I was just wondering how y'all clean the poo off the sides of your arboreal t's enclosures? Its one part of t husbandry that I don't hear to much about I was also wondering how this would be safely done with some of the more defensive/speedy sp. such as the psalmo's tappy's or pretty much any OW arboreal
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Random arboreal Q's
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I just spray with water and wipe it off with a clean sponge. I how ever do not do it with the tarantula in the enclosure, I move them to a deli cup. I clean the enclosure out ever 3 to 6 month, just depends when it looks necessary.
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For the bad ones, that really make a mess, I move them to a catchcup, and use a shop rag with water and a tiny spray of Windex(on the rag) and scrub the sides, then when they're clean I repeat with just water and leave the enclosure open for an hour to let the Windex fumes dissipate, rinse and refill water dish and put them back. You have to be kind of careful with the Windex if you use it, obviously
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If the enclosure is glass, use a razor. If it's acrylic or plastic I use water with an acrylic-safe algae scrubber. I have them on hand from my fish. I like to block off the entrance to the cork hides after the spider retreats. I usually stuff a washcloth or something in the mouth of the hole.
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Honestly, I've never really had to clean it off. As far as I know, it doesn't attract any sort of pests, like mites or anything. It doesn't mold up either. It really isn't hazardous in any way to the tarantula. Some people don't like having it all over the walls, simply because it makes it difficult to see into the enclosure, which I can understand. To me, it just isn't really worth bothering the spider. Also, if it's an Old World arboreal or something like a Psalmo or Tapy, spending all that time trying to clean the poo off of the sides of the tank, is taking more of a chance when it comes to bites/escapes.
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Great idea of blocking to entrance to their hides.
yet another reason to not get an OW arboreal,
I do the A.avic's weekly except for her little webbed nest area, I use organic cotton pads and water, wash then dry well,
she follows me around and gets in the way,
generally does her best to climb my arm then sulks on her water dish lol
I do the A.avic's weekly except for her little webbed nest area, I use organic cotton pads and water, wash then dry well,
she follows me around and gets in the way,
generally does her best to climb my arm then sulks on her water dish lol
I have some, the wooden handle ones, but my avic is a piglet, take me an hour to clean from her that way ^^
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Just a wet cloth and some good scrubbing will get it off. Just make sure to keep an eye on the T while you're doing it.
really? mine leaves a couple spots here and there every week or so...maybe she poops in the sub. Im gonna liter box train her i think. lol
Lol!!!
Let me know how that works out for you! Maybe you could do a training vid on it later
