The treehouse we built for Skyler, my female Avicularia avicularia. She has been living in the treehouse for two years and seems to be very comfortable.
This setup makes feeding a lot easier, since you can easily put a feeder insect in the treehouse while the tarantula is in there. (In my vertical setup, there were a lot of misses that resulted in the cricket being on the ground, where an Avic would never find it.)
@Trenor The foam covers hard, pointy vines that stick up in the air. They are a safety feature so that in the unlikely event of a fall, she does not impale herself.
@Dustin Amack Yes. I put a layer of it beneath the substrate as padding in the event of a fall.
When I set up this enclosure, I was paranoid about falls, because I had seen her repeatedly fall from the smooth plastic lid in the Kritter Keeper she came in. If I were setting up a new Avic enclosure, I would not bother with that extra safety measure.
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