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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spiderengineer" data-source="post: 8827" data-attributes="member: 515">its agreed that most sling should be in higher humid conditions in the assumption they could dry out faster. however I tend to keep my sling like I would keep their adult counter parts and have had no problems. for instance i have kept my Pterinochilus, Ceratogyrus, and Brachypelma slings dry with out any problem.  as far as feeding some are capable of eating live prey, while some will only scavenge until they get bigger. just cut up the B. lats in pieces and see if they will munch on them if not you may have to get crickets. I tend to power feed sling for a few molts to get pass that delicate phase for being so small (my paranoia). so I will feed them every three days until to speed up their molts. once I feel they are of a decent size I then start to feed them on a weekly schedule (that will have to be based on your opinion when that is). some species are slower growers than others B. smithi is consider a slow grower they can take years to grow just one inch, while Lasiodora parahybana grow like weeds. so it varies from species to species.</blockquote>