Cloth lid?

[NixHexDude]

The idea of cloth lids came to me a while back, and I'm wondering if such an idea would be feasible. It seems to me that they solve the problem of T's losing legs to screens and would also provide the neccessary ventilation, but I have yet to try it out. Any thoughts?

 

[Derekool]

How would you attach said cloth?
Rubber bands?
And on what type of enclosures (glass, plastic?)

 

[Joy]

The idea of cloth lids came to me a while back, and I'm wondering if such an idea would be feasible. It seems to me that they solve the problem of T's losing legs to screens and would also provide the neccessary ventilation, but I have yet to try it out. Any thoughts?

Unfortunately, tarantulas can chew through cloth. A friend of mine tried cloth lids last year when he got a few spiderlings and endured an anxious few days before he was able to locate the escapees. There have even been cases reported of determined obligate burrowers gnawing their way through plastic containers. Tarantulas can be determined escape artists, and it doesn't do to underestimate them.

Joy

 

[maarrrrr]

I also saw a picture somewhere here. It was a picture of a chewed metal screen. It was a Nhandu chromatus I think that did it.

 

[NixHexDude]

That's interesting. I wonder if it might still be feasible for scorps seeing as how they have much less succes climbing smooth surfaces?

 

[Thoth]

You could possibly use the cloth with a regular wire mesh lid. The clothe the bottom towards the t with mesh on top for security.

 

[TheDarkFinder]

You could possibly use the cloth with a regular wire mesh lid. The clothe the bottom towards the t with mesh on top for security.

No, http://www.arachnofreaks.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=597&PN=1
No this is not me.

I have a B. smithi go through window screen, the commerical kind. And a N. coloratovillosus go through the side of a plastic deli cup, tore a hole right in the side.

 

[Nightshade]

My A. avic has a cloth lid on it's jar.

It's the sleeve of an old cotton T shirt and it's fastened to the lip of the jar by a hair elastic. So far there hasn't been any escaping, but Trickster is still a sling and is only an inch at most.

I ended up using the cloth because the jar lid I had punched holes in turned out to be part of a different jar, and it had these extra panels in it that made it impossible to use with the current jar.

But it's getting a new enclosure soon, so in the meantime I'm just going to find something to reinforce the cloth with, or else place the small jar in a bigger enclosure like a Kritter Keeper for security.

After reading about the escaping spiderlings in this thread, I don't know why Trickster hasn't escaped. I keep him well fed and misted and he seems quite comfortable in the enclosure. He's built a nest in a fake flower and spends most of his time hanging out in there. It's pretty close to the top of the jar, but I've only seen him on the cloth once or twice.

 

[Joy]

After reading about the escaping spiderlings in this thread, I don't know why Trickster hasn't escaped. I keep him well fed and misted and he seems quite comfortable in the enclosure. He's built a nest in a fake flower and spends most of his time hanging out in there. It's pretty close to the top of the jar, but I've only seen him on the cloth once or twice.

I wonder if it might be because yours is an arboreal. Perhaps they are less prone to gnaw through barriers. I have never seen any of my own arboreal tarantulas using their fangs on their screen lids the way some of my burrowers do.

Joy

 

[Thoth]

No, http://www.arachnofreaks.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=597&PN=1
No this is not me.

I have a B. smithi go through window screen, the commerical kind. And a N. coloratovillosus go through the side of a plastic deli cup, tore a hole right in the side.

Sorry I should have been more specific. I meant those heavy gauge steel mesh tops you can get at the pet store and not the window screen wire mesh.

Thanks to TheDarkFinder for clarifying.