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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ajbeardow" data-source="post: 173953" data-attributes="member: 32499">Also, don't be too worried. You clearly want the best for your new pet, and you've put in the research. You'll do just fine! For enclosures, you're safe with anything with a lid that you can't just push off with a light touch. Anything with the slightest resistance will stop your T escaping. As long as their abdomen can't fit through the ventilation holes, they'll stay in their enclosure. Most Ts are happy just to stay put, where they're familiar, anyway. They're only going to bolt if they feel threatened. Try not to startle them, and if you're going to open their enclosure, give them a few gentle taps on the glass, plastic so that they know you're coming.Don't be tempted to buy something huge so that you don't have to worry about them escaping. They'll get stressed out if their enclosure is too big, and they won't be able to find food as easily.</blockquote>