The water bowls were on sale at my LPS, so I bought a dozen of them. I use a small mini heater to keep the temperature up in my spider room, so the larger bowl helps me keep the humidity level up. Besides, there's still plenty of room, they can stretch out and relax in these containers for at least a year probably.wow makes it look like a ton of space.. now i dont feel so bad for puting my 4-4.5" genic in a 5.5g. thats a ton of room. but those are some huge water bowls.. why not move it out for a bottle cap. i use small tea caps [sold in work vending machines] seems about right. or even mealworm dishes
Still learning, so indulge me please. I understand how you feel about the water being changed every day, and it does get changed every day, maybe every 2 days. Because of the way the enclosures are set up, maintenance is incredibly easy. But my question is, what were you referring to when you said the tarantulas find it stressful? Are you saying it's stressful that the water bowl is large and they have to climb around it?
Thank you very much, I've only been in the hobby for a year, but I find all of the additional aspects of tarantula husbandry to be almost as exciting as caring for the tarantulas themselves. I like coming up with new and creative ways to set up enclosures and create environments for my trantulas. I realize nothing I've done is new to anyone on arachnoboards, but considering my trantulas have been in deli cups for the last year, these setups are new and exciting for me.
I use throw away water bottle tops for my Ts. lol They hold a enough water for any spider, multiples are used sometimes.
No, they aren't huge. They're only 2.75" x 3.5", they sell them at Petsmart in the hermit crab section for 99 cents.
I feel when u use the giant stone ones its not as easy and can be a but stressfull if your holding this bug rock and in this case it takes up a good portion of the legroom outside the hide. when i used the bigger dishes in the enclosures it felt like they was more reclusive as aposed to bow when i just use tongs to grab out the 1" disk and reolace it. They dont seem to even notice. As its not sunk in or anything and is so small
Only one has it(mealworm dish) cuz shes a waterlogger (rosea) who loves "baths" but yea i cant use them eather some ppl like them tho
Ah my bad i suppose. my lps sells some looks just like that and are stone and are like 4*4*3
Yes, thank you, and I think they look so much better than a plastic bottle cap. Not that I'm knocking anyone else's preference, that's just mine.
Thank you, I appreciate the compliment. I got the plastic containers at The Container Store, which happens to have a location 5 minutes from where I live, so that's really nice. It's the accessory box size, and it was only a $1.79 with a locking lid, but they're also available online. This set up is for the stage between deli cup, and permanent vivarium. By then, I plan on having learned to make my own plexiglass vivariums.