mom at bay while I pulled her sac this week. I put a bunch of holes in. 32oz deli cup with a soldering iron to poke the zip tie through. A long paint brush would need much larger holes, in fact the holes in that cup could be smaller. I have cups like that glued to cardboard covers that fit on top of all cages, like Exo Terra, for breeding and rehousing. Safe and easy. I rehoused my gravid OBT Thing 2 like using those 3 tools in that exact spot last night in about 3 mins. Easy peasy. [/QUOTE]

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