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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EZGodmod" data-source="post: 47976" data-attributes="member: 3868">The screening isn't like mesh, it has huge holes, but it got caught between where the one piece is pressed into the other.  I siliconed the whole area that is pressed in, so she can still climb and do what she wants without getting caught.  The holes in it are about 1/8 an inch.I took her to emergency vet and even though the doc wasn't too sure, he assured me he did some tarantula work before.  He patched her up and filled the hole with this synthetic skin.  She was a bit woosy at the anesthetic, but never fully passed out.  It has been about three days now and she is up to full speed, and she even ate a cricket I threw in, so I'm assuming thing worked out!</blockquote>