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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Revant" data-source="post: 182836" data-attributes="member: 33352">Expect losses only if you think you've got everything in hand without prior research, especially if you are not asking around - something you are already doing, thus you are at least 10 times better off than the average impulse buyer who sees a bunch of colorful Ts, thinks, "Pretty!" And immediately buys everything while failing to take into account the responsibility they've just landed themselves in. If you do end up doing that, have no fear! We've probably done it once, maybe twice. It means you are one of us.Just remember to ask questions. Don't be like my dear old da, who, on his first try heading to Sea World, never asked questions at any of the rest stops and ended up at the barb wire gates of a military base instead. Lesson of the story? Better assume you know too little rather than assume you already have enough.When it comes to slings, bigger is always better (3/4s of an inch or higher, if the sellers have it.) The smaller your baby is, 1. ) the harder it'll be to see, 2. ) the squishier (less hardier) it's gonna be, 3.) the quicker it's going to flee, and 4.) the more attention to moisture you're going to need. My adult and juvenile Ts (none of whom are moisture dependent) have bone dry substrate with a water dish as their sole source for moisture. Even then I overfill the water dish a little once in a while, not often. Your baby babies will likely have molt issues if you tried the same strat with them. Not an expert with teeny beanies, so I'll leave it at that until I've learned more about newborn sling care.What will you feed your slings? Fruit flies? Baby crickets? Do you have easy access to them, or can you culture them yourself? Me, I've got a cricket farm I accidentally started a few months back. Haven't needed to buy crickets since then; all the sizes I need are readily available. Slings can scavenge freshly killed insects if you don't have the right size. Haven't seen that behavior, not keen to try it; chopping up buggies makes me shudder. Having my Ts crawl up and down my hands and arms, on the other hand, makes me smile. I can trust my Ts. One even escaped its enclosure for about two hours without me realizing it. Got no fuss getting it back in. Lucked out there. Whether yours will act the same way you'll have to find for yourself.  I hope this is a good start point for ya.</blockquote>

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