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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bast" data-source="post: 11685" data-attributes="member: 379"><p>With our Avics, I have been keeping the substrate moist (read: not wet) and waiting for it to dry out before re-misting/overflowing water bowl.  The slings have much more ventilation, as their enclosures are much smaller and I feel would be at higher risk for stagnant air.  Our bigger avic (3") has less ventilation, however I don't keeping overflowing her dish until the substrate starts to look dry.   So far all is well with all of our spiders...including the 'fragile' A.versi slings.    Personally I don't really think they are as fragile as they are made out to be, I feel like most likely the culprit in those cases is over care of the spiderlings.  I don't really fret over any of our T's enclosures, as I feel they are pretty adaptable.  Less is more sometimes <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>