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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 184851" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>A few weeks ago I brought a Theraphosa sling, probably a stirmi, from someone new to the hobby. It came complete with a very well set up enclosure & a lot of other bits. The enclosure is too large for a sling, being 12 inches, by 12 inches. But it has an arch of cork bark in it, that it spends it's time in & that bark is covered by moss. </p><p></p><p>I keep the moss moist & put a cricket or two into it's bark tunnel every week & I don't see any crickets roaming, so it is eating. It's environment is moist, darkish & small, even if the tank is really too big for it.</p><p></p><p>Give your blondi somewhere to sit in the dark. Mostly I use a terracotta flower pots, that I cut in half & sanded the rough edges off, I then dig the closed end into the substrate a little. Sometimes I use an arch of cork bark on the surface, or half a coconut shell. I even have some large bamboo tubes in some dry enclosures. </p><p></p><p>My big blondi which is well over 8 inches, has an arch of bark on the surface, but has dug the substrate out below it & recently molted there. My blondi juvenile also has bark & has done the same thing & webbed it's self in, so is probably about to molt.</p><p></p><p> </p><p>If you use something like cork bark, or half a plastic flower pot, something that will live with the moisture & keep the area under it moist by putting some sphagnum moss over it & maybe put some more moss on the surface in a close by corner & keep that moss moist with a mist every few days. Your blondi will have a moist place to hide away & somewhere to feel safe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 184851, member: 29323"] A few weeks ago I brought a Theraphosa sling, probably a stirmi, from someone new to the hobby. It came complete with a very well set up enclosure & a lot of other bits. The enclosure is too large for a sling, being 12 inches, by 12 inches. But it has an arch of cork bark in it, that it spends it's time in & that bark is covered by moss. I keep the moss moist & put a cricket or two into it's bark tunnel every week & I don't see any crickets roaming, so it is eating. It's environment is moist, darkish & small, even if the tank is really too big for it. Give your blondi somewhere to sit in the dark. Mostly I use a terracotta flower pots, that I cut in half & sanded the rough edges off, I then dig the closed end into the substrate a little. Sometimes I use an arch of cork bark on the surface, or half a coconut shell. I even have some large bamboo tubes in some dry enclosures. My big blondi which is well over 8 inches, has an arch of bark on the surface, but has dug the substrate out below it & recently molted there. My blondi juvenile also has bark & has done the same thing & webbed it's self in, so is probably about to molt. If you use something like cork bark, or half a plastic flower pot, something that will live with the moisture & keep the area under it moist by putting some sphagnum moss over it & maybe put some more moss on the surface in a close by corner & keep that moss moist with a mist every few days. Your blondi will have a moist place to hide away & somewhere to feel safe. [/QUOTE]
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