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Arachnopeon
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- Apr 19, 2018
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My current collection:
-- C cyaneopubescens 1 1/2", replacing the 1" one that recently died. It's eating like a champ, starting to web up the enclosure.
-- G pulchra 1", great eater, burrowed right away.
-- P irminia 2", webbed up a mostly horizontal tunnel behind the cork hide including moss and substrate in the web, opening to tunnel at lower end. Eats scary well.
Additions:
-- B boehmei 1"
-- three B albopilosum 0.5"
The B boehmei will be housed in a terrestrial enclosure, 4"x4"x5" high, already has a large screen vent in the top, same enclosures I have for my current T's.
https://jamiestarantulas.com/terrestrial-juvenile-enclosure-kit/
For the three B albopilosum I bought three containers from The Container Store 2 1/4"x2 1/4"x3" high.
https://www.containerstore.com/s/gi...r-flush-lid-amac-boxes/12d?productId=10028594
I bought three 1" tabbed screen vents (haven't yet arrived) and Googled cutting a 1" hole in thin hard plastic without cracking. Interestingly enough, the first three hits were threads here on Arachnoboards. If that doesn't work I can shoot small holes in the plastic with a CO2 laser at work, hopefully won't set it on fire.
I'm setting up a B lateralis colony for feeding.
Any husbandry hints? How much moisture will the little 0.5" guys need? Will moist substrate be sufficient? Can I feed killed B lateralis pinheads whole or should I cut them into pieces? Will these little guys need a hide or do they just burrow at this size? I'll give the 1" boehmei a nice cork bark hide and a small water bowl, not sure if it will burrow like the G pulchra or will sit on top like the cyaneopubescens.
-- C cyaneopubescens 1 1/2", replacing the 1" one that recently died. It's eating like a champ, starting to web up the enclosure.
-- G pulchra 1", great eater, burrowed right away.
-- P irminia 2", webbed up a mostly horizontal tunnel behind the cork hide including moss and substrate in the web, opening to tunnel at lower end. Eats scary well.
Additions:
-- B boehmei 1"
-- three B albopilosum 0.5"
The B boehmei will be housed in a terrestrial enclosure, 4"x4"x5" high, already has a large screen vent in the top, same enclosures I have for my current T's.
https://jamiestarantulas.com/terrestrial-juvenile-enclosure-kit/
For the three B albopilosum I bought three containers from The Container Store 2 1/4"x2 1/4"x3" high.
https://www.containerstore.com/s/gi...r-flush-lid-amac-boxes/12d?productId=10028594
I bought three 1" tabbed screen vents (haven't yet arrived) and Googled cutting a 1" hole in thin hard plastic without cracking. Interestingly enough, the first three hits were threads here on Arachnoboards. If that doesn't work I can shoot small holes in the plastic with a CO2 laser at work, hopefully won't set it on fire.
I'm setting up a B lateralis colony for feeding.
Any husbandry hints? How much moisture will the little 0.5" guys need? Will moist substrate be sufficient? Can I feed killed B lateralis pinheads whole or should I cut them into pieces? Will these little guys need a hide or do they just burrow at this size? I'll give the 1" boehmei a nice cork bark hide and a small water bowl, not sure if it will burrow like the G pulchra or will sit on top like the cyaneopubescens.