P. cambridgei sling care

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Arachnosquire
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I recently acquired a P. cambridgei sling (1 inch DLS) and is currently in a vial with holes only on the top of the lid. I would like to know if its current enclosure would suffice of do I have to treat it like some Avicularias and rehouse it in a new enclosure with plenty of holes for humidity...

As much as I would want to believe that it will survive on me by virtue of being able to raise an Avic from sling to adult, I know that sling care is tricky so any help coming from the experts here would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks a lot!
 

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Arachnoknight
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I moved mine into a 1kg peanut butter jar when it was about 1" and it did fine. Give it a good sized log to build tunnels around and keep about an inch or two of coco fiber at the base. Make sure it stays humid and your T should do fine.

Here is my P Cambridgei when I had her in the pb jar:


She has recently outgrown that house (approx 3" ls) so I moved her to a larger arborial tank. Here she is chillin' with her little isopod buddy:
 
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Arachnodemon
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I have 2 cambridgei slings I got when they were about 2cm legspan. I keep them in 6cm tall plastic vials with plenty of holes in the lid but none in the sides. They seem to be thriving, both have molted twice since I got them in January. The first time they gained 0.5cm but last week they both popped again and doubled in size to just over 4cm :eek: So gonna have to rehome them soon as they now nearly stretch from the floor to the lid.
 

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Arachnosquire
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Thanks for the replies!

The sling is doing fine and it is currently turned itself into a burrower and made a curtain out of its substrate, heheheh!
 
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