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octanejunkie

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It's just in a 2" dia vial with a small piece of plastic plant and cork bark. I spray the plant with water every couple of days as there is no room for a water bowl.
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My terrestrial slings are in 2x2x4 rectangular/tall amac type boxes with vent holes around the top. They had plastic plants but burrowed so much the exhumed coca fiber bedding has covered everything lol
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My terrestrial slings are in 2x2x4 rectangular/tall amac type boxes with vent holes around the top. They had plastic plants but burrowed so much the exhumed coca fiber bedding has covered everything lol
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Most of mine go into 3" cubes when around 0.5" dls. Some bury their plants or completely web over them, in fact one that I moved into a 4" cube last week is already on its 3rd water bowl, the other 2 have disappeared under mounds of substrate.
 

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Most of mine go into 3" cubes when around 0.5" dls. Some bury their plants or completely web over them, in fact one that I moved into a 4" cube last week is already on its 3rd water bowl, the other 2 have disappeared under mounds of substrate.
There's not a lot of room for water bowls in my small enclosures, both the G rosea and the B vagans buried over their water bowls so I just mist the top of the substrate once or twice a week.

The GBB's water bowl is still exposed but every time I open that enclosure I pretty much destroy the poor fellow's webbing because he webs into the top of the enclosure.

A 3-inch Cube isn't too big for a half inch sling?

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There's not a lot of room for water bowls in my small enclosures, both the G rosea and the B vagans buried over their water bowls so I just mist the top of the substrate once or twice a week.

The GBB's water bowl is still exposed but every time I open that enclosure I pretty much destroy the poor fellow's webbing because he webs into the top of the enclosure.

A 3-inch Cube isn't too big for a half inch sling?

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They seem to do alright at that size. One thing I've found useful is a turkey baster, you can poke a small hole in the web with it and fill the bowl without destroying the whole web.
 

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They seem to do alright at that size. One thing I've found useful is a turkey baster, you can poke a small hole in the web with it and fill the bowl without destroying the whole web.
I've been using a pipette to fill the tiny water bowls but to open the lid of the enclosure to put the pipette in I'm tearing up the web every time

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Our GBB molted overnight; note the exo towards the bottom
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Sorry for crap pics, the amac box lid is a little wonky/blurry

Retrieved the exo
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My dearest A. geniculata "Maisa" has finally molted :) Molt was still soft and fresh when I got home, so unfortunately I missed the action.
Everything seems to be absolutely fine and she's now doing the post molt action - Stretching, hunching and grooming. LS of the fresh molt is ~9 cm (3.54")

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I had another moult last night, probably one of the scariest I've had to watch.

I found my little Ami sp. Panama, Palma, moulting upright.
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Almost out but very twisted up. The red you can see is underside of her abdomen.
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She's out and now on her back.
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Relief this morning to find her the right way up and looking good,
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