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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tje83" data-source="post: 214392" data-attributes="member: 38444">Hi. I would recommend keeping them in 2oz deli cups, poke a few holes around the sides. slings that small do not need tons of ventilation, but humidity  needs to stay up.You want to get them out of that fragile state as fast as possible. I feed slings that small at least twice a week. Fruit flies have very little nutrition, only fed once a week your slings could be starving to death. I would immediately switch to meal worms cut in half, or thirds depending on the size of the worm. You often won't be able to tell that they fed on it, but they definitely will.  Take the piece of worm back ot the next day. Feed at least twice a week until they gain some size. You can get meal worms on Amazon in case you don't have a pet store around. 2oz deli cups filled about half way with moist ( not soaking wet!!) substrate are ideal for the smallest of slings. It's easy for them to find the food, and they won't burrow too deep, if at all. At that size they don't need room to explore,  just food so they can molt successfully every four weeks or so. Use an eyedropper to keep the substrate moist, never let it dry out until they gain some size. A tiny bit of moist moss can help with humidity, but if you keep the sub moist it's not necessary,  and the moss will make clean up harder in the tiny deli cup. Hope this helps. Sorry for the bad grammar and spelling..</blockquote>