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What glues are safe for Ts?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tortoise Tom" data-source="post: 130721" data-attributes="member: 27883"><p>[USER=26980]@Whitelightning777[/USER] is steering you the right direction here. I bought a lovely 3 tarantula enclosure at a reptile show a few years ago. It had what seemed to be 3 pretty heavy duty metal screen sliding lids over the three chambers. When my 3 young G. aureostriata (Now pulchripes…) were big enough, I moved them into their new home. Within a week I noticed some screen damage in one of the upper corners and I assumed a rodent was trying to get into my enclosure. I put mouse traps all around, but the damage continued and now two of the lids were damaged. I went and checked on them one night and saw both spiders up in the corner picking at the wire with their feet. They don't "chew" the wire, they pick at it continuously with their feet. Wish I had a picture...</p><p></p><p>If you need screen, you'll need to buy some 1/4 hardware cloth. Metal window screen can't hold a tarantula. Plastic window screen or butterfly netting, even less so.</p><p></p><p>For glue I would use GE Silicone I. Its about $5 for a whole caulking tube at any hardware store. Totally non-toxic and inert once cured after 48 hours. I use hot glue on my roach bins, and that seems to be fine too, although some roach species chew on the glue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tortoise Tom, post: 130721, member: 27883"] [USER=26980]@Whitelightning777[/USER] is steering you the right direction here. I bought a lovely 3 tarantula enclosure at a reptile show a few years ago. It had what seemed to be 3 pretty heavy duty metal screen sliding lids over the three chambers. When my 3 young G. aureostriata (Now pulchripes…) were big enough, I moved them into their new home. Within a week I noticed some screen damage in one of the upper corners and I assumed a rodent was trying to get into my enclosure. I put mouse traps all around, but the damage continued and now two of the lids were damaged. I went and checked on them one night and saw both spiders up in the corner picking at the wire with their feet. They don't "chew" the wire, they pick at it continuously with their feet. Wish I had a picture... If you need screen, you'll need to buy some 1/4 hardware cloth. Metal window screen can't hold a tarantula. Plastic window screen or butterfly netting, even less so. For glue I would use GE Silicone I. Its about $5 for a whole caulking tube at any hardware store. Totally non-toxic and inert once cured after 48 hours. I use hot glue on my roach bins, and that seems to be fine too, although some roach species chew on the glue. [/QUOTE]
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