Arboreal enclosure ideas?

[zwd22]

Hi, I was wondering what kind of enclosure you guys keep your juvenile arboreals in, say around 3-4 inches. I looked at pasta containers, they are tall enough but i find the floor space a bit lacking, especially if you put a water dish in there. I'm also a bit turned away by a cereal box's lack of symmetry. I will be getting a large arboreal tank from tarantulacages once the girl gets a bit bigger so preferably I won't have to spend too much on this one. Thanks for the input in advance.

P.S. on a related note, how do you tell when your spider needs a water dish?

 

[jr47]

Here's mine for my A. avic, its about 4 inch's. And they should always have a water dish. Best if its off the ground and glued up high. It's a ten gallon.

 

[thedude]

Here's a pic of my H. mac's old cage set up... this is a 5 gal

and here's my old setup for P. regalis

 

[jr47]

Have also an A. metalica that was in a ten gallon and would not leave the screen. I switched this one to a large kk and it is doing much better. So not sure the large cages are good for all of them but my A. avic has done very well in hers.

 

[zwd22]

well the enclosure i will be getting is 16x8x8 inches is that too big for a 3 inch juvenile or is it fine? I'm thinking I might just go ahead and get it now.

About water dishes, I thought that Ts up to a certain size don't really need a water dish as long as you keep the humidity up and the substrate moist.

And if it makes a difference it's a pokie

 

[codykrr]

just aquick questiin for "the dude" where do you get that log at...and is that corkbark or what....ive been looking for something like that for one of my Ts

 

[rd_07]

you'll see lots to choose from here
http://www.philippinepetfinder.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=40

not sure how much the shipping cost though...
but 1'm sure enclosure its not expensive at all.


recommended one's

http://www.philippinepetfinder.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=81582
http://www.philippinepetfinder.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55855
http://www.philippinepetfinder.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=87899

 

[thedude]

just aquick questiin for "the dude" where do you get that log at...and is that corkbark or what....ive been looking for something like that for one of my Ts

yup that's a tube of corkbark.. i bought it at a reptile show but every so often i see peices shaped like that in petshops

 

[codykrr]

thanks man, now i just got to get some....buddy of mine is going to do some trading with me, and i was in need of somethinglike this. got to build anew arboreal enclosure myself. getting either a p. irminia or a p. miranda dont know which yet though..

 

[Kris-wIth-a-K]

I just make all my stuff from scratch. It's cheaper and looks more realistic..

 

[Sterlingspider]

well the enclosure i will be getting is 16x8x8 inches is that too big for a 3 inch juvenile or is it fine? I'm thinking I might just go ahead and get it now.

About water dishes, I thought that Ts up to a certain size don't really need a water dish as long as you keep the humidity up and the substrate moist.

And if it makes a difference it's a pokie

That's probably just fine. Presumably you're going to take up a fair amount of internal room with a hide of some sort and decorations. It'll be perfectly sized for that enclosure within a couple of molts anyway, so it's not like it will be swimming in an endless sea of space forever onward.

From what I've read pokies are pretty active and good hunters in general, so finding food is not likely to be an issue.

 

[thedude]

thanks man, now i just got to get some....buddy of mine is going to do some trading with me, and i was in need of somethinglike this. got to build anew arboreal enclosure myself. getting either a p. irminia or a p. miranda dont know which yet though..

oh cool. good luck with them!