New Enclosure

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  Moakmeister

• Dec 21, 2017

Looks like it has all it needs to spin a web castle. If you put a hide in there, it won't web as much.

 

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  miss moxie

• Dec 21, 2017

In the future you should try incorporating some fake plants. Heavy webbers love using fake plants as webbing points:

http://78.media.tumblr.com/14ebb795cb85680a7ad9b57fd0bc998d/tumblr_p0xnogE8JV1tiveumo1_1280.jpg

It isn't needed, what you have will work, but just something you could experiment with in the future!

 

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  Zepmaster

• Dec 21, 2017

@miss moxie I have some fake plants I just don't have them with me, this is my office Tarantula and my fake plants are at home. I was thinking I would hot glue a few leaves to the dowels

 

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  Ratmosphere

• Dec 21, 2017

Bring some fake plants from your house and add them, give it more stuff to web.

 

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  ccTroi

• Dec 21, 2017

Awesome! Good luck with that water dish. In a month or two, you won’t see it at all.

 

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  Mojo288

• Dec 21, 2017

You may want to test the 3d printed part out with some crickets first, there was a thread regarding the safety of 3d printed materials by Eulersk and all his test subjects died, some filaments are safe, others aren't. Just a heads up.

ABS filament WILL kill them very quickly.

 

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  Zepmaster

• Dec 21, 2017

@Mojo288 woah that I had not heard I would imagine PLA should be safe, its made from corn starch, I've also used PTEG in enclosures with reptiles and had no problems. better safe then sorry though.

 

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  Mojo288

• Dec 21, 2017

You need to find filament that is rated for food contact, that's the only thing that i would bank on being safe.

Best best is to stick it in with some crickets for a couple days, if they make it you should be fine if not, well then you know.

The only safe filament i'm aware of is PET filament with a food grade rating.

 

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  miss moxie

• Dec 21, 2017

@Mojo288 I don't have a 3D printer so it doesn't affect me but whoa I missed that thread! Good to know about, for sure.

 

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  Mojo288

• Dec 21, 2017

I was having trouble finding it.

@miss moxie http://arachnoboards.com/threads/psa-using-3d-printed-materials-in-enclosures.289371/