Deli cup for 1/2 inch sling

[LurkingUnderground]

Cross ventilation is ideal because it allows adequate airflow circulation to keep stuffiness in check. However, since this is a very small container, you can get away with ventilation holes on the lid. If you were to have a huge number of slings raised in those cups, cross ventilation would be best if you were to stack them to save room.

What I would do different is only put one-fourth of the substrate you currently have - maybe even one-fifth. Giving minimal substrate to G. pulchripes slings would yield to a faster growth rate until the 3" mark, in which they will start to slow their growth.

I think I took it down to half or a third of what I had.

Spiders arrived today. The curly hair ended up as a freebie. What kind of food should I be getting these guys. The LP gave me 1" meal worms, are those too big?

Am I supposed to kelea the food in for a while and check in on them afterwards? I still wanna make sure that the works are not to big. They are the same length as the spider. I read that the food should not be bigger then their adorable abdomen.
Because they are meal worms are they still capable of hurting the spider with in 1 hour to 24 hours?

 

[spookyvibes]

Am I supposed to kelea the food in for a while and check in on them afterwards? I still wanna make sure that the works are not to big. They are the same length as the spider. I read that the food should not be bigger then their adorable abdomen.
Because they are meal worms are they still capable of hurting the spider with in 1 hour to 24 hours?

Just prekill the mealworm, the sling will scavenge the remains. That way you don’t end up with a TarantulaDan type situation.

 

[LurkingUnderground]

Just prekill the mealworm, the sling will scavenge the remains. That way you don’t end up with a TarantulaDan type situation.

Someone else did it. It ate their $50 T.
I just got them yesterday and am o supposed to wait a while before trying to feed them live food?
Should I cut the worm in head though?

 

[ccTroi]

Someone else did it. It ate their $50 T.
I just got them yesterday and am o supposed to wait a while before trying to feed them live food?
Should I cut the worm in head though?

I would try feed them later today.
Slice the mealworm and offer the segments to both. Cut the mealworm into two pieces - 3/4 and 1/4. The bigger slice is for the albopilosum.

 

[LurkingUnderground]

I would try feed them later today.
Slice the mealworm and offer the segments to both. Cut the mealworm into two pieces - 3/4 and 1/4. The bigger slice is for the albopilosum.

It would be close to 10pm tonight as I am working all day.

I would try feed them later today.
Slice the mealworm and offer the segments to both. Cut the mealworm into two pieces - 3/4 and 1/4. The bigger slice is for the albopilosum.

Also because they are babies I was going to make a bottle feeding jock.

 

[cold blood]

dice mealworms

nom nom (Nhandu chromatus)

• cold blood
• Jun 8, 2018
• 1
• brazilian red and white tarantula chromatus feeding nhandu nhandu chromatus sling

 

[LurkingUnderground]

That is a tiny sling. Or a big meal worm.

 

[cold blood]

That is a tiny sling. Or a big meal worm.

1/4 of a normal sized meal worm...the sling was about 1/4"

 

[LurkingUnderground]

Well the brachypelma is eating the dead. (I found it carying one half) But I don't know if Grammostola is interested. It is likely I didn't cut it up enough and it might be too dry now.

I might have to cut up a fresh one.

I might have to cut up a fresh one.

I mean the worm looks dried out now.

 

[arachnidgill]

I mean the worm looks dried out now.

I wouldn't worry too much. Take it out after 24 hours if it still hasn't eaten it, then try again in like 3 days

 

[LurkingUnderground]

I wouldn't worry too much. Take it out after 24 hours if it still hasn't eaten it, then try again in like 3 days

Yeah I will try cutting one up into four for it in three days if it is not into it today.

 

[LurkingUnderground]

One question though. How often do I need to water them?

 

[arachnidgill]

One question though. How often do I need to water them?

Keep the substrate slightly damp, and when it dries out add a little more water (probably about once a week or two). Once the slings outgrow these containers and you rehouse them in something bigger you can add a water dish.

 

[LurkingUnderground]

Keep the substrate slightly damp, and when it dries out add a little more water (probably about once a week or two). Once the slings outgrow these containers and you rehouse them in something bigger you can add a water dish.

I got an eye dropper the one with the rubber bulb. How much water should I give them?
Update: coconut took the food and even took on the live food. Yay. Rumpelstiltskin hopefully takes the fresh 1/4s I put in tonight. Coconut found the food when I was cutting up another one.

 

[LurkingUnderground]

Update. It looks like Rumpelstiltskin has taken 2 quarter sections and I think coconut only ate half of the live meal, that I saw it carrying around. Hopefully in the morning the food will be finished.